On the heels of the recently announced Goss/Manroland Web merger set for later this year, as well as the Fujifilm/Xerox deal previously revealed, another major industry acquisition has occurred. Mark Andy, a leader in the label and packaging space, has acquired Presstek, a global supplier of DI (Direct-Imaging) offset plates and presses, CTP solutions and … Read more →
Investor|COM, an investor communication solutions company, has installed a Standard/Horizon HOF-400 with SPF/FC-200A, high-speed Sheet Feeder and Booklet-Making System at its Brantford, Ontario location. Purchased from KBR Graphics, the Canadian distributor for Standard/Horizon Finishing products, it was the second complete automated system purchased since 2014. Investor|COM added this second high-speed sheet feeder and booklet maker … Read more →
Ryerson University’s annual Graphic Communications Management (GCM) Job Fair event in downtown Toronto is an opportunity for employers to network and interview enthusiastic students seeking summer internships or full-time career positions. This year’s Job Fair took place Thursday, March 22, 2018 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre (Old Maple Leaf Gardens, 50 Carlton Street, Toronto). Registered … Read more →
Continuing its collaboration with third-party companies, Canon U.S.A. has announced that its newest imagePrograf large-format printers, the TX Series, are now compatible with Onyx Graphics’ Onyx 12.2 Software, an intuitive wide-format print workflow and RIP (Raster Image Processor) software solution. As a result of this combination, customers familiar with Canon’s TX Series devices will notice … Read more →
X-Rite and Pantone have announced the appointment of Ondrej Kruk as President. Kruk brings a combination of commercial and operational experience to Pantone and X-Rite, and will lead the continued expansion of Pantone and X-Rite’s product and solutions portfolio beyond colour to material appearance. “I’m extremely excited about the opportunity to lead a company with … Read more →
Prime Visual Marketing (Concord, Ontario), a specialist in high-end retail POP and POS static and interactive/digital displays – with a huge array of in-house design, print and finishing capabilities – has installed its second EFI VUTEk HS100 Pro Digital Inkjet Press with EFI Fiery proServer Premium DFEs. The visual marketing company uses the presses to … Read more →
HP Canada has added industry veteran Greg Running to its General Commercial Sales team. He brings with him 25 years’ experience, most recently with Kodak Canada for 11 years as its Canadian Sales Director. He’ll be responsible for HP Indigo’s full product line in Western Canada, as well as HP PageWide web press solutions. While … Read more →
Calling them the world’s smallest laser printers in their class, HP has unveiled its HP LaserJet Pro M15 and M28 series that are “designed to give micro and small business owners unparalleled fast and productive printing that fits absolutely anywhere.” “The micro-business economy has never been stronger, and today’s entrepreneurs are looking for smaller, design-oriented … Read more →
Colour management experts GMG have further expanded their plugin for Adobe Photoshop in Version 1.3. Now, colour-accurate separations from RGB into multicolour colour spaces are possible – with up to seven colours. This is based on GMG OpenColor separation profiles. “By using separation with the ChannelExtender, image data can be flexibly adapted to the printing … Read more →
A printing industry veteran and Secretary/Treasurer for the DIA (Digital Imaging Association), with more than 30 years’ experience, Mark Norlock has joined Canon Canada (Brampton, Ontario) as a Production Specialist. For the past five years he was a Regional Sales Manager for KBA Canada. His extensive executive experience has focused primarily on sales and business … Read more →
CPES2018 (Ottawa, Ontario), Canada’s premier conference and tradeshow exhibition for flexible and hybrid electronics (FHE), is assembling a world-class roster of session chairs, keynotes, panelists and subject matter experts to explore what’s new and what’s possible. Organized by the intelliFLEX Innovation Alliance, CPES2018 will take place May 23-24 at Centennial College’s Conference Centre in Toronto. … Read more →
PressWise by SmartSoft will be demonstrating the latest enhancements to its all-in-one web-to-print, MIS and Workflow Automation solution at Dscoop’s Unleashing Print, Inspiration Experience exhibition in Dallas, Texas. Dscoop (Digital Solutions Cooperative) is a community for forward-thinking printers that use HP graphic arts equipment and technology such as HP Indigo. Members give and receive help, … Read more →