Pre-media

Flexo gets fillip with trio of platemaking innovations

Three firms have revealed new flexo platemaking technology, offering improved speed and quality.

Paper Idea brings Optimus MIS products suite to India

Optimus has announced its Indian entry. The European suppliers of Management Information System (MIS) products and solutions, has named Paper Idea as the sole Indian distributor for Optimus MIS...

HSPG integrates paper price list with e-commerce and MIS

Howard Smith Paper Group (HSPG) has integrated its paper price lists with MIS and online automatic quoting systems to save itself, and printers, time and money processing paper orders.

Epson launches desktop printer with optional spectrophotometer

Epson has added to its x900 range of inkjet printers with a 432mm-wide desktop model the Stylus Pro 4900, which was launched this week at German photographic trade show Photokina.

Vio Worldwide acquired by Australian-based Dubsat

Vio Worldwide has been acquired by cross media asset management business Dubsat; a deal Vio claims will enable it to develop cross-media applications on a broader platform.

Creative Printer brings platemaking in-house with Agfa Avalon N8 investment

East London and Essex-based web-to-print business Creative Printer has invested in an Agfa Avalon N8 B1 platesetter.

Pixart.it boosts business with in-house web-to-print platform

Italian web-to-print company Pixart.it has launched a new website, supported by a bespoke web-to-print system based on open-source software.

Shiraz adds features to Focus fine-art and photo RIP

RIP specialist Shiraz will unveil a new version of its Focus fine-art and photographic wide-format RIP at Photokina later this month.

OneVision amends Amendo with .PSD capability

OneVision has extended the functions of its automatic image enhancement package Amendo to include support for Photoshop (.PSD) and EPS files.

Tapestry recruits Jeff Keene to spearhead new media push

Former Keenes managing director Jeff Keene has returned to the industry as business development director of Soho-based pre-media company Tapestry.