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Whitchurch-based printer John Dollin has invested nearly 1m in a Speedmaster XL 75-5+L and Suprasetter 105 CtP system.

Web-based tool, Output Essentials, simplifies the design process for print publishers by providing a visible side panel containing shortcut icons for essential functions.

US-based Bitstream subsidiary Pageflex will lose 26% of its staff across all of its functions, but primarily research and development (R&D), in a bid to save $2.6m (1.6m) a year.

A dormant Agfa-Gevaert photographic emulsion manufacturing plant in Shoreham, Long Island has become the subject of a preservation campaign that has already raised $1.2m (735,000) in donations.

Alpha Colour Printers has secured a two-year contract renewal with Gloucestershire County Council to provide both digital and litho print.

Malborough Software Development Holdings, parent company of Bitstream subsidiary Pageflex, has announced a global restructure in a bid to save $2.6m (1.6m) a year.

Held last week, the preview showcased scanning and printing equipment that will be on show during the 19-21October event.

The free preview of the new Quark app for grid-based design can be downloaded from today (22 August) on the App Store.

Agfa Graphics has posted double-digit percentage falls in EBIT and EBITDA in its second quarter results despite a small increase in turnover.

Pageflex has added social media to its software for the first time with the launch of version 8.0.