Pre-media

Pre-press firms buy HighWater

A new company, HighWater Products, has been launched to continue the manufacture of the Python and Cobra violet platesetter ranges of the recently liquidated HighWater Designs.

EFI shows Pace, Fiery iPad apps

Colour management firm EFI is showing iPad and iPhone apps for its MIS products at Ipex.

GMG proofing service and Asian partner unveiled

GMG has launched Proofr, a new online proofing service, and has announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Chinese company the Yuncheng Plate Making Group, the world's biggest producer of...

Tharstern releases latest MIS package

Tharstern has launched Primo, a new MIS package, at Ipex, and has extended its support for packaging printers with the integration of EskoArtwork's Artios software.

Ten top buys for 10K or less

From new kit to additional training, it needn't cost a fortune to revitalise productivity and rapidly recoup initial outlay, writes Jo Francis

Colour control - budget colour management

Some colour management set-ups may seem prohibitively costly but, if they prevent you reprinting just a couple of expensive jobs, they soon pay for themselves, writes Barney Cox

Timeline: Key developments since the last Ipex

Ahead of the UK's biggest printing exhibition at Birmingham's NEC, Chloe Setter provides a month- by-month breakdown of the key product launches and developments since the 2006 show

Health check for CCDot users at Ipex

Centurfax and Ripware are offering CCDot users attending Ipex a voucher for a free annual health check on their CCDot plate reading device, some of which will have been in use for more than a decade.

Waldo installs first Star Proof system in UK

Flexo trade platemaker Waldo has taken delivery of the UK's first Star Proof and Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 proofing system.

VGI Europe announces Ipex giveaway

Xitron-subsidiary VGI Europe has teamed with L&M Imaging Systems to give away two copies of the Xitron Navigator Workflow Server software at Ipex 2010.