At Ipex 1998, Fujifilm launched its first thermal CTP product: the Luxel T-9000 with the Brillia LH-PI plate and FLH-P processor. Fujifilm Graphic Systems marketing director Graham Leeson explains:...

A replacement of the T700 folder, the MBO T800, was launched in 1998 to enable faster buckle folding and reduce marking. Friedheim's national sales manager for post-press products, Stuart Bamford,...

German manufacturer Krug and Priester introduced the Ideal 5221 guillotine in 1985. It started manufacturing guillotines in the 1960s, entering the market with its Forte range. This had evolved into...

As far as technology is concerned, MB Buerle is a company that has never been afraid to push the envelope. Mathias Buerle founded the business in 1863 to make the most of his clockmaking expertise,...

Ritchie (UK) has improved the visibility of its workflow with a future-proof, open software system, according to its pre-press manager Alan Urquhart

New laser diodes have boosted the productivity of basysPrint's UV-Setters which, until recently, were the only litho platesetters that could expose conventional' UV-sensitive metal plates. In October,...

Presstek has always been a staunch supporter of DI over the years, and it backed up its advocacy of the technology at Ipex in April with two new launches. The 34DI and 52DI have proved that there is...

In the wide-format sector, the debate between UV and solvent is at its height. Solvent printers are cheaper and faster and their inks arguably produce a wider colour gamut. UV printers, on the other...

Off the back of a century of casemaking experience, Kolbus launched the DA270 at Ipex 2002. Advances in casemaking have not been particularly fast or earth shattering, but they have moved forward...

When Nigel Hunt at Dorset-based Blackmore was choosing a new B2 press, the size of its carbon footprint and of its plates were equally important