Punjab Kesari Group flags off 403rd and 404th
trucks of relief materials for J&K migrants
Compassionate act of Punjab Kesari Group helping crisis-affected migrants in border villages
of J&K continues as the newspaper group has recently flagged off 403rd and 404th trucks of
relief materials for the marginalised civilians in the remote region. Sponsored by Shri Shri
1008 Vedant Acharya Sugrivanand Ji Maharaj and Dera Baba Rudranand Ashram (Una, Himachal
Pradesh), the 403rd truck for the needy migrants at Nuanathh Village in Samba District of J&K
was set out by Vijay Kumar Chopra, CMD and editor-in-chief, Punjab Kesari Group along with a
host of dignitaries comprising Saroj Moudgil, press representative (Una), Thakur Khushhal Singh,
Dr Chetan Moudgil, Arun Kumar and Lion JB Singh Chaudhary.
Subsequently, Vijay Kumar Chopra also sent off the 404th truck of relief materials, sponsored by
Bharat Vikas Parishad (Malerkotla), to the border area of Rangoor Camp of Samba District. Present
at the momentous event were Sanjay Singla, Sat Pal Gupta, Anil Kathuria, Anil Kalia, Virender
Jain and Lion JB Singh Chaudhary.
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Druckzentrum Südwest orders
ABB
retrofit for its Wifag reel stands
ABB announces further success for its retrofit solution for Wifag reel stands as Druckzentrum
Südwest GmbH based in Villingen-Schwenningen in Southwestern Germany, which prints
popular newspapers like Schwarzwälder Bote, has selected ABB to replace the obsolete
WCON controls and drives on six of its reel stands. The scope of the order also includes new
drives for all draw rollers in the turner bar decks of the Wifag OF370 press as well as upgrades
to the existing ABB Press Master
system. The new reel stand controls use
ABB’s PLC system AC500, which is
used in countless demanding industries
worldwide. Two major advantages of
this for the end users are, apart from
the technical qualities, the long-term
availability of spare parts and the fact
that these spare parts can be bought
not only from ABB but also numerous
independent suppliers around the world.
The existing drives will be replaced with
new ABB ACSM1 drives. These high
performance machinery drives provide
speed, torque and motion control for
demanding applications. They can control induction, synchronous and asynchronous servo and high
torque motors with various feedback devices. The new drives will be built into the existing cabinets.
Uwe Braasch, technical director, Druckzentrum Südwest, remarks, “As technical director it is one of
my jobs to ensure the long-term availability of our press. With the new ABB drives and reel stand
controls we are not only modernising our systems but also ensuring the long-term availability of spare
parts”. The commissioning of the new controls and drives will be completed this year.
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AIM bags silver at FIPP
Insight
Awards in Amsterdam
In recognition of media insight excellence for their entry ‘Engagement
Index: Magazines 2X’, the Association of Indian Magazines (AIM) was
awarded silver at FIPP Insight Awards held recently at Amsterdam. The
findings of the Engagement Index have demonstrated high engagement
scores for magazines on all key parameters like ad avoidance, information seeking, purchase
intent and consumer behaviour. Being the apex body of magazine publishers in India, AIM had
commissioned IMRB to conduct a large survey and the Engagement Index findings were released
at the Indian Magazine Congress organised recently in Chennai.
The prestigious awards were presented by Chris Llewellyn, president & CEO, FIPP. The Awards
were given recognising best research studies published in 2014 that promote the use of magazine
media as an advertising medium, in forms of print, digital and/or any other relevant channel. Other
winners in the list included Condé Nast, Immediate Media, Axel Springer and the national magazine
media associations of Germany and Spain and Belgian media agency, Space. FIPP Awards were
introduced in 2010, and have become an annual event.
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ppi Media puts on
its
second annual
‘ShipIt Day’
Small – Sharp – Smart! This was the motto
that guided the second annual ShipIt Day at
ppi Media in Kiel, Germany. More precisely,
this means transforming project ideas into product
realities within 24 hours. 50 participants working
in ten teams accepted the challenge. Jan Kasten,
project advocate and MD at ppi Media said, “What
we got were products that are now ready for a
market launch.” Manual Scheyda, senior vicepresident
of product & innovation management at
ppi Media commented that the concept of ShipIt
Day is highly incentivizing. “The participants
are highly motivated, not just because of the
time pressure but, above all, because they have
the opportunity to
make ideas they
are passionate
about come alive,”
he noticed.
When the event
was premiered in
2014, only ppi
employees participated, but this year ShipIt
Day was open for any one of entire concern.
So this year, the results of those 24 hours are
quite impressive; ten products, three of which
received the loudest applause. Included in this
group is the app ‘thanks’ for publishers and local
business and then another team developed a
mobile app for ppi Media’s Output Management
System, OM. This newly developed mobile app
is as simple as it is genius. It provides its users
with an overview of OM at a single glance.
Production heads can install the app and track
their plates live on their smart phone or other
wearable devices.
