Category: Premedia

  • Fujifilm rebrands pressroom products

    Fujifilm has rebranded its pressroom product range under the Superia brand name.

  • Pitstop 13 updated

    Enfocus has released the first update for its PitStop 13 preflight and workflow tool. New features include improved processing speed, support for adding grommets, preflight restrictions within a shape such as a cutter guide, and a new preflight profile for fixing PDFs created from Microsoft Office documents.

  • 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…

  • Esko adds HD Letterpress option

    Esko has added a Letterpress option for metal-backed plates to its HD plate imaging technology. This means that brands can print plastic and metal packaging such as beverage or aerosol cans with a wider tonal range, along with a significant increase of detail and improved productivity.

  • 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.

  • ThemoFlexx launches digital plate imager

    ThermoFlexx is to show off a new digital plate imager, the ThermoFlexx 48, which takes plates up to 900 x 1,200 mm. There’s a choice of modes with imaging speeds of 6 and 3.5 square metres an hour. It’s essentially a smaller version of the existing ThermoFlexX 60 and 80 models and offers the same…

  • 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.

  • Asahi launches new plate processor

    Asahi Photoproducts, which produces flexo plates, has announced a new flexo plate processor, the AWP 4835 P, which will be officially launched at the Label Expo show at the end of this month. It takes plates up to 120 x 90 cm and thickness of 1.14 mm and 1.70 mm.

  • Agfa launches new violet plates and clean out unit

    Agfa has announced a new violet plate for the newspaper market, the N95-VCF. Agfa says that it offers better performance on press and longer run lengths up to 300,000 sheets, dependent on the press conditions. It also supports UV ink printing. The image contrast has been improved for easier plate inspection and optical recognition by…

  • Packz completes Colibri integration

    Matchmycolor and Packz have completed their software integration program, as announced in December 2014. This allows customers using Packz prepress productivity tools to specify and manage brand colours through Matchmycolor’s Colibri. Judy van de Langkruis, managing partner of matchmycolor, explained: “We ensure the integrity of the colour is maintained at all stages: from design, hard…

  • Heidelberg updates Prinect workflow

    Heidelberg has added a number of new features to its Prinect workflow, including updating the Prinect Cockpit. This is said to be much simpler and more intuitive. Thus, the open job can now be displayed beside the job list and the job memo. Users can cast a quick and efficient glance at the job content,…

  • Esko updates Suite 14 software

    Esko has released Suite 14.1, which comes with Software as a Service (SaaS) and Subscription options, alongside its perpetual license.