Software - Web-to-print

Ways commercial printers can use existing digital workflow and printing assets to enter the folding carton market.

A milestone release of Adobe’s Creative Cloud tools and services has just been launched.

One great thing about being in this industry for the past several decades, is that I’ve had a chance to witness and participate in the birth and evolution of some of the technology and services. One that has perhaps changed the most is how printers digitally receive jobs.

Upgrading its flagship product, Design’N’Buy has released version 2.3 of All-in-one Designer.

I spoke recently at a user group meeting composed largely of commercial printers when the topic of the 'Cloud' came up. I was a bit surprised to hear a very high level of suspicion. I asked the audience: "Who is excited about the opportunities presented by the Cloud?" Two hands went up. "Who’s not?" About half the audience raised their hands. Multiple questions were put forward about data security, possible integration issues, and overall viability. The bad vibes were much stronger than I anticipated.

Christmas City Printing, based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, received Fujifilm’s 5,000th installation of its XMF Workflow.

Kodak Insite Prepress Portal 7 now features HTML5 system diagnostics and a redesigned HTML5-based Smart Review user interface.

DFS has introduced Job Tracker, a new iOS-based mobile app that lets resellers track full-color print jobs and view their full-color order history. Tracker includes up-to-the-minute details of a reseller’s full-color jobs both in-process and completed, as well as thumbnail views of uploaded designs

callas’ pdfToolbox has been integrated into Kodak’s PRINERGY Workflow 7, expanding existing validation and correction features.

The latest workflow software from Kodak, PRINERGY Workflow 7, includes new features to limit human error and improve time to press.