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Stage set for News Designs
Asia 2015 at Kaula Lampur
News media must compete for every
second of attention of their readers and
users in this multi-screen world. Vector
illustrations, graphics, photographs and maps are
gaining a growing importance while design plays
a key role in enhancing a media platform's user
experience. This is what News Design Asia 2015
is planning to gather from July 28-30 in Kuala
Lumpur. Top designers and graphic experts from
leading media organisations will share some
of their most inspiring best practices and give
practical insights for the production of attractive
and impactful news visual elements during the
three-day news design conclave.
So far, the confirmed design and journalism
consultants and researcher who will be participating
in News Designs Asia include Sara Quinn,
professor, Kansas State University and she is also
vice president of the Society for News Design
and director of a large-scale eye tracking research
on newspaper, tablet and online reading habits;
Matt Martel, executive editor for photography
and presentation at Fairfax’s The Sydney Morning
Herald, The Age (Melbourne) and Australian
Financial Review; he leads a staff of about
100 photographers, designers, graphic artists,
illustrators and developers; Rio Waas, head
assistant at Media Indonesia, Jakarta; and Simon
Scarr, deputy head of graphics, Thomson-Reuters.
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Creel Printing goes for
GOSS Sunday 2000
Creel Printing, a specialist in
production of newspapers,
catalogues and direct-mail, is
now set to install a 24 page GOSS
Sunday 2000 press system at its
facility in Las Vegas and Nevada.
With a high level of automation,
the eight-unit, two-web configuration
from Gos International has been
devised specifically to increase output
and press uptime. “At Creel we are
committed to continually advancing
our technology in order to ensure
we can anticipate our customers’
emerging requirements,” comments
Allan G Creel, president, Creel
Printing. “Given the changing world
of print and digital media, this not
only means we need to expand our
product capabilities, we also have to
ensure we can do it faster and more
efficiently,” he adds.
At 57 inch, the new press system for
Creel Printing features the widest
web of any GOSS Sunday 2000
model, providing 50 percent more
paging capacity. The specification
includes Gos Autoplate automatic
plate changing for all eight units and
Goss Omnicon press controls with
colour control. The choice of two GOSS pinless folders, a PCF-1 SQF and a PFF-3.2, allows
a variety of folding options – such as quarterfold, delta, and double parallel – with minimum
paper waste. This provides pagination flexibility and enables Creel to produce a broad range of
formats on the GOSS Sunday 2000 system, including magazine, tabloid, square tab and digest.
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Gidion Ambaum as
new sales executive
for Q.I. Press
Controls and EAE
Gidion Ambaum has been appointed as new
sales executive for Q.I. Press Controls
and EAE (Engineering Automation
Electronics). He
started working at
Q.I. Press Controls’
head office just
recently and from
now on he will
take responsibility
for sales activities
in Spain, Italy,
Greece, Turkey,
Russia, Belarus
and Kazakhstan.
Based in Ahrensburg
(Germany), EAE is
one of the leading suppliers of controls, automation
solutions and software for newspaper printers.
Hailed from Venlo in the Netherlands, Gidion
graduated in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in
Business Administration from Breda. Regarding
his appointment, Menno Jansen, managing director
of Q.I. Press Controls and EAE, is convinced
that Gidion’s enthusiasm will bring about new
opportunities and has high expectations. “The
fact that Gidion loves to travel is just perfect
for his new position. As a sales executive he
will be on the road a lot. And his international
background combines well with our experienced
team,” affirmed Menno.
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Krause Biagosch India as new agent
for Q.I. Press Controls India
Q.I. Press Controls
India welcomes
Krause Biagosch
India as a new agent!
Krause Biagosch India
will represent Q.I. Press
Controls in the entire
graphical market of the
country. Vijay Pandya,
managing director, Q.I.
Press Controls India
bel ieves that joining
hands together with
Krause Biagosch India
will result in multiple sales
successes for both Q.I.
Press Controls as well
as EAE. To effectively
serve the customers in
India, Krause Biagosch
GmbH established Krause Biagosch India Pvt
Ltd in 2010. With its headquarters in New
Delhi, Krause Biagosch India is responsible
for the distribution of products for the graphic
industry in the South Asian market. Over the
last three years, Krause Biagosch India has
been an agent for EAE to increase the latter’s
sales activities in the Indian market. After the
takeover of EAE in April 2014, Q.I. Press
Controls decided to appoint Krause Biagosch
India as an agent to actively represent and
promote the sales of Q.I.Press controls in
Indian market.
Deepak Nargis, managing director,
Krause Biagosch India is confident about the
addition of Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) products
to their portfolio. In this respect, he states, “With
intelligent solutions and high quality products
we always support our partners. Our team spirit
and the close contact to our customers help
us to identify
their needs and
problems on
time, develop
ideas and
together find solutions leading to success.
That’s why we continue to build our relationship
with QIPC – EAE by providing their range of
products to the Indian printing market. On the
new tie-up, Vijay Pandya concludes, “One of
the advantages of the co-operation with EAE,
is profiting of each other’s resources. That’s
why we get a good agent like Krause Biagosch
India to represent us in the Indian printing
market. QIPC – EAE finds in Krause Biagosch
India a competent partner for this area to
promote our products like the IDS-3D, IQM
and Softproof. With K raus e Biagos ch
India we can be better of service to the web
offset industry.”
