Pre-media

Hybrid Software launches variable data option

Hybrid Software has released a variable data printing (VDP) option for its Packz PDF editor and Cloudflow workflow suite that it is targeting at the labels and packaging markets.

Hybrid Software parent proposes Global Graphics buy

Congra Software, the Luxembourg-based holdings company behind Hybrid Software, is set to acquire Global Graphics in a proposed €50.3m (£44m) deal to be approved by shareholders.

Processless is getting the chemistry right

Back in 2015, PrintWeek posed the question: Has processless become the new normal? The answer at the time was not quite, but it’s getting there.

Mark Andy and Global Graphics partner on DFE update

Mark Andy has partnered with Global Graphics Software to launch a major digital front-end (DFE) update to its Digital Series HD hybrid press.

Enfocus launches Connect 2018

Enfocus has released Connect 2018, the latest version of its personal automation product line.

Colourfast in UK first with Keyline MIS

Financial sector print specialist Colourfast Financial is set to branch out into commercial print markets with a new web-to-print system as it becomes the first UK company to use the Keyline MIS.

Kodak pension scheme heading towards PPF

Kodak’s former pension scheme could become the latest industry scheme to end up in the Pension Protection Fund, and the Kodak Alaris business could be sold as a result.

Colleagues mourn Nick Finegold

Industry friends and colleagues are mourning Nick Finegold, who died last week at the age of 50.

The brains of your printing business

UK printers first started using management information systems (MIS) in the 1980s. At the time the software was pretty rudimentary, recalls Keith McMurtrie, managing director at Tharstern, who...

Star product: Screen PlateRite Ultima 16000N

Latest addition to Screen’s VLF PlateRite range of platesetters.