CTP

CTP is getting leaner & cleaner

Sep 1, 2008 12:00 PM

Prepress equipment and plate manufacturers made several CTP debuts at Drupa 2008. If you didn't make it to Dsseldorf this spring, you can see them up...

No going back

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Denise Kapel

Not many people want to deal with a startup company anymore, says Gary Crescenze, president and CEO of Delmarva Printing (Salisbury, MD). But when another...

Cruising to the lead

Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By AP staff

Phoenix Marketing never wanted to be pigeonholed. It is not just a prepress and printing shop which is why the word was included early in its history....

Presses plus a whole lot more

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff

You never know what you'll find at Graph Expo. Consider this story: Impressions Printing (Oklahoma City) is a small commercial printer specializing in...

The CleanPlate Club

Apr 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By John Zarwan

At drupa 2004, Agfa, Kodak and Fuji joined Presstek as suppliers of chemistry-free plates. Over the past few years, these vendors have commercialized...

Peer 2 Peer NETworking

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien

Using phpBB, an Open Source bulletin board package, Corey Smith launched www.prepressforum.com in March 2003 to create “a place for people working in the prepress industry to get together and share ideas, help troubleshoot files and talk about technology.”...

Fits like a dream

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By AP staff

Affordable I-Trap powers prepress for Car-Lin Graphics....

Going with the flow

Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien

Associates Graphics Services embraces lean manufacturing, the team-base systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste. The facility was designed to streamline the movement of jobs through the plant. Potential bottlenecks have been eliminated, and there's almost no inventory sitting on the floor....

Processor-free CTP

Mar 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Denise Kapel

An update on processless plate imaging technology....

Computer-to-plate & one hot metal holdout

Jul 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Katherine O’Brien

When I joined AMERICAN PRINTER in 1996, CTP was in its infancy. We wrote many articles about concurrent workflows, choosing the best technology and so on. Now, almost a decade later, CTP is commonplace. We recently asked our InRegister readers about their digital evolution. ...

Graph Expo 2004 New Products, Part 1

Dec 1, 2004 12:00 AM, AP staff

New products from: Mohawk, Stevens Graphics, Fox Printing, Stora Enso, Drabbe, Flint Ink, Duplo, Handschy Industries, NPES, Delphanx Technologies, Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Creo, Encad, Vutek, Agfa, Heidelberg, Pantone, X-Rite, Xerox, Midland Communications, XMPie, KBA, Standard Finishing Systems, ICS, CGS, Esko-Graphics, LithoTechnics, INX, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Colter & Peterson, Muller Martini, Jetrion, Videojet Technologies, and Enfocus....

Graph Expo 2004 New Products, Part 2

Dec 1, 2004 12:00 AM, AP staff

Must See ‘Em winners and new products from: Mohawk, Stevens Graphics, Fox Printing, Stora Enso, Drabbe, Flint Ink, Duplo, Handschy Industries, NPES, Delphanx Technologies, Mitsubishi Paper Mills, Creo, Encad, Vutek, Agfa, Heidelberg, Pantone, X-Rite, Xerox, Midland Communications, XMPie, Unimac Graphics, Standard Finishing Systems, ICS, CGS, Esko-Graphics, LithoTechnics, INX, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, Colter & Peterson, Muller Martini, Jetrion, Videojet Technologies, and Enfocus....