Pre-media

Repro entrepreneur Roy Holmes passes away
Roy Holmes, who was a leading light in the repro business during its glory years, has died aged 76.

Screen to launch large-format CTP engines
Screen is poised to launch its latest series of thermal platesetters for the packaging market, the PlateRite Ultima 24000N.

‘Make the customer experience as valuable as possible’
There aren’t many print industry user group events where the roster of keynote speakers include a fashion wunderkind from Miami and costume designers from Cirque du Soleil.

Border launches partially-addressed service to start year of innovation
Border Business Systems (BBS) has started the year by launching a new partially-addressed online mailing service and taking on new premises to expand storage space.

New career move for Thirlby
Print productivity specialist Anthony Thirlby has scaled back his role at Heidelberg as global senior vice-president, commercial segment, and head of subscription sales.

Kingsley renews platesetting with Suprasetter install
Kingsley Print & Design has installed a Suprasetter A75 from Heidelberg to update its platesetting capabilities.

Ripe and G&T draw up vehicle for tiny AR dancer
Graffiti artist Insa likes to push his subversive work into uncharted territory. Whether breaking taboos, subverting norms or challenging technology, he works to take the age-old disciplines his art...

The devil is in the fine print
Print is all about dissemination of information. From Gutenberg to where we are now, printers have always handled sensitive information.

Infigo services back online after outage
Staff at Infigo Software have been working around the clock to restore services following an outage caused by a third-party provider.

Can AR outgrow its gimmicky image?
Long touted as the next big thing and a major opportunity for print to boot, augmented reality (AR) has hit the headlines again in recent weeks.