Pre-media

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.

Printing.com has issued a profit warning ahead of its full year results for the year ending 31 March 2013.

Taopix has teamed up with US self-publishing engine FastPencil to offer its digital print customers a route into the wider market of book publishing.

Esko has introduced an addition to the CDI Spark plate imaging family, the CDI Spark 2420, to cater to the growing label and tag market.

Ricoh has launched a digital vs offset cost calculator as part of its Business Driver Programme to help its customers choose the most appropriate print technology for different jobs.

Alwan Color Expertise has extended its Print Standardizer product line with an entry-level version for small firms and digital operations and an industrial version for web-offset printers.

Eastman Kodak completed the sale and licensing of its digital imaging patents for $527m this week as it asked for yet another extension to the deadline for filing its Chapter 11 plan.

Following customer feedback to its range of packaging pre-press tools launched at Drupa FFEI has launched a modular suite of Illustrator plug-ins, RealPro Toolkit.