Pre-media

Repro man

Tough, entrepreneurial repro outfits helped pioneer modern pre-press, unwittingly hastening their own eventual downfall, says Paul Simpson

Color-Logic Process Metallic Color System

Often considered more hassle than they're worth, this system puts metallics within easy reach, says Barney Cox

Nagpur-based Vipul Prints improves quality with X-Rite EasyTrax colour scanning device and Highwater CTP

Nagpur-based Vipul Prints has taken quality to the next level with the installation of an X-Rite EasyTrax, a semi-automatic press side scanning spectrophotometer and a four-up violet Highwater CTP.

Roland and GMG focus on low-cost mock-ups

Roland and software company GMG have twinned their technology to offer low-cost mock-ups from the Roland VersaUV LEC-330 inkjet printer.

Wright Printing Services doubles capacity with Fujifilm CTP

Wright Printing Services has more than doubled its capacity with a CTP overhaul that includes a new Fujifilm low-chemical FLH-Z 85 Zac processor.

Single Source streamlines file control with a Stingray 63 purchase

Single Source has tightened up its file control with a pre-press upgrade that included an ECRM Stingray 63 imagesetter.

Agfa first half-earnings rebound following 2009 cost-cutting exercise

Agfa Graphic's pre-tax result rebounded strongly in the first half of the year as it reaped the benefits of the cost-cutting exercise it undertook through 2009.

Printwell buys first dual-loading Heidelberg Suprasetter CTP system in Scotland

Printwell has fired up the first dual-loading Heidelberg Suprasetter CTP system in Scotland after being impressed by the kit's flexibility.

First CTP platesetter enters Jammu & Kashmir at Kashmir Times

Jammu & Kashmir-based newspaper Kashmir Times, has installed a Platerite-2055vi-s CTP platesetter from Agfa at KT Printing Press, Digiana on August 8, 2010.

Workflowz adds LithoTechnics' Metrix 2010 to portfolio

Software distributor Workflowz has announced the availability of LithoTechnics' Metrix 2010 automated imposition and production planning tool.