Equipment manufacturers

Soft proofing specialist ICS has launched Press Director, a dedicated press side monitor proofing tool, which it claims eliminates "the last analogue link in an otherwise 100% digital workflow".

Screen has extended its Truepress Jet520 series of inkjet machines with both entry-level and larger, faster machines.

Océ has reached the milestone of 100 sales of its JetStream range of continuous feed colour inkjet presses with a double installation at Australian firm Salmat, and expects to double sales to 200 by...

Manroland has revealed it is to shed 500 jobs as part of a strategy the press manufacturer claimed would enable it to position it for "future growth".

HP has unveiled three Designjet machines, two CAD machines, one challenging monochrome LED machines with a colour inkjet, and a successor to the Z6100 colour machine that the firm said improved speed...

Epson has unveiled updates to its popular 7800 and 9800 machines, the 7890 and 9890, which use the TFP head and UltraChrome K3 inks to deliver higher speed and quality.

Three firms have revealed new flexo platemaking technology, offering improved speed and quality.

Epson has added to its x900 range of inkjet printers with a 432mm-wide desktop model the Stylus Pro 4900, which was launched this week at German photographic trade show Photokina.

Manroland has entered the VLF long-perfector market with a version of the 900 XXL that can produce a 64pp sheet in a single pass.