Products, including the Azura TS and Lithostar, will be sold through graphical consumables business Total Print Supplies (TPS) by Paperlinx merchants Robert Horne Group and PaperCo.

The deal, which will include plates, chemistry, hardware and software products, will significantly enhance TPS's offering.

Steve Brading, TPS business development manager, said: "We already have in place a team of technical experts who are highly experienced in both selling and supporting Agfa products.

"They are looking forward to being able to provide our customers with access to this market-leading range."

Paperlinx launched TPS in November last year and it offers pressroom consumables through the two merchants.

The division has also partnered with WasteCare in the UK to provide customers with a waste collection and disposal system that is designed for pressroom consumables.

Brading said the addition of the Agfa pre-press range was a logical extension to complement the group's current offering.

He said: "We believe that our timing in respect to this important range extension is ideal, simply because, in light of recent events in the graphic consumables sector, commercial printers are looking for a secure and dependable supplier for these business critical products."

The Agfa range will be immediately available nationally through Robert Horne and PaperCo branches.

Laurence Roberts, managing director of Agfa Graphics UK, said: "Based on the investment that Paperlinx has made into people, stock and technical support, the company is fully committed to the graphical consumables market.

"I am confident that this partnership will be a positive one for UK commercial printers and our mutual businesses."