Pre-media

A comparative decline in analogue film sales has hit turnover at Agfa Graphics, but the business pushed up profits and its industrial inkjet division was in the black for the first time last year.

Suddenly, all of your customers have become 3D print customers. At least in principle. On 16 January, Adobe added 3D printing support to Photoshop Creative Cloud, which is already used by pretty well...

Kodak is to close its Leeds plate manufacturing facility, with the loss of more than 200 jobs, as the group realigns its global Sonora processless plate production portfolio as upgrades to facilities...

Glossop Cartons has launched an Augmented Reality (AR) service for its packaging customers after teaming up with Hertfordshire-based Nth Degree Imaging.

Earlier this month Amazon launched an app update that has been described as a major threat to traditional retailers. However, not everyone is running scared as the opportunities may be significant.

Apex Digital Graphics has confirmed its attendance at next month's Ipex exhibition, where it will demonstrate the environmental benefits of a range of pre-media and print equipment.

Marlowe Digital will unveil four launches at Ipex 2014 next month, including a major upgrade to the popular low-cost RIP and workflow software StudioRIP.

Sheet music retailer Musicroom.com has launched what it claims is the world’s first personalised music book service, using the W2P platform from ISL.

Peninsula Print & Design has invested in FFEI's RealPro Toolkit to improve productivity and job accuracy at its fledgling packaging division.

Latcham Direct has embarked on a £1m investment in new print equipment and a major hardware and software upgrade to its existing web-to-print capability.