Pre-media

Star product: Esko software release 22.11 

The latest version of Esko’s powerful modular tool set for packaging and label production.

Offset Solutions focuses on value

The Offset Solutions Value Conference in November discussed innovations in plate development and related software and set out how the company will operate when it separates from Agfa.

GSE Hazard symbol printing software ensures appropriate warning labels are printed for any dispensed spot colour blends that contain hazardous ingredients

GSE software provides a safer way of working with special inks

GSE Dispensing has launched a software module for tracing and labelling hazardous chemicals in ink ingredients of spot colours – promoting a safer working environment for label and packaging...

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Viva Magenta: Pantone has drawn inspiration “from nature and what is real”

Pantone goes primordial for 2023

Pantone has described its pick for Color of the Year 2023 as a stand-out statement colour that is “rooted in the primordial”.

Dehing speaking at the Value Conference: confident about independent future

Agfa Offset Solutions preps for independence, focus on customer value

Agfa Offset Solutions is readying a new name for its future as a standalone business.

Coordinator Role Center and the new Industry Caption feature

PrintVis 21 takes print MIS functionality to the next level

Developer PrintVis has released the latest version of its eponymous MIS, hailing 21 as its most flexible package to date.

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InSoft Automation’s Imp software simplifies complex tasks

Upscaling the bottom line secures a happy ending for books

Few would argue the advent of the eBook in the early noughties led to a steep decline in printed book sales. However, fortunately the story didn’t end there.

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Modern new premises includes customer support hub

Heidelberg UK lauds benefits of move to new site

Heidelberg UK is back in the black and its German parent group has just announced an order backlog of more than €1bn (£877m) “for the first time in years”.

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Pantone alternatives mooted

Alternatives to Pantone are popping up as the fallout from the Adobe-Pantone split also gains wider traction in the design community.

All Pantone libraries bar CMYK Coated/Uncoated and Metallics will be removed from Adobe CC

Pantone hikes Connect pricing

Pantone has more than doubled the price of its Pantone Connect plug-in since the summer.