Prepress

Proof is in the Process

Published: October 01, 2006, By Edited by Claudia Hine Managing Editor

A perennial problem for consumer product companies is approving expensive packaging runs before seeing what the finished product will look like on the

PDFs for Packaging

Published: October 01, 2006, By Edited by Claudia Hine Managing Editor

In response to ever-increasing consolidation in the pharmaceutical market, an alliance of package printers established Copapharm Europe in 1997. Formed

IPA Releases Proofing Roundup Report

Published: August 31, 2006, By pffc-online.com

IPA has released its Special Report, announcing the results of the 4th Annual IPA Color Proofing Roundup, conducted during the IPA Technical Conference, June 6-8, 2006, in Chicago.

RIT Installs Inline Densitometer from GretagMacbeth

Published: February 26, 2006, By pffc-online.com

GretagMacbeth has installed a vipPAQ inline densitometric color measuring system at the Rochester Institute of Technology for use in its Printing Applications Laboratory.

Inkjet Proofing Solution Receives SWOP Certification

Published: January 25, 2006, By pffc-online.com

Kodak's Matchprint Inkjet Desktop, 400 and 800 Proofing Solutions earned SWOP (Specifications for Web Offset Publications) Certification just three months after being launched at Print 05.

A Perfect Match

Published: November 30, 2005, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Associate Editor

Macaran proofs color labels directly on flexo substrates with Latran's Prediction.

The Design Supply Chain

Published: May 31, 2005, By Mark Vanover, Esko-Graphics

The packaging industry needs a comprehensive workflow that optimizes process efficiency throughout the entire supply chain.

Completing the Circle: Quality Assurance for the New Digital Workflow

Published: August 01, 2004, By by Gretchen Peck

Rock-Tenn supplies printing services to some of the world's most notable brands. Quality control is the No. 1 manufacturing concern, particularly since

Proofing System Lives Up to Expectations

Published: May 01, 2004, By Edited by Deborah Donberg

When printer/converter Group 360 Atlanta, a member of the St. Louis-based Group 360 Inc., decided to enter the world of digital proofing, operations manager

A Wise Investment

Published: February 29, 2004, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Associate Editor

Wise Tag & Label takes the guesswork out of its print process with Latran's Prediction proofing system.

The Power of Three

Published: November 30, 2003, By Edward Boyle, Contributing Editor

Together Mark Andy, Creo, and DuPont create a second "triangle of strength" for one Canadian label converter.

What Would PI Do?

Published: September 01, 2003, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor

PI, or Packaging Innovators, will always service the customer. And the corrugated plant does it well with the divine help of SunGraphics.

From Concept to Completion

Published: March 01, 2003, By Jan De Roeck, Esko-Graphics

Harnessing the improved processing power of today's Macs and PCs, packaging software developers now are offering high-performance plug-ins for the industry's

The Right Combination

Published: December 01, 2002, By Nsenga Byrd Thompson, Staff Editor

With Glenroy's flexible packaging expertise and Pen & Inc.'s prepress know-how, the two team up for an award-winning association.

It's a Color Thing

Published: October 01, 2002, By Teresa Koltzenburg, Senior Editor

And a speed thing, too. If you're a package printer, you know what I'm talking about and so do your proofing suppliers. The pressure on time to market

Agfa Ships Apogee 3, Renews Enfocus Contract

Published: March 25, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE

GHENT, BELGIUMEnfocus Software recently announced the renewal of its contract with Agfa to include Enfocus technology into Agfa's Apogee workflow solutions.

Creo Produces 7000th Brisque Prepress Workflow

Published: February 19, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE

Creo Products, Inc., recently announced the production of its 7000th Brisque workflow, which the company says is scheduled for installation in March.

MacDermid ColorSpan Charts New Course

Published: February 11, 2002, By PFFC Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- MacDermid ColorSpan, Inc., recently announced it's refocusing its business operations and marketing direction to better address the

ICC Review to Affect Color Software

Published: January 09, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE

The International Color Consortium (ICC) has announced that a major revision to the ICC specification is available for review and comment.

Creo Invests Millions in printCafe

Published: January 04, 2002, By PRESS RELEASE

Creo Products Inc. reports it has invested $23.6 million (US) in printCafe, Inc., as part of a $39.6 million private placement of equity and debt.

Agfa Xcalibur: Jewel in Converter's Crown

Published: December 20, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE

The Xcalibur VLF "breakthrough" system reportedly brings new simplicity and quality to the demands of package printers, says its manufacturer, Agfa. And one of Agfa's customers, Superior Lithographics—a 15-year-old, Los Angeles, California-based operation—is quick to agree. The package-printing plant reports the Xcalibur CTP (computer-to-plate) system has been a jewel in its production crown.

CIP4 Releases JDF Developer ToolKit

Published: December 20, 2001, By PFFC Staff

ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND -- CIP4 (Intl. Cooperation for the Integration of Processes in Prepress, Press, and Postpress) annnounced today the public release

CreoScitex and DuPont Promote Proofing

Published: December 06, 2001, By PRESS RELEASE

CreoScitex and DuPont say together, they now offer customers a complete proofing system. According to CreoScitex, the companies have established a worldwide, strategic alliance "to promote and enhance thermal halftone proofing systems based on DuPont WaterProof thermal halftone proofing media for CreoScitex CTP (computer-to-plate) proofing systems."

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