Pre-media

Canon used last week’s Production Printing Business Days event in Poing, Germany to herald a number of milestones for its digital portfolio and demonstrate the breadth of its recently expanded range.

Screen has launched a new series of thermal platesetters for plate sizes up to and including 16-up.

Updates for the Versafire CV and CP family of presses include a new neon spot colour, Prinect 2018 with improved DFE functionality and new substrate management and business analysis tools.

EFI has launched a new Fiery digital front end (DFE) platform and updated the market on its ongoing financial review.

Graphics software developer Corel has introduced a new edition of Graphics Suite targeted at small print and design businesses.

Presstek has agreed a computer-to-plate service and support partnership with Marlowe Digital.

Agfa’s worldwide wide-format inkjet business posted double-digit growth in Q2, while its UK wing has reported “positive” trading conditions overall in the first half.

Over the past 25 years a whole alphabet soup of colour working ‘standards’ has been brewed up for the printing industry in the wake of the device-independent digital pre-press revolution.

Infigo Software and Tharstern have completed an integration that the firms said will “transform” the way that users manage their print or packaging workflow.

Infigo Software has partnered with global online review community Trustpilot to help its customers drive their online conversion by having a Trustpilot rating on their e-commerce sites.