New guidelines aimed at making the pre-pack administration process more transparent have come into force.

Ghent Work Group (GWG), the global graphic arts best practice organisation, is canvassing industry opinion regarding the development of a standardised PDF pre-flight profile for wide-format printing.

Pre-flighting software developer Markzware and Creativepro.com, the parent company of pre-press software firm Extensis, have settled a patent infringement lawsuit

Canon has launched a publication aimed at printers looking to incorporate cross-media into their service offerings.

QuarkXPress 8, the newest version of Quark's page layout and design software, is now available for purchase directly from Quark or through its resellers worldwide.

Exhibitors have called Cross Media organiser Informa's acquisition of rival show MediaPro from CloserStill Media a positive move for the events calendar.

Denny Bros has produced 1.2m Fix-a-Form multi-page labels for Bart Spices.

Falling print revenues at the Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) have dragged the publisher's media division into negative growth, according to its latest trading update.

Data has been described as "the new oil" for the printing industry. If that's the case, then cross-media can perhaps be likened to a new gold rush.