News releases on Printingtalk categorised by date
Sunday 7 October
to Saturday 13 October 2007
Booklet Making With Barcode Reader As Standard
Security for digital booklet making is claimed to have been improved with the addition of a barcode reader, fitted as standard at no extra cost by Watkiss Automation to its Document Finishing System.
News from Watkiss Automation Sales Limited (12 October 2007)
Workflow System With Centralised PDF Creation
The Momentum Pro workflow system and the Dimension450 Excel-Autoloader CTP system will be launched and demonstrated by Presstek at the Digital Print World exhibition in London (UK).
News from Presstek (12 October 2007)
Paper Counting Machines Sales Surge 35 Per Cent
WIth a sales increases of up to 35 per cent year on year following following a change of ownership last year, Vacuumatic said it has experienced a dramatic upsurge in sales.
News from Vacuumatic (12 October 2007)
Award For Slitting and Re-Winding Systems
Innovation in label inspection, slitting and re-winding systems has led to Rotoflex International winning the Continuous Innovation Award at the fourth Annual Label Industry Awards.
News from Rotoflex Tooling (12 October 2007)
Verifiable, Customised Barcodes Cut Costs
Datalase's Casemark Flexo system will be on show on stand S-5251 at Pack Expo to provide what is claimed to be the flexibility of customisation with the cost savings of mass production.
News from DataLase (11 October 2007)
UK Growth Target For Datalase With New Appointment
A new business development manager for the UK has been appointed by Datalase to further develop the company's growth and to achieve increased sales across the country.
News from DataLase (11 October 2007)
High Speed Coding, Track And Trace Systems
Item-level coding and track and trace systems for individual products will be marketed by Datalase, in a partnership with Fracturecode Corporation.
News from DataLase (11 October 2007)
Universal Press Boosts Print And Colour Capacity
With the objective of increasing overall printing and colour capacity, Societa Tipografica Siciliana has ordered a Goss Universal 75 press, which will be installed next summer.
News from Goss International (11 October 2007)
Software Links Text And Images For Categorisation
Technical Background Article Software that can link text and general images together when categorising online and paper-based information has been developed by Xerox researchers.
News from Xerox (11 October 2007)
Newspaper Variable Data Print From New System
Imprinting subscriber addresses with inkjet on newspaper pages with variable data at any position inside the newspaper, with claimed high quality as well as image data is now said to be possible.
News from MAN Roland GB (11 October 2007)
News Workflow And Ink Systems Cut Costs
User Application Article Helping to reduce costs at the Bold Printing Group is Proimage's Newsway production workflow automation software.
News from ProImage (Europe) (11 October 2007)
Imposition Offer Keeps Printers Affordably Updated
Offering printers the chance to improve performance and update their imposition systems at the most economic price, Positive Focus is cooperating with Ultimate Technographics to promote a package.
News from Positive Focus (11 October 2007)
Website Enables Self-Build Workflow Systems
An attempt to improve access to enough information to enable printing companies to construct their own workflow systems, which is said to be sparking a resurgence in the practice.
News from Positive Focus (11 October 2007)
New Paper Is 50-50 Recycled Fibre And Virgin Pulp
Era Gloss, a new paper manufactured from 50 per cent recycled fibre and 50 per cent FSC certified virgin pulp, has bee introduced by James McNaughton Group.
News from The James McNaughton Group (11 October 2007)
Polestar Wins New BBC Children's Magazine Deals
Two new children's magazines from UK publisher BBC Magazines that were launched last month have been added to Polestar Colchester's portfolio of titles it prints for that company.
News from Polestar (11 October 2007)
HP Approved Paper For Digital Colour Printing
With HP Indigo certification, Robert Horne's Taffeta Indigo paper has been added to the company's digital range and is already guaranteed for colour laser work.
News from Robert Horne Group (10 October 2007)
Swedish Newspaper Goes Tabloid With New Goss Press
The Swedish Newspaper, Norra Vasterbotten, will be converted to tabloid format from Berliner with the installation of a new four high, eight-tower Goss Magnum 4 press.
News from Goss International (10 October 2007)
First US Flexible Printing Press Runs At 90,000cph
The first Goss Flexible Printing System (FPS) press in the United States will have heatset capability added to it by The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
News from Goss International (10 October 2007)
DI Press Flexibility Prints Tri-Weekly Newspaper
User Application Article Improvements in the quality, speed and flexibility of producing a tri-weekly newspaper have been made possible by a Presstek 52DI digital offset press at Hallau Printers.
News from Presstek Inc (10 October 2007)
80,000cph Waterless Press Bound For German Printer
With a claim of being able to print at 80,000 full-colour copies per hour (cph) a six-by-two KBA Cortina press line has been ordered by M DuMont Schauberg in Cologne (Germany).
News from KBA (10 October 2007)
Presstek CEO Joins Document Management Foundation
President and chief executive officer of Presstek, Jeff Jacobson, has been appointed to the Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF) board of directors.
