App-based vendor-managed inventory solution for consumables delivers enhanced benefits for Heidelberg Subscription customers
Customers are more flexible and have even less capital tied up
Significant optimization of inventory management for pilot customer Lensing Druck
Further expansion of subscription service is a key element of digital transformation at Heidelberg
Seamless Integration between EFI PrintSmith Vision and EFI Pace and Aleyant Pressero Web-to-Print
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) and San Diego-based Memjet® have established a new partnership, bringing ultra-fast, high-quality EFI™ Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) to the growing portfolio of Memjet DuraLink™ digital inkjet production solutions. EFI’s development of Fiery DFE solutions for printers featuring DuraLink technology means Memjet OEM customers will have access to one of the world’s most successful and reliable print servers for production-class digital color printing.
By Patrick Kerr, WW Product Manager, Kodak’s Software Division
As the industry continues to undergo a major transformation, no printer can afford to ignore opportunities to optimize processes and improve efficiency. Ever shorter runs are the norm today, bigger orders are divided into several smaller jobs with differentiated content and time schedules, while web-to-print portals mostly generate a large number of small jobs and personalized products are on the increase. That all adds up to higher-than-ever requirements and an even heavier workload for your prepress. More files have to be processed and more plates and / or digital print jobs delivered to the pressroom in less time, to prevent the presses from standing still. The workflow and its potential for optimization are taking center stage. This is where the key lies to improving the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of your printing operations. Mass optimization represents an attractive option here that can help you raise the efficiency of your workflow sustainably and hence save time and money.
On June 20, 2019, over 100 customers visited Heidelberg’s North American headquarters in Kennesaw, Georgia for its “Productivity through Connectivity” event. The day-long event focused on the digital transformation within the print industry and its impacts on printers’ productivity. The event kicked off with an insightful presentation on the impacts digitalization has on print shops with an overview of Heidelberg’s “Push to Stop” technology, Lifecycle Solutions, Heidelberg Subscription, and Prinect Production Manager.
Accessible new financing solution brings the benefits of Fujifilm’s industry-leading workflow software to a much broader range of print businesses, as an extension to the company’s PLATESENSE initiative.
Media group Advance Local, one of the largest media companies in the United States, has made a company-wide switch to a workflow based on the ppi Media solutions PlanPag, OM-ProofStation, and JobEntry. Advance Local was able to move forward considerably with its workflow consolidation by implementing a central solution for their 14 printing locations to plan and produce more than 180 US-publications from one central technology stack.
iText Group NV, a globally recognized thought-leader and innovator in PDF libraries and solutions, today announced the launch of iText DITO, the newest addition to their award-winning software offerings.
DocBridge© Pilot 3.8, the new version of the output management software for cost-optimized Omnichannel customer communication, is now available. The most important innovation of the current release is an open programming interface based on the REST technology (API), which allows the user an even better integration of DocBridge© Pilot into his existing document and output management structures.
Color Logic has donated more than 150 copies of their Touch7 Photo ECG software to Toronto-based Ryerson University, for use in the School of Graphic Communications Management color management curriculum. Discussing the donation, Color-Logic Director of Sales and Marketing Mark Geeves said: "The Ryerson graphic communications management program provides students with hands-on workshops and real-world workflow and color management experience. Offset and flexographic press manufacturers, as well as those producing digital presses, now offer Extended Color Management inksets, and printers are beginning to offer them to clients. Experience with the Touch7 Photo ECG software will enable Ryerson graduates to step immediately into technology positions in the packaging and commercial printing industry."
This year’s event for the users of Eidosmedia’s digital technology focused on mobile working and new tools for distributed authoring and editing.
“We were delighted to see so many people at this year’s customer meeting in Milan,” said Christian Pelanconi, Eidosmedia CEO. “In fact, this year was the biggest yet with guests and attendees from across our worldwide customer base.”
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