Pre-media

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.

KNP Litho upgrades workflow and MIS
KNP Litho has invested in a new Prinect workflow and upgrades to its Tharstern MIS to increase its productivity and pave the way for a new web-to-print portal.

Workflow webinar now available for replay
The recent webinar hosted by PrintWeek and held in association with MIS software developer Tharstern is now available for on-demand viewing.

Agfa updates security printing app
Agfa Graphics has unveiled the fourth version of Arziro Design, its security printing plugin for Adobe Illustrator.

Screen launches new eight-page platesetters
Screen has launched a new series of eight-page thermal CTP systems.

Agfa snaps up Ipagsa for lower-cost offering
Agfa Graphics is expanding its market reach with the acquisition of the pre-press business of Spanish manufacturer Ipagsa.

PDF 2.0: Scene-setter, not a game-changer
After 10 years in the making, it looks like PDF 2.0 will finally reach real world users in the next year or so. Since the 1990s PDF has been the dominant format used to deliver document files for...

Q&A: Chloe Johnson Studio and production administrator, PMG Print Management
Chloe is 23 years old and has worked in print for 5 years. She has a two-year-old daughter who’s “a little whirlwind” and her hobbies include attending car shows