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EFI Packaging Suite 4.0 Offers New Value for Label, Folding Carton and Flexible Packaging Converters

EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII) has released the EFI Packaging Suite 4.0, the company's latest ERP-based suite of software solutions providing packaging enterprises with end-to-end workflows that contribute to profitability by increasing efficiencies. The Suite includes an expanded offering of certified integrations that optimise business and production operations for label and packaging converters. The new packaging ERP platform was shown for the first time at drupa 2016 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

AstraZeneca invests in Esko Studio to create 3D models of its pharmaceutical packaging

Quick reviews of high quality packaging designs helps AstraZeneca get products to market faster

Adobe Launches PDF Print Engine 4 for Next-Generation Print Production

Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) announces the availability of the fourth version of Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE 4), Adobe’s high-speed, high-fidelity print platform used by the leading print equipment manufacturers, and running in more than 150,000 print operations around the world. As the fastest and most reliable PDF rendering technology, APPE 4 will deliver new performance efficiencies and breakthrough color features to extend Adobe’s market-leading print technology. APPE 4 will enable printers to increase workflow efficiency and capitalize on the profit potential of new innovations.

Aleyant ‘Print Is Big’ Initiative Highlights Print’s Significant Economic Role

Facts and statistics help print service providers sell the value of print

Kodak Confirms Partnerships with Komori, Konica Minolta, Landa and Ricoh, Extends Reach of PRINERGY Workflow

Today, Kodak confirmed the integration of KODAK PRINERGY Workflow with presses from Landa, Konica Minolta, Ricoh and Komori. By bringing access to PRINERGY Workflow's Workshop user interface to more publishers, packaging and commercial printers, these new partnerships enable an advanced level of centralized digital device control and automation. Customers benefit by being able to make production decisions based on real-time metrics and by gaining control over all job ticketing parameters through rules-based automation.

drupa confirms industry appetite for streamlining end-to-end conventional print workflows; CRON confirms new focus for its business

drupa attention validates CRON strategy for expanded market influence
EZcolor digital inking cited as show highlight

Enfocus PitStop 13 update 2 now available

Support for emerging industry standards and other enhancements extend powerful preflight capabilities to markets with the most complex PDFs, including Large Format, Packaging and Labelling

ONEVISION SOFTWARE PUTS 4D COLOUR MANAGEMENT ON THE MARKET

The PDF optimisation software Asura manufactured by the German software manufacturer OneVision can now be used as a general 4D colour server, thus enabling significant print quality improvements.

At drupa 2016, Enfocus will showcase solutions that transform how business gets done

At drupa 2016, Enfocus will be showing how the company has combined ideas, innovation and collaboration to create disruptive solutions that ensure success for Enfocus users around the globe. From Hall 08b, booth A23, Enfocus will demonstrate the features and functionality of these new solutions, including the Enfocus Appstore, the new Switch PDF Review Module, Cloud-based enhancements to Enfocus Connect and new subscription and preflight options for PitStop Server. Used separately or together, these solutions have the ability to significantly improve a printer’s operation.

High Quality Book Automation Starts with Imposition Setup

Ultimate TechnoGraphics Inc., leader in imposition and finishing automation software, and Meccanotecnica (Bergamo, Italy), a world leader in book finishing solutions, are joining efforts in providing an easy and flexible way to automate the file preparation for the Universe Sewing, automatic book folding and sewing unit, for digital print finishing.

PitStop 13 update 2 expands preflight possibilities

The latest release of PitStop includes customer-driven features that expand the preflight possibilities to detect and correct errors in the most complex PDFs