Pre-media

Kodak predicts processless plate 'shift'
Kodak believes the adoption of processless plates is reaching a tipping point akin to that experienced with the adoption of CTP – and is citing potential savings for users running into tens of...

Colour Collective announces wide-format colour management course
The Colour Collective has announced a one-day course for anyone interested in creating ICC profiles for wide-format printing, on 26 June at X-Rite's UK headquarters near Manchester.

Technique Print Group upgrades to Heidelberg Suprasetter A75
Banbury-based commercial printer Technique Print Group has upgraded its CTP system by moving from a Screen PlateRite to a Heidelberg Suprasetter A75.

Transporting files takes off with latest workflows
That’s the trouble with doing well. Excel at making some decent margins from a certain area of print, and it inevitably won’t be long before others are jumping on the bandwagon – and in the case of...

WF sector plays catch-up in web-to-print stakes
It is a truism that wide-format printers lag behind their commercial counterparts in the adoption of productivity software, such as workflow, colour management and MIS. And the same seems true with...

Me & my: GMG OpenColor
In today’s marketplace it’s more important than ever that proofs and plates are produced accurately. Any problems on press result in wasted materials and lost time on expensive machinery. Clients...

GI Solutions recruits Darren Crawford as group IT director
GI Solutions Group has recruited Darren Crawford as group IT director and charged him with overseeing an estimated £750,000 investment over the next three years.

Xeretec expands Xerox reseller network with ROI merger
Xeretec has bought the trade and assets of ROI Group’s Xerox reseller operation ROI Digital, further boosting its geographic coverage.

Douglas overhauls pre-press with CTP and workflow investment
Bishop's Stortford-based design and print business Douglas has invested in a new Suprasetter A75 from Heidelberg as well as an upgrade to its pre-press software suite.

Prepress Services targets upgrade market with new platesetter
Prepress Services is bringing a new range of B2 and B1 thermal CTP systems to the UK.