Pre-media

Makeready masters race into the lead

Incremental reductions in changeover time may not sound like major efficiency improvements, but with the right people on the shopfloor, they can add up to big savings

X1 boosts business with Catfish

Slough-based print and design company X1 has boosted business after installing a new web-to-print platform to replace its Kodak Storefront system.

Loveurope looks to life after McCann

Loveurope chief executive Steve Owens focuses on the positives following long-standing client McCann Worldgroup's decision to bring its pre-media work in-house under the Craft Worldwide brand.

Agfa CTP and Heidelberg install round off Ormside investments

Surrey-based commercial printer Ormside Press will upgrade its CTP and workflow systems next month following the install in January of a Heidelberg CD102 B1 five-colour press, plus coater.

GMG launches ColorMaster 2.0

GMG has launched ColorMaster 2.0, a colour workflow tool for standardising colour appearance across multiple print processes and specifications automatically.

Ricoh partners with TEC Mailing Solutions to offer SaaS mailing tools

Ricoh Production Print Solutions used the National Postal Forum (NPF) in San Francisco this week to unveil a new partnership with TEC Mailing Solutions on a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS)...

Star product: Alwan Print Standardizer X Start & Live

Latest versions of Alwan's colour management suite target both big and small print operations

EFI launches Fiery XF 5.0

EFI has launched the latest version of its Fiery XF RIP and Colour Management Workflow system, the first to support third party superwide-format printers.

McLays invests to future proof its business

Cardiff company McLays has continued to work towards an integrated system with the installation of a Suprasetter 105 CTP.

Magnet Harlequin acquires Technik

Creative and packaging management firm Magnet Harlequin has acquired pre-press specialists Technik for an unspecified sum.