For four years, Poligrāfijas grupa Mūkusala has been reaping the rewards of Fujifilm’s online job submission and soft-proofing tool – and in lockdown its benefits have been particularly pronounced
Based in the Latvian capital of Riga, Poligrāfijas grupa Mūkusala is one of Latvia’s most recognised printing houses. Nestled on the riverbank of the Daugava, the company offers a variety of print services, including magazines, newspapers, catalogues and advertising collateral, both within Latvia and in eleven other European countries. Its 20+ years of experience has allowed for substantial business growth, with Mūkusala now boasting a range of modern technologies, highly skilled personnel and long-term relationships with various trusted suppliers. As one of those suppliers, Fujifilm has been providing its XMF Remote service (via local distributor KTA Graphic Systems) to Mūkusala for four years now, with impressive results.
Enhanced test charts, Crystal Screens for flexo, and white ink optimization for flexible packaging are just some of the innovative features included in the newest release of the multiple award-winning Print Control Wizard software from Esko.
U. Günther GmbH helps packaging printers achieve quality leaps and win gravure jobs for flexo with KODAK FLEXCEL NX Ultra Plates
Roland DG announced the introduction of the latest version of the VersaWorks 6 RIP software for inkjet printers and a free upgrade service for customers with compatible models.
Minister Dr. Bernd Buchholz has been visiting a fine selection of innovative companies in North Germany with national and international appeal as part of a tour organized in June by the Digital Economy of Schleswig-Holstein (DiWiSH).
Leading Danish independent trade shop reprocentret A/S has invested in a fully integrated flexo plate making solution from Esko to deliver enhanced quality and consistency for its customers.
The ColorGATE Productionserver is the company's core product. The new Version 20 has been updated to Adobe's PDF Print Engine 5, supports spectral spot color definitions and brings compatibility with PantoneLIVE. It has spot color libraries for PANTONE and Free Color, and includes additional settings for the Ink Saver function. Industrial users will also benefit from the new Retouch Module, which allows last minute color corrections before printing while remaining consistent with the color management workflow, and the Color Correction Loop Module, which is a prerequisite for iterative color correction processes in décor production.
From now on, users of brandbox, a product of Konmedia GmbH, can automatically process PDF files with pdfToolbox from callas software. brandbox is a universal marketing instrument that enables cross-media product communication. Since different requirements regarding the provision of PDF files are involved, Konmedia has decided to extend its brandbox with the functionality of callas pdfToolbox. This allows users to create PDF files for specific application purposes from the same database without wasting time.
Agfa adds a cleaning module to its Attiro clean-out unit for violet newspaper printing plates which significantly reduces the maintenance frequency of the Clean Out Unit.
Solimar Systems, Inc., provider of leading workflow solutions for print production and digital communications, has today launched Secure IPP Print Server™ for digital print environments. The server delivers support for encrypted data transmission using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) in addition to enabling print job optimization and workflow automation. This flexible solution enables companies to better comply with data security regulations, policies and best practices including GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation and CCPA, the California Consumer Privacy Act.
An anniversary is a time for reflection: a time to pause, look back, and see how far we’ve come. Steurs Graphic Solutions can look back a long way — 70 years, to 1949, when the two Steurs brothers started what has become one of Belgium’s leading packaging prepress houses. The backward look will be a short one, however, because all eyes at the Antwerp-based business are firmly fixed on the present and the future — “on continuing to create solutions for today and tomorrow”, as the company’s tagline has it.
