Pre-media

Colour control - budget colour management

Some colour management set-ups may seem prohibitively costly but, if they prevent you reprinting just a couple of expensive jobs, they soon pay for themselves, writes Barney Cox

Timeline: Key developments since the last Ipex

Ahead of the UK's biggest printing exhibition at Birmingham's NEC, Chloe Setter provides a month- by-month breakdown of the key product launches and developments since the 2006 show

Health check for CCDot users at Ipex

Centurfax and Ripware are offering CCDot users attending Ipex a voucher for a free annual health check on their CCDot plate reading device, some of which will have been in use for more than a decade.

Waldo installs first Star Proof system in UK

Flexo trade platemaker Waldo has taken delivery of the UK's first Star Proof and Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 proofing system.

VGI Europe announces Ipex giveaway

Xitron-subsidiary VGI Europe has teamed with L&M Imaging Systems to give away two copies of the Xitron Navigator Workflow Server software at Ipex 2010.

Mann leaves Economist after 22 years

Michael Mann, international production and pre-press manager at The Economist, has left the publisher after 22 years at the group.

Pantone unleashes Pantone Plus series with an expanded palette of spot colours

Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, announced on 10 May 2010 a new series of its Pantone Matching...

Next-gen Pantone Matching System set for Ipex launch

Pantone will unveil the next generation of its iconic Pantone Matching System, the Pantone Plus Series, at Ipex next week.

MGS signs CTP deal with FFEI

Marlowe Graphic Services (MGS) has signed an agreement with FFEI to distribute its CTP systems in the UK, including its range of Alinte B1 and B2 violet platesetters.

Altaimage wins new magazine contracts

Magazine publisher ILN Group has made Altaimage its sole pre-press supplier for all seven of its titles, including Orient Express and Island Visitor.