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Software developer Pageflex, which is a division of Bitstream, has launched Pageflex Studio ID, a desktop Variable Data Publishing (VDP) plug-in for Adobe InDesign CS4.

Delphi Labs has urged digital print companies to sign up to its FilePrint automated web-to-print system, which it has just updated with the launch of an automated imposition module.

Fujifilm Europe has announced the commercial availability of its Brillia LH-NN2 high-speed thermal plate for newspaper applications, which was launched at last year's Ifra Expo in Amsterdam.

Winstonmead will merge its sheet specialist company Shepshed Knight with new purchase Q3 Print Project Management, after buying the latter for an undisclosed sum.

Publisher Random House's sister company Transworld has commissioned its largest ever first print run for Dan Brown's new novel The Lost Symbol.

UK Mimaki distributor Hybrid Services has dramatically cut the cost of UV ink to make the technology affordable for smaller printers and sign makers.

Kodak has formed a strategic alliance with the packaging prepress specialist Arden Software to bring "3D prototyping and structural design solutions" to the packaging market.

CPI has said its new HP Inkjet Web will now be installed in France rather than at Antony Rowe as originally planned, while St Ives Clays is to install its first integrated digital book production...

Wyndeham Press Group has announced a restructure of its pre-media services division that will result in group development director Les Pipe taking the helm.

Fujifilm has released version 2.1 of its XMF cross-media workflow, which includes a range of new features such as advanced support for digital presses and enhancements to its JDF-based imposition.