Pre-media

RPM wins Xerox commendation

RPM Print and Design in Chichester has picked up an honourable mention prize at the Xerox Imaging Awards in Chicago.

Star product: Enfocus Neo

Enfocus has extended its PDF and production software family with a standalone PDF editing tool that allows for last minute changes to files. Designed to handle pre-press and some creative editing of...

I swear by my: Vector TX52 platesetter

We installed the Presstek Vector because we were under pressure to improve productivity in our pre-press department as well as the quality of our plates.

Star product: EFIs Fiery FreeForm Kit

Fiery FreeForm Kit is an educational tool to help printers get to grips with personalisation. The programs variable data technology, built into every Fiery server, is free of charge and requires no...

I swear by my: Shuttleworth CRM module

Shuttleworths Customer Relationship Management (CRM) module has really helped us focus on the more profitable aspects of our business. Having the module means that we can now identify what types of...

Star product: Springwood Enterprise Business Model

Springwoods Enterprise Business Model (EBM) is a business model in a box, and that box also contains the techniques, tools and tips to help printers successfully implement the model.

I swear by my: eRez imaging server

For the last 18 months we have been using the eRez imaging server to share high-resolution files with our clients around the world.

Imprint WebDesk

Theres a lot of haziness in the print industry about having an online presence. For instance, even if printers dont actually have a decent website, they are familiar with the idea and benefits of...

Colour management removes human error and matches on-press to proof

Print quality is not the differentiator it once was (although finishing quality probably still is, but thats another story). Image quality disqualifies, rather than qualifies, printers for certain...

Agfa Galileo

The Galileo was Agfa's first platesetter, launched at Ipex in 1998, but it was already a second generation product. Agfa systems specialist John Wood explains that the firm was biding its time to...