Pre media

Johnston Press renews pre-press contract with Agfa

Johnston Press has signed a seven-year deal with Agfa Graphics to provide prepress equipment and a complete upgrade of pre-press facilities across three of its printing sites.

Colour Monster in prepress upgrade

Guernsey-based commercial printer Colour Monster has purchased a new Suprasetter A75 platesetter from Heidelberg.

Weatherbys print arm streamlines production with Papermule

The printing division of equine and financial services group Weatherbys has invested in a new production workflow system and installed a wide-format printer.

Go fourth and automate

At Drupa we saw the future and its name is Print 4.0. It is a ‘mega trend’ all about automation and integration. Here we look at what this paradigm shift in printing practices may mean for the...

Screen's Filler to step down

Screen Europe president Brian Filler will retire from his role at the end of September.

Kodak gives Prosper update and launches 20 new products

Kodak (5-F09) has given an update on the sale of its Prosper inkjet business and launched 20 new products, including the NexPress ZX digital production colour presses.

Cron debuts six new products at Drupa

CTP manufacturer Cron (5-B24) has unveiled six new products at Drupa, which it said will take it into broader fields of offset press optimisation, plate production and flexo packaging.

Agfa launches basic Advantage N platesetters

Agfa Graphics is introducing a series of “affordable” engines that focus on CTP technology for newspaper web-offset printing.

Kodak sales shrink

Kodak has reduced its losses on worldwide sales that fell 15% in 2015 to slip below the $2bn mark.

Onyx enhances workflow tools

Onyx Graphics showed Onyx 12 for the first time in Europe at Fespa Digital.

HP builds Oneflow tech into ambitious new PrintOS

HP has set itself a bold goal of "reinventing print production" with PrintOS, a new cloud-based production environment that will be part of its Drupa showcase.

EFI doubles Productivity Suite portfolio at Connect

EFI has used its annual Connect user conference to unveil three additions to its Productivity Suite portfolio and a new portal to promote the power of print.