Pre-media

Shuttleworth to roll out new MIS features for Drupa

Shuttleworth will highlight a range of improvements to its eponymous MIS software at Drupa in May.

England's Phil Dowson juggles challenges of print and international rugby

England rugby international Phil Dowson, who is also a director of inkjet consumables business 678 Media, has declared the print sector the more challenging vocation following his first cap for the...

Spectrum goes digital with Ricoh and pre-orders Heidelberg's latest MIS ahead of Drupa launch

Leicester-based Spectrum printing has overhauled its prepress and workflow as well as introduced digital printing with a Ricoh Pro C 751 Graphic Arts Edition.

Specle Studio allows remote automation of ad workflow

Specle, famed for its eponymous online ad spec database, has continued to evolve its service offering with the launch of Specle Studio, a cloud-based tool to enable greater automation of advertising...

Digital Ad Lab to discuss future of printed mags at Digital London

The future of print-based publishing will be on the agenda at the next meeting of the Digital Ad Lab (DAL), which will take place during the Digital London exhibition at Excel next month.

Ikea's Farkas joins GMG to head up marketing

GMG has appointed Michael Farkas as marketing director after nearly a decade masterminding the production workflow behind the Ikea catalogue.

Star product: Optimus Cloud

A modular web-to-print tool designed to take the hassle from print buying

Fineprint replaces DPX with Screen PlateRite platesetter

Commercial printer Fineprint has installed a Screen PlateRite 2055Vi platesetter, supplied by Apex Digital Graphics.

EFI launches APPS recruitment drive on back of record growth

EFI has hailed its APPS and inkjet divisions for their "record" performance in its 2011 results and launched a US-wide recruitment drive for print consultants to join its professional services team.

Lucid Dream unveils online PDF editor and pre-flight tool

Lucid Dream Software is beta testing ArtAffirm, a new cloud-based PDF editor, pre-flight and layout tool that will allow printers' clients to pre-flight and correct their own artwork before submitting...