World Association of News Publishers


Agfa’s new PrintSphere Disaster Recovery secures newspaper printers’ daily print production

Language switcher

Agfa’s new PrintSphere Disaster Recovery secures newspaper printers’ daily print production

Article ID:

22952

PrintSphere Disaster Recovery is a new module that provides newspaper printers with a secure backup that guarantees their newspapers will get printed in any event.

Mortsel, Belgium, 26 June, 2020 – PrintSphere is a cloud-based, SaaS solution for standardized and efficient data exchange and workflow automation. Hosted by Agfa’s private and secure cloud, it makes it easy for printers to store data online and swiftly exchange files with any stakeholder.

Using the PrintSphere Disaster Recovery module, Arkitex workflow software users store all incoming publishing files in Agfa’s secure cloud in an automated way. In case of an emergency, a print partner or backup print site can get easy and fast access to the stored data and resume printing. This gives newspaper printers the guarantee that their daily newspaper will get printed – even if the press or the entire production site is down. PrintSphere Disaster Recovery also resolves potential issues with FTP transfer, including transfer speed, and provides a more secure and reliable platform.

WebPrint, Irelands’s largest independent newspaper printer, recently exchanged its traditional FTP servers for Agfa’s PrintSphere. “Thanks to PrintSphere, we now have a simple, effective, secure and fully automated file receipt system in place. Thanks to the Disaster Recovery option, we now also have a backup at any time, and can print them at another site if needed,” says Barry Noonam, production manager at WebPrint in Cork, Ireland. “We don’t need to do any maintenance on the system; it just runs fully automated in the background.”

“Cloud solutions are ideal for printers of all sizes as they lower both capital and IT costs,” adds Rainer Kirschke, Market Manager Newspapers for Agfa. “We can offer our cloud customers absolute security and peace of mind thanks to mirrored data centers with 24/7 monitoring.”

About Agfa

Agfa develops, produces and distributes an extensive range of imaging systems and workflow solutions for the printing industry, the healthcare sector, as well as for specific hi-tech industries such as printed electronics & renewable energy solutions.

The headquarters are located in Belgium. The largest production and research centers are located in Belgium, the United States, Canada, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Austria, China and Brazil. Agfa is commercially active worldwide through wholly owned sales organizations in more than 40 countries.

(https://www.agfa.com)


Attachments

Author

Michael Spinner-Just's picture

Michael Spinner-Just

Date

2020-06-30 08:22

Press releases fresh from the industry as they reach us. Read more ...

The World Printers Forum (WPF) is an organisation of newspaper printers and suppliers within WAN-IFRA. It promotes the power of print and the sustainability of print production. Read more ...

Publishers and printers around the world have come to expect WAN-IFRA to provide the most up-to-date know-how about production processes, whether it be in prepress, printing, workflow or postpress. Its range of advisory services, trainings, reports and events are unparalleled. Read more ...

WAN-IFRA offers the supplier companies a plethora of platforms to present their valuable products and services to our top-level publishing community, with top-quality exhibitions, events, webinars and workshops, publications, newsletters and more. Read more ...