At its pre-drupa press conference held in Portugal last week, Kodak unveiled its new catchline, “Yellow changes everything” and reported it is unveiling 10 new digital solutions and more than 30 industry partners at drupa. Publisher Brian Moore reports from Lisbon.

At it’s pre-drupa press conference held in Portugal last week, Kodak unveiled its new catchline, “Yellow changes everything” and reported it is unveiling 10 new digital solutions and more than 30 industry partners at drupa. Publisher Brian Moore reports from Lisbon.

At it’s pre-drupa press conference held in Portugal last week, Kodak unveiled its new catchline, “Yellow changes everything” and reported it is unveiling 10 new digital solutions and more than 30 industry partners at drupa. Publisher Brian Moore reports from Lisbon.

Fujifilm will have a major presence at drupa, with its exhibition space extending to 2,020sq m, the largest in the company’s history for this show.

Screen’s theme at drupa 2012 is ‘Take a Closer Look’ as it invites the global print industry to experience its automated web to delivery print on demand (POD) solutions.

Screen’s theme at drupa 2012 is ‘Take a Closer Look’ as it invites the global print industry to experience its automated web to delivery print on demand (POD) solutions.

Screen’s theme at drupa 2012 is ‘Take a Closer Look’ as it invites the global print industry to experience its automated web to delivery print on demand (POD) solutions.

US-based Hybrid Software’s Order Lifecycle Management (OLM) concept treats integration as a product, changing conventional thinking about how to integrate hardware, software and workflows right from the moment a print job is first entered.

Fujifilm will have a major presence at drupa, with its exhibition space extending to 2,020sq m, the largest in the company’s history for this show.

Andy Tribute says printers should look at litho and digital as complementary and run them from the same workflow with web to print to take advantage of the best of both worlds

Kodak says automation and value added services are key to moving forward in a constantly changing industry. Michael Smedley, business services and solutions group manager at Kodak explores how automation can drive productivity and cost savings in the modern printing environment

New digital production print offerings, including some innovative customer driven solutions for commercial, inplant and quick printers mean that any print service provider that doesn’t take a look at Lanier is simply not doing their due diligence
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Fujifilm Graphic Systems maximises workflow efficiencies with XMF v3.1 and XMF Remote R6, and says the enhanced functionality of XMF cross-media workflow solution allows for closer integration and more streamlined pre-production processes

Kodak’s Prinergy is the country’s biggest selling digital workflow solution, and it now incorporates rules-based automation for what the company says are staggering efficiencies

The largest player in the industry has pushed the workflow into the previously heavy metal focused areas of pressroom and finishing. Heidelberg says its Prinect solutions address more than just the typical prepress workflow, and give control to the people in charge

Agfa’s raft of workflow solutions proved a hit at the recent Printex 11

Dainippon Screen has long been a major player in digital workflow, with over 6,000 Trueflow sites around the world. By far the majority of these installations are in CTP offset environments but, as the Kyoto-based company moves deeper into digital press territory, a new workflow has emerged – Equios

An automated workflow is key to optimising efficiencies in the printroom, and driving print businesses forward in the new mixed output era, writes Wayne Robinson

Heidelberg and partners, Kodak and Konica Minolta, hosted an industry event demonstrating digital/ offset combinations with web-to-print workflows

Konica Minolta, Heidelberg and Kodak are teaming up at PrintEx to showcase seamless integration between digital, offset and workflow

The imaging giant has developed a complete suite of prepress solutions including digital workflow, imagesetters and plates

Workflow automation and integration of what were once time consuming, expensive and distinct jobs are proving a boon to printers, Wayne Robinson reports on some of the latest developments

Heric asks when is ‘new and improved’ software compelling enough to change, and how do you rationalise the need for upgrade

With over 6,000 Trueflow sites around the world, Screen is an undoubted leader in workflow. After years of ‘evolutionary’ development, Trueflow is now making way for a completely new approach known as Equiosnet, to be premiered at Ipex

At Ipex Heidelberg will introduce a number of innovations for its Prinect workflow which will enable users to improve colour and quality management and also deliver greater transparency and higher margins for printshops

Today a digital workflow is virtually a prerequisite for any successful printing company, large or small, indeed it is some of the smaller ones that have taken up digital most enthusiastically

The world’s biggest press manufacturer believes that digital integration between production, back office and management delivers dramatic gains

Kodak’s partnership with Frontline Technologies is providing the New Zealand printing industry with a raft of options when it comes to working with management information systems

Ever wondered how employees can achieve a better quality of work, complete less re-work, improve customer satisfaction, become more motivated, and  improve management/staff relationships. PrintNZ has established a programme that will help in these, and other, areas. Dave Macintyre looks at its productivity projects