Pre-media

Overmatter: bin blunder

Overmatter still wakes up in cold sweat sometimes, upon remembering a head-scratching hoo-hah back in the day when attempting to create the artwork for self-cling window decals, which needed to be...

Star product: Heidelberg Prinect Digital Front End

Workflow for the press manufacturer’s latest digital devices.

UCI seeks hot metal typesetters

Calling all hot metal typesetters – Urban Cottage Industries (UCI) is looking for skilled operators as it takes its ‘Juggernaut’ mobile typesetting system on the road.

Find the savings at the end of the rainbow

As kids we hear the story that there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Pretty soon it sinks in that the end of a rainbow is an elusive and illusory thing. Indeed, colour itself can sometimes...

New software helps PWPFS save on ink

Commercial printer PWPFS Print & Design has installed PressSave and PressProfiler software to help it save on ink costs and makeready times.

An integrated MIS helps keep eyes on the prize

Regardless of size, one thing that every print business should bear in mind at all times is how profitable a job is likely to be as, after all, making profit is essential for any company that wants to...

EFI upgrades Fiery for KM Bizhubs

EFI has released three upgrades for its digital front-ends (DFEs) for Konica Minolta Bizhub Presses.

Star product: QuarkXPress 2015

Quark's long-standing page layout package revamped for better performance.

New 'batch' technique to speed up colour measurement

A new colour measurement device could dramatically reduce the time taken to check output and create profiles.

Agfa launches new high-speed platesetter

Agfa Graphics has launched a new high-speed platesetter for the high-volume newspaper market.