Pre-media

EFI takes annual user conference online
EFI is to reformat its annual Connect user conference in 2021 to a virtual event and potentially open up its educational benefits to a broader audience.

X-Rite updates spectro software for backlits
X-Rite has released a free software upgrade that enables wide-format printers to quickly and accurately create colour profiles for a wide range of backlit substrates.

Heidelberg backs new open platform venture
Heidelberg has shared what it hopes will become a “universal platform” for the printing industry.

ImageData Group revamps MIS
ImageData Group has invested around £250,000 in a new Tharstern MIS as it looks to streamline its processes for the post-Covid landscape.

Kodak’s digital do-over
We all know the conventional Kodak narrative: The company that invented digital photography overlooked its potential and became the poster child for corporate short sightedness. What you might not...

Swanline automates workflow
Trade services and materials specialist Swanline Group has implemented a fully automated artwork management system using Enfocus Switch.

GMG revamps ColorServer with bespoke offerings
Colour management software specialist GMG has revamped its ColorServer profiling suite to create a triumvirate of products with each fine-tuned to specific processes and applications.

Agfa unveils new products; consolidates plate ops
Hot on the heels of announcing the closure of two of its European plate plants, Agfa has given a taster of some of the products that will be unveiled in the coming days in its ‘virtual Drupa’,...

Esko and AVT to merge
Danaher-owned industry suppliers Esko and AVT have come together to “extend packaging value chain connectivity”.

New product roadmap from Kodak
Kodak has announced a raft of new products that would have been the centrepiece of its Drupa exhibit.