Pre-media

EFI is gearing up for its ninth annual Connect user conference, which kicks off at the end of this month at the Wynn hotel in Las Vegas.

F1 Colour is currently running live tests with Express KCS and Seven Publishing prior to launching a locally managed offshore prepress service for UK publishers.

Quark has announced its acquisition of the XML-authoring software developer In.vision Research Corporation for an undisclosed amount.

Middlesex-based Star Print is to start offering a plate bureau service to local printers following the purchase of a Suprasetter A74 computer-to-plate system from Heidelberg.

Aspect Graphics has upped its plate capacity by more than a third after overhauling its platesetter operation with a Screen PlateRite 4300S.

The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) has produced the industry's first annual report to be published as a fully integrated digital edition.

EFI has appointed UK-based Colourgen as a master distributor for its Validation range of proofing media.

Wiltshire-based Superior Creative Services has become the first UK printer to invest in the Avalon N8-50 - part of Agfa's latest series of platesetters.

CDMS has integrated Apteco's FastStats technology into its core direct marketing proposition, in a deal that sees it move further upstream from its print heritage.

Global Graphics has signed a multi-year agreement with Quark under which new features in forthcoming Quark products will be based on its eDocument Library.