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After the evaluation of the results of the International Color Quality Club 2020–2022 (ICQC) competition for newspapers and magazines, eligible new members are joining the WAN-IFRA Star Club of elite printers.
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The World Printers Forum (WPF) is an organisation of newspaper printers and suppliers within WAN-IFRA. Its objective is to encourage innovation and productivity as well as product development that can be instrumental for publishers to exploit future oriented news media products. It promotes the power of print and the sustainability of print production.
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2016-10-14 21:37Princeton, NJ (13th of October 2016) – ProImage – the leading developer of innovative browser-based automated production workflow – is pleased to announce the installation of their NewsWay Press Register Software Solution at Stigler Printing. Since 1983, Stigler Printing has provided newspaper and commercial printing services to Native American Tribes across Indian Country. Read more ...
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2016-10-13 12:04Suomalainen Lehtipaino Oy, the Finnish-based printing concern, has decided to have a complete Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) automation package installed on its Tensor T4000E with DCOS control. QIPC, the Oosterhout-based specialist in measurement and control systems for the printing industry, is to equip the press with its mRC-3D and IDS-3D systems for the automation of colour register, cut-off register, colour control and damp control at the printing plant in Kajaani, in the centre of Finland. Read more ...
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2016-10-12 10:26Every printing company has to face this question at some stage: press retrofit or new investment? manroland web systems experts compare this decision with buying a house: Would it make more sense to renovate an old house or build a new one? Basically any press can be put into a condition which will satisfy the current customer expectations. Which upgrades can be made these days through sensible investment and have new investments gone out of fashion? Read more ...
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2016-10-11 15:57Five years ago its “big sister” was being presented in Vienna: the Colorman e:line newspaper press. It asserted itself with great success in a difficult market. Now the e:line family receives a new addition with the Geoman e:line. The first unit of the new series has already been ordered and it is looking to emulate the global success of the Colorman e:line. Read more ...
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2016-10-11 15:44VIENNA, AUSTRIA, October 10, 2016 – Kodak is taking advantage of WAN-IFRA World Publishing Expo (October 10, to 12, 2016, Vienna Exhibition Center) to announce enhancements to its highly automated thermal CTP portfolio for newspaper. Since Kodak’s invention of thermal plate imaging technology 21 years ago, the company has shipped over 21,000 CTP units worldwide, of which over 2,500 are newspaper CTP’s. These new options will give newspaper printers more speed, efficiency and control in the platemaking process. Read more ...
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2016-10-10 14:50Today, the manroland web Store supplies well over a thousand web offset customers with spare and wear parts as well as authorized consumables. Completely redesigned and relaunched on 15 July, 2016, this well-established online shop follows the model of the most modern shops in the consumption sector. Three months after its relaunch, this can be said: More and more customers count on the new manroland web Store. What convinced them to do so? Read more ...
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2016-10-10 11:09Panaprint Inc., Macon (GA) powers both web presses with the latest Instrument Flight Gray Balance control technology from System Brunner in combination with QuadTech inline Color Control System with SpectralCam. Read more ...
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2016-10-10 10:56UPM is participating this week at World Publishing Expo 2016, the world's largest trade exhibition for the news publishing industry. Read more ...
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2016-10-10 10:42ppi Media has entered into a sales partnership with Texas-based American Company OwnLocal to help introduce their platform to the German-speaking market. OwnLocal automatically turns traditional print ads into sophisticated online campaigns, giving media companies a fast and cost-efficient way to create new ad revenues. Read more ...
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2016-10-06 14:0906.10.16 – The latest issue of KBA Report is out now and readers can look forward to a comprehensive review of drupa 2016, alongside articles on key innovations and practice reports from users representing the most varied markets and regions. In the editorial for the 49th issue of the customer magazine, Claus Bolza-Schünemann, CEO of Koenig & Bauer AG, comments that the print industry can be satisfied with the outcome of its recent trade show: “For all those who earn their money with or through print, drupa 2016 was a good trade show. After some difficult years, print made a dynamic comeback in Düsseldorf – with proven and new technologies and even more applications.” Read more ...
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The current widespread interest in digital publishing does not mean the possibilities of print have been exhausted – far from it, according to the three speakers at Monday morning's Print World session on the Power of Print Innovation.
Published in Business Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Anton Jolkovski on 2016-10-10 16:05
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While our industry has been absorbed with going digital over recent years, many legacy newspapers have renewed their print products to meet changing audiences' needs and expectations about newspapers.
Published in Digital Media Editor's Weblog Print Production by Ingrid Cobben on 2016-09-20 12:06
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The trend toward consolidation of newspaper printing centres is slowly coming to a halt, says consultant Sabine Sirach. After all, for printed daily newspapers, there are physical limitations to the distribution distances that can be covered while still being up-to-date and relevant.
Published in Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Brian Veseling on 2016-09-08 16:54
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"The print industry – suppliers and users alike – must continue to adjust its approach and follow the example of classic industrial branches in order to remain fit for the future," says Robert Heitzer.
Published in Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Brian Veseling on 2016-09-07 15:13
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Print publishers should use graphic design in addition to other tools to improve sustainability, asserts Pedro Matos, a design...
Published in Print Production World Publishing Expo Blog by Brian Veseling on 2016-08-08 11:21
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Since 2005, WAN-IFRA has certified several newspaper printing plants based on ISO 12647-3. Use the certification to improve production workflows, quality level, staff know-how, and market position.
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The International Color Quality Club is the only worldwide printing quality competition for newspapers and magazines. Its goal is to improve the quality of reproduction and printing in production, while also increasing competitiveness as well as training and motivating all personnel.
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The Materials Management Database project was launched as a spinoff of the Newsprint and Newsink Guide. Today it is used by printers, pressroom foremen and technical management as an information source for facts and advice for dealing with the materials used in producing newspapers. Among other informaton you find the specification of the WAN-IFRA Bar Code for paper reels in this online database. Most of the entries in the database originate from the members of the Material Management Committee; some come from outside sources (as marked), after review and approval by the committee. This database is continually being updated and expanded. New entries will be marked with a label in red type.
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