News from Presstek (10 October 2007)
Coatings And Inks Seminar's Wide Ranging Agenda
The Annual Technical Update Seminar to be staged by the British Coatings Federation (BCF) will be open to non-members.
News from British Coatings Federation (BCF) (10 October 2007)
New Colour Check Charts Replace Kodak Products
Replacements for a series of Kodak products have extended the checker chart range from Colour Confidence.
News from Colour Confidence (10 October 2007)
More Support For Web Handling Systems In USA
Sales and support in eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Washington DC (USA) can now be provided by Maxcess International's new sales engineer.
News from Maxcess International (10 October 2007)
Violet Plates System Allows Newspapers Move To CTP
The Violetnews System from Kodak, an entry level violet digital plate making system for small newspapers is said to allow companies to change to computer to plate (CTP) operation.
News from Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (10 October 2007)
Creasing Technology Bought By Binding Systems Firm
The Tri-creaser technology has been adopted by binding systems manufacturer Kolbus to address the problems of cracking on difficult cover stocks.
News from Tech-ni-Fold Ltd ( 8 October 2007)
UK Printer Promotes Environmental Responsibility
UK printing company Statexcolourprint is promoting an environmental message amongst print buyers by sending 500 grow-your-own Forget-Me-Not plant kits.
News from Statex Colour Print ( 8 October 2007)
Security Print Method Uses Standard Xerox Systems
New security technology to authenticate tickets, coupons, certificates, licenses, identification papers and other high-value documents has been developed by Xerox.
News from Xerox ( 8 October 2007)
Reduced Investment Risk With Converting System
The benefits of a reduced investment risk with an off-line converting machine were demonstrated with the Lambda converting system by Edale during Labelexpo 07.
News from Edale ( 8 October 2007)
Show Visitors Drawn To Converting, Flexo Systems
With visitors from various parts of the World, and with an increasing number of people from Africa and South America Edale has reported interest in its Lambda press from the Labelexpo 2007 show.
News from Edale ( 8 October 2007)
Register System Benefits Australian Newspaper
User Application Article With increased start-ups, reduced waste and greater productivity, APN Print Yandina in Australia is benefiting from a Quadtech Register Guidance System with Multicam and a Color Control System.
News from QuadTech ( 8 October 2007)
Raw Materials Costs Force Sun To Increase Prices
Continued and rapid increases in raw material prices, as well as shortages of important ingredients have forced Sun Chemical to increase its prices in Europe by between six per cent to 12 per cent.
News from Sun Chemical Europe ( 8 October 2007)
Printer's New Managers Boost Environmental Ethics
To further penetrate the market for print customers that have adopted corporate social responsibility (CSR) ethics, Polar Print Group has made new appointments to its sales teams.
News from Polar Print Group Ltd ( 8 October 2007)
Inserting System's 10,000 Cycles Per Hour
Buhrs UK has launched its BB300 Solo inserting system, with a claimed output of up to 10,000 inserting cycles per hour, for smaller and medium size letter shops.
News from Buhrs Group ( 8 October 2007)
Canon Large Format Printers Double Market Share
Canon UK has claimed that it has achieved second place for sales in the aqueous large format printer (LFP) market for the first half of 2007.
News from Canon Europe ( 8 October 2007)
DI Press's Innovation Award At East European Show
The Presstek 52DI digital offset press has received the best innovative technology award during Printshow, a print and packaging exhibition in Bucharest (Romania).
News from Presstek Inc ( 8 October 2007)
New Large Format Printers Fastest In Their Class
Two new large format printers (LFPs) - the Imageprograf iPF710 (A0 - 36-inch) and Imageprograf iPF610 (A1 - 24-inch) - have been introduced by Canon.
News from Canon Europe ( 8 October 2007)
Document Management Software Firm's New Boss
Document management and imaging software author, Version One has a new general manager following the appointment of Lynne Munns.
News from Version One Limited ( 8 October 2007)
Digital Print Systems At Combined Council Plant
User Application Article Derwentside and City of Durham district councils in the UK have a partnership to work together and provide printing services through digital printing systems supplier Oce.
News from Oce Printing Systems ( 8 October 2007)
Workflow Systems Upgrades Process XPS Files
Ifra Expo, from October 8-11 in Vienna (Austria) will see Onevision introduce new features for its Asura, Asura Pro and Solvero pre-press workflow systems on stand A750.
News from OneVision Software ( 8 October 2007)
Refurbished Toner Cartridges For Canon Systems
Colour toner for use in Canon Imagerunner, IR, C2620, C3200 and C3220 digital copier-printers has been introduced by Katun.
News from Katun UK Ltd ( 8 October 2007)
Workshop Teaches Lean Manufacturing Methods
American printing managers attended the inaugural presentation of PIA/GATF's three-day workshop on lean manufacturing in Pittsbrugh.
News from PIA/GATF ( 8 October 2007)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 42
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