Agfa Graphics announced the release of :Apogee Suite 6. With this release :Apogee Suite users get access to new productivity features and enhancements in :Apogee Prepress, :Apogee Portal and :Apogee Color. Its users will welcome the opportunity to shorten production time and further simplify the production chain.

Few people watching the inauguration of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States would have realized the role the graphic technology played in the proceedings. Most of the decorations used in these events were printed on a Vutek QS3200 large format printer and cut on an EskoArtwork.

For sheetfed printers keen to raise their market profile with sophisticated, value added inline and offline coating effects, KBA has brought out a handy guide to the production processes involved in creating and reliably reproducing such effects. The guide, “Coating Sample Book – Technology by KBA”, contains a stunning assortment of coating effects complete with detailed instructions on how to achieve them, the press configurations required and the materials used

One of the biggest commercial web printers in Latin America, Editorial Primavera in Guarenas, Venezuela, placed an order with KBA at Drupa for two 16-page Compacta 215s configured side by side with a cross link.
The new press line will be the first KBA commercial press in Venezuela and the first duplex press in Latin America.

Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF) have just announced the recipients of the 2008 InterTech™ Technology Awards. For over thirty years, recipients of this prestigious award have not only had a major impact on the graphic communications industry, but they also consistently prove to be successful in the commercial marketplace.

For the first time, MAN Roland presented its sheetfed ROLAND 50 press at drupa 2008, thus expanding its product range with the 36/52 format, now also serving A3 printers.

Many of the problems a graphic enterprise faces are born from issues in relation with a bad domestic management of the personnel, sales, processes, products and financial resources. For such a reason it’s necessary to identify which the root the problem is. Looking for solutions to improve the profitability of the enterprise, the financial difficulties are not generally the causes but the consequences of wrong decisions.
By Thomas Caspary, Adviser of business and Director of PRINTCONSULT LTDA.

This innovation that Xerox developed is a smart, low-cost way to authenticate information and make documents more secure, in contrast to expensive conventional technology against forgery.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) was honored not once but twice in this year’s internationally renowned PIA/GATF InterTech™ Technology Awards. The Speedmaster SM 52 with Anicolor inking unit technology and the Speedmaster XL 105 both received the coveted InterTech star

Patented technology, capable of 500,000 impressions without baking, Agfa :Energy Elite was awarded by PIA/GATF for innovation and performance.

"Why aren’t things going forward in our graphics? That’s what many people are asking and they try very difficult to understand the causes. It’s impossible to be part of a work environment and not to have to face some sort of conflict. Conflicts are part of human relation and when these relations have “problems”, many people run away to not face them."
By Thomas Caspary, Business Consultor & Director of Printconsult Ltda.

Epson and Agfa Graphics strengthen co-operation for Digital Proofing. Worldwide leaders commit to each other’s technology for integrated proofing solutions.

Agfa Graphics Announces 3000th Installation of :IntellSyst Remote Diagnostic System. New York State Printer Adds Advanced System to Full Platform of Agfa Products.
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