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Onyx PrintMetryx offers online production analysis tool
Wide-format RIP specialist Onyx Graphics has launched PrintMetryx, an online tool for monitoring production costs.

Wasatch adds in-RIP cutting tool Tracer to SoftRIP
Wasatch has upgraded SoftRIP to include Tracer, a tool to create contour cuts within the RIP.

PPS upgrades to thermal CTP with Heidelberg
Peterborough Printing Services (PPS) has replaced its Highwater UV platesetter with a thermal Suprasetter A52 with Autoload from Heidelberg UK.
TNT lobbying government to carry out door-to-door deliveries
TNT is lobbying ministers to allow the private mail operator to carry out door-to-door deliveries.

Uni Mail brings digital work in-house with creation of new division
Oxford-based mailing house Uni Mail has added "another string to its bow" after making its foray into digital print.

Charnock to leave St Ives at the end of the year
John Charnock, the long-serving group technical director at St Ives, will leave the plc at the end of the year.

Duplo adds saddle stitching to range with Alpha Saddle launch
Finishing equipment manufacturer Duplo International has launched Alpha Saddle, its first ever saddlestitcher.

Screenprint Productions takes UK's first Meital 302 from Andersons
West Yorkshire-based Screenprint Productions has become the first firm in the UK to order the Meital 302 flatbed digital printer after seeing the machine at Fespa Digital in Amsterdam earlier this...

Encyclopaedia of finishing launched at book fair
An encyclopaedia of finishing, containing examples of a wide range of finishes and information about them, has been launched at the Frankfurt book fair.

PrintWeek Awards 2009 winners announced
The industry's great and the good helped celebrate the best in UK print last night at the PrintWeek Awards 2009

Print-Division installs world's first Rho 800 HS
Slovenia's Print-Division has become the first in the world to install Durst's Rho 800 HS UV inkjet machine.
The Metropolitan Police Authority tenders 55m print contract
The Metropolitan Police Authority has put out a five-year tender for a supplier to provide a "full print management solution".

Temporary workers legislation introduction delayed until 2011
New laws governing the rights of agency workers will not be introduced until October 2011 to mitigate business costs during the recession, the government has announced.
Decision on sale of Gandi 'close' as bankruptcy protection extended again
Canadian grand-format manufacturer Gandi Innovations has won an extension to its bankruptcy protection until 23 November 2009 as it mulls offers for the business.
Caldera opts for Adobe RIP and mobile module for MIS
Caldera has incorporated Adobe's PDF Print Engine (APPE) into its wide-format workflow and extended its MIS, Flow+, to enable remote access.