Tag: web to print

  • Enfocus and eCervo partner

    Enfocus is to partner with e-Cervo, which will include Enfocus’ PitStop as an embedded component in the next version of its web-to-print solution, CervoPrint. Currently, PitStop is offered as an option.

  • EFI updates its Digital Storefront W2P

    EFI has released version 8 of its Digital Storefront web to print program. EFI has streamlined the ordering process with single sign-on authentication for multiple users within the same organization, more-accurate shipping estimating using UPS Connect rate look-up tools, and support for online purchasing of ebooks or other electronic content.

  • Agfa updates its Storefront Web2Print

    Agfa has released updates for both its Apogee Storefront and Asanti Storefront web-to-print systems. The version 2.3 release adds support for electronic document distribution, so that printers can now sell electronic products like images, PDFs, ePub files or website banners as well as actual printed items.

  • EFI outlines new Productivity Suite

    EFI has used its annual Connect users conference to preview its upcoming Productivity Suite.

  • Chili Publish to work with Laudert IT

    Chili Publish has been appointed as a technology partner by Laudert, a German media IT and digital printing provider that has developed its own web-to-print solution.

  • EFI acquires DirectSmile

    Last week, EFI bought DirectSmile, which is best known for its automated cross media marketing solutions that have been used for such things as writing a person’s name in cloud formations. 

  • Vistaprint buys Pixartprinting

    Vistaprint has bought Pixartprinting, the Italian printer that has built a multi million Euro business by exploiting the web to print concept to the full.

  • Agfa adds business analytics to Apogee Storefront

    Agfa has updated its Apogee Storefront web to print software. Users can now customise a store so that individual users only see those products and categories that they need. This is a powerful tool for setting up e-commerce stores for dealer or franchise channels as well as for large corporations that operate across various countries…

  • HP shuts down Hiflex

    HP has quietly shut down Hiflex, the German MIS and web to print company that it bought in 2011. Hiflex was one of the first MIS providers to move to a cloud-only model and seemed to embody a renewed interest from HP in its approach to workflow software for the commercial print sector. HP declined…

  • Chili updates Publisher to v3.5

    Chili Publish has updated its online document editing program, Chili Publisher, to v3.5. There are improvements to the 3D folding tools, which now lets users combine multiple documents and assets in a single 3D model. It’s also easier to visualise 3D objects as users can now move the camera around the object rather than just…

  • Heidelberg launches Prinect Smart Automation

    Heidelberg has been demonstrating its new Prinect Smart Automation function which aims to automate the print production of jobs coming from a web to print system. It draws automatically on a pool of previously defined format templates early in the job creation process and merges these to create a complete job description that contains all…

  • Konica Minolta launches new Bizhub press

    Konica Minolta used the North Print show to launch a new dry toner press, the Bizhub Press 8000e, promptly selling five of them at the show. This prints at up to 80 pages per minute and can easily handle monthly volumes of 500,000 prints. It builds on the existing 8000 but adds new EFI controllers…