Tag: Newspapers

  • Fujifilm updates newspaper CtP and workflow

    Fujifilm is planning to launch new modules for its Elara newspaper workflow as well as a new CtP platesetter, which will be unveiled at the IFRA World Publishing Expo in Berlin next month.

  • Kodak to launch Achieve newspaper CTP

    Kodak has shown off a new platesetter for the newspaper market, the Achieve News, at this week’s Ifra World publishing show in Berlin, Germany.

  • Fujifilm shows newspaper solutions

    Fujifilm is to show a new prepress workflow, plate loader and cleaning solution for newspaper printers at this week’s WAN-IFRA World Publishing Expo in Berlin, Germany.

  • Inkjet printed newspapers come to Jersey

    KP Services has set up a newspaper printing operation in Jersey, Channel Islands, using two Kodak Prosper 6000P presses.

  • Agfa announces platesetter with pallet loading

    Agfa has added a new platesetter, the Advantage N-PL to its violet newspaper CtP range. This can image up to 400 plates per hour.

  • Fujifilm acquires newspaper workflow

    Fujifilm has bought Elara Software, which is responsible for developing the Elara newspaper workflow. The software has been popular in some European markets with the expectation that it will benefit from Fujifilm’s international marketing.

  • Kodak releases newspaper violet plate

    Kodak has unveiled details of a new violet offset plate, the Libra VP, that will work with most available violet CTP platesetters and plateline equipment. It’s aimed at the newspaper market and promises long run lengths of up to 350,000 impressions if the plates are processed conventionally or up to 300,000 impressions when easy chem…

  • Agfa expands platesetter options

    Agfa is to launch two new options for its Advantage N-TR and Advantage N-DL platesetters in order to expand plate load capacity. Both of these platesetters are aimed at high volume newspaper users.

  • Agfa updates Arkitex workflow

    Agfa has announced details of the latest version of its Arkitex Production workflow, used in newspaper prepress workflows. Its based on HTML5 meaning that the system can be accessed with full control from any computer platform that supports a browser.

  • Agfa announces newspaper platesetter

    Agfa has launched a new high-speed platesetter for the high-volume newspaper market. The Advantage N TR VHS produces up to 400 plates per hour, which is 50 plates faster than the older Advantage N TR HS. Agfa’s main pitch is that this speed will help publishers push back just in time deadlines and replace multiple…

  • Fish and chip wrappers

    I was struck by a recent headline in a newspaper that proclaimed ‘Labour to cut benefits for young jobless’. This is obviously not true, since the Labour party is not in power and not able to enact policy. But perhaps we should ask, is this any way to sell newspapers? Surely the point of a…

  • Kodak signs Prosper head deal with Manroland

    Kodak has signed a deal with Manroland Web Systems for the German company to integrate and sell Kodak’s Prosper S20 and S30 imprinting modules into the Manroland web press lines.