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Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM

HP SmartStream Production Analyzer records a wide range of digital press data including impressions printed, types of jobs, press uptime and number of...

100 Words or Less: What advice can you offer on selling variable print?

Mar 1, 2010 12:00 PM, Karin Stroh, vice president, marketing, XMPie (www.xmpie.com)

A great way to introduce variable-data printing (VDP) or cross-media communications to your customers is by leveraging your new capabilities in a 1:1...

Novel approach

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

FineEye Color Solutions is a result of a September 2009 merger between Chromaticity (Grand Rapids, MI) and FineEye Color Solutions (Mountain View, CA)....

Analyze this

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

Alwan CMYK Optimizer ECO is based on the Alwan ColorHub. This Macintosh hot-folder driven product uses Alwan's dynamic device link technology to adjust...

Gray matters

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

GCR benefits include Improved reproduction Better neutrals Consistent TAC Ink savings Faster makereadies Improved stability Easier color space transformations...

Integrated solution for ink optimization

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

Heidelberg's Prinect Color Toolbox with Profile Tool can be incorporated to create the device link profiles used to determine the level of ink savings...

System integration

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

CGS (www.cgs-oris.com) Ink Saver incorporates CGS ORIS ColorTuner color management technology. The Windows-based CGS Ink Saver features a clean interface...

Custom settings

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

GMG Ink Optimizer uses the vendor's ColorServer. Running on the Windows platform, it uses custom device link profiles and GMG's custom algorithms to perform...

A recipe for ink savings

Feb 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Ron Ellis

Developed for ink manufacturers and printers who formulate their own ink, X-Rite's (www.xrite.com) InkFormulation software (IFS) provides accurate and...

It's all about customer integration

Dec 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Gordon Pritchard

The old joke about the print shop of the future might be not far off the mark: “There will be only two employees: a guard and a dog. The dog is there to prevent the guard from touching anything.” ...

Better files

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Josh Durham

Back in design school, I remember teachers stressing how important it was to make our designs press-ready, but I don't think I fully understood what a priority this should be. Working as a production artist for a local printing company has taught me many real-life lessons on what not to do. ...

New DM screening

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel

UK-based Hamillroad Software has announced a breakthrough in screening technology that it claims will greatly enhance the output quality of today's computer-to-plate (CTP) platesetters. enhance the output...

Show Notes

Nov 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Luther Erlund

MIS with Microsoft framework and JDF power Printing and packaging MIS specialist DiMS! (Lisle, IL) launched DiMS.NET! at PRINT 09. It automates the complete...

Web to PRINT 09

Oct 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By John Parsons

It was difficult to avoid seeing or hearing the phrase web to print (W2P) at PRINT 09. The concept has been with us since the late 1990s, in the heady...

Computer centric

Aug 1, 2009 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel

Driving connectivity EFI's (booth 2500) new Web Control Center combines centralized color management to ensure accurate color reproduction with the ability...

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