Digital

Kodak completes $525m patent sale to consortium including Fujifilm
Kodak ended months of speculation by announcing it has completed a series of agreements to sell more than 1,000 digital imaging patents to a consortium for $525m.

Esko and Epson announce OEM partnership
A new OEM agreement will see Epson offer its Surepress L-4033 digital label printer series with a customised Esko digital front end (DFE).
Landa challenges offset
Benny Landa has used drupa to reveal he aims to compete with offset by turning his Nanography digital printing technology into a new industry standard.
IIJ brings new inkjet devices to drupa
Industrial Inkjet (IIJ) has two world premieres at drupa. The company is the sales wing for Konica Minolta's inkjet heads and is exhibiting on Konica Minolta's booth (Hall 8b, stand 78-1).
Konica plots an inkjet revolution
Konica Minolta said it will leave behind "competitors in the Old World" with the new B2 inkjet press co-developed with Komori.
Screen expands Truepress portfolio
Screen (Hall 9, standA 40) has introduced two new inkjet products as a part of its Truepress portfolio at drupa, the Jet W1632 UV for signage and Jet L350 UV for label printing.

Banker jailed for insider trading in 2009 Canon Océ takeover
Former investment banker Thomas Amman has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after encouraging his two girlfriends to buy Océ shares ahead of its takeover by Canon.

EFI unveils Fiery Workflow Suite
EFI has launched a digital workflow to allow large single and multi-site printers to manage job submission, prepress, colour management and output across multiple digital print engines.

KBA prepares for first RotaJet installs
KBA has two customers lined up to become the first users of its RotaJet 76 inkjet web press.

Kodak silent on reports of joint Google/Apple patent acquisition
Reports have emerged that tech heavyweights Apple and Google are putting together a joint bid for more than $500 million in digital imaging patents currently up for sale by Kodak.