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GOSS Magnum Compact press
enters final phase of testing
With the press towers clearing the overhead by no more than an inch, the first Magnum
Compact press system in the United States has been installed snugly and initial tests on
its six 2x1 units completed. The press is currently undergoing commissioning tests and
shadow production before moving
into full production. The new press
for Advance Publishing of Staten
Island in the US complements the
company’s existing double-width
press line and offers backup to the
production of the daily Staten Island
Advance while adding capacity for
other contract newspaper, insert and
commercial work.
Even at just 2.2 m tall, installation
of the Magnum Compact towers was
a high-precision operation. In what
is possibly a unique configuration,
web slots were cut into the ceiling
to accommodate turner bars for
delivering the web to a folder on
the floor above. Among the Magnum
Compact features attractive to Staten
Island Advance was the GOSS
Autoplate technology that delivers fast
makereadies and enables successive
jobs to be run with complete plate
changes within two minutes. Magnum
Compact design enables the newspaper
to offer a wide range of products
competitively and with good margins.
The ability to print cost-effective runs
as short as 500 - 1,000 copies provides printers not only with an alternative to digital print, but an
economical way of handling runs up to 250,000 copies, giving unparalleled production flexibility
and a powerful competitive advantage.
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ADAM NG opts for
upgrade
solution of
Q.I. Press Controls
After a thorough analysis of the existing
solutions in the market for upgrading
presses, Germany commercial printer
ADAM NG GmbH in Bruchsal has decided to
make investment in IDS-3D and mRC-3D from
Q.I. Press Controls. With these solutions, the
colour register and control of manroland heatset
printing machines can be further optimised. “As
one of Europe’s leading web offset printers,
we are constantly
developing both
our processes and
our technology, to provide our customers
continuously with the highest standard of printing
available to the market. With Q.I. Press Controls
we have found a professional partner who ably
assisted us in the technological upgrading of our
printing machines,” said Susanne Gartelmann,
director of operations, ADAM NG.
ADAM NG’s new investment consists of three
elements: 2 mRC-3D cameras for colour register,
equipped with automatic ink mist shield (AIMS),
front-to-back register control and motorised
scanner transport; 3 mRC-3D cameras for cutoff
register control, equipped with AIMS; and
side-lay control and 2 IDS-3D cameras for colour
control, equipped with AIMS, fault detection and
automatic colour ductor controller. The system
will be installed on the manroland LITHOMAN
III with five printing units and one folding
unit. “Q.I. Press Controls designed innovative
and tailored solutions for us and thus delivers
a custom-made product,” mentioned Paul Haas,
technical director, ADAM NG. The cameras
were custom modified to take account of ADAM
NG’s printing presses specific characteristics and
to meet the register technological requirements.
The collaboration is a highly positive move and
mutually beneficial to both parties. According
to Arslan Miftachoglu, MD, Q.I. Press Controls
Germany, “As an expert in printing products,
ADAM NG knows exactly what their customers
want. Q.I. Press Controls supports printers like
ADAM NG in meeting these requirements over
the long-term.”
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Outstanding 78 entries
shortlisted
for Data
Journalism Awards 2015
The shortlisted entries for Data Journalism
Awards 2015 are now out! Selected among
nearly 500 submissions, Global Editors
Network (GEN) announces 78 outstanding entries.
A jury of data journalism experts will now spend
time to deliberate over ten winners out of the
shortlisted entries – one winner for each of the
10 categories. The ten winners will be announced
during the Data Journalism Awards Ceremony on
June 18 at GEN Summit in Barcelona.
Simon Rogers, data editor at Google Newslab
and director of this year’s DJA, said, “The
standard of entries this year was incredibly
high. The entries represent every kind of data
journalism; from long read investigations to quick
hit visualisations, the whole spectrum of this
growing field is represented in the shortlist. Two
things were particularly striking: the number of
high-quality entries from relative newcomers to
data journalism and the global spread of work
that combines the telling of great stories with
open and accessible data.”
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QuadTech and ColorConsulting
partner
for combine colour expertise
QuadTech and ColorConsulting SRL announce a formal partnership that will combine their
years of expertise in colour quality and waste reduction, along with their knowledge of the
package printing and converting industry. The agreement will leverage the two companies’
understanding of pre-press and pressroom workflows, and enhance printers’ efficiency by automating
the exchange of colour data within those workflows. Carlo Carnelli, owner of ColorConsulting,
comments, “QuadTech is smart
enough to recognise the importance
and power of combined expertise.
ColorConsulting considered and
approached multiple manufacturers,
and found QuadTech to have the
best technology and the deepest level
of expertise. This is a perfect fit
that will bring printers more than
just equipment on press. Today
more than ever, printers are seeking
solutions, help and expertise.”
ColorConsulting’s knowledge and understