Pre-media

TPI collapse spawns new company to handle Lscher account

Three ex-Turning Point Innovation (TPI) employees have formed their own company, Prepress Services, to pick up the Lscher work freed up by TPI's fall into administration.

27 jobs axed as Newsquest outsources pre-press staff to India

Newsquest has confirmed that 27 pre-press jobs at its Brighton and Swindon sites are to be cut with the positions outsourced to India.

Watt Gilchrist rebrands and restructures following Sun Chemical takeover

Packaging pre-press specialist Watt Gilchrist has rebranded under the name of the inks giant that bought it 18 months ago.

Fontworks launches rounded version of Houschka font

Fontworks has announced the UK launch of Houschka Rounded, the latest OpenType font release from G-Type.

UK Greetings makes Fujifilm thermal plate switch to improve green credentials

UK Greetings has switched to Fujifilm Brillia HD LH-PJE thermal plates, boosting plate resolution and reducing the company's environmental footprint.

Star Product: PerfectProof PrintFactory

Offering workflow optimisation for large-format production, PrintFactory builds on the success of PerfectProofs flagship software ProofMaster, aimed at the sign-printing sector.

I swear by my: Kodak Maxtone

Kodaks Maxtone hybrid screening technology has enabled us to create extremely small dots on the plate, and hold that dot while printing the job on one of our six eight-colour Mark Andy UV flexo...

EskoArtwork expands Indian presence with resources centre

Pre-press specialist EskoArtwork has opened a new resource centre in Bangalore, India's 'Silicon Valley'.

Inkslinger buys Fuji Pro-T plates to cut waste and costs

Inkslinger Printing Company has become the latest business to adopt Fuji's Brillia HD Pro-T processless plates.

TPI administrator hints at possible sale

Administrator Joe McLean of Grant Thornton has said he is in discussions regarding the sale of pre-press software company Turning Point Innovations (TPI), which went into administration on Wednesday.