New functions include increased support for fast turnaround jobs, improved auditing, work in progress and scheduling.

It will also launch Optimus Analysis, which interactively interrogates data in the MIS to assess business strategies and plan growth. The development of tools that allow users to analyse the state of their businesses using data held in their MIS is a growing trend, with EFI's EIS and Kodak's EMS offering similar options.

Optimus's tool for collecting shop-floor data from kit without JDF capabilities, Connect, will be publicly demonstrated for the first time.

The MIS will operate within Print City and on the Agfa, GAE Heidelberg, HP and Optimus stands.