Pre-media

Pantone has released a 50th anniversary edition of its Pantone Plus series, featuring special packaging and covers, which will be on sale throughout 2013.

Agfa Gevaert has prevailed in its patent infringement lawsuit in the Netherlands against Chinese plate manufacturer Chengdu Xingraphics Co.

With web-to-print now a key print sales channel, is mobile-to-print set to be the natural evolution of the technology and be just as crucial, if not more so?

Gary Peeling, managing director of Precision Printing, has said its in-house-developed workflow, Oneflow, will allow printers to profit from the "only growth market in print" as he prepares to license...

Commercial printer Dargan Press has closed the colour loop at its Newtownabbey, N Ireland facility after upgrading its CTP system to match its prior pressroom investment.

Specialist self-adhesive product manufacturer, Mercian Labels, has invested in Xeikon's cloud-based colour management tool, Xeikon Color Control.

As part of the integration and rebranding of its two screen-print and large-format graphics operations, SSDM and Fenn Graphics, Aura Graphics has deployed a group-wide 40-seat Shuttleworth MIS.

Screen has shown its cloud-based Variable Front-end Service, which it expects to commercialise by the end of 2013.

MTA Digital has invested £60,000 in MIS and web-to-print software to improve its efficiency and expand its markets.

Enfocus has improved the efficiency of pre-press workflows with imposition software firm Ultimate Technographics joining its Crossroads community and an upgrade to its PitStop product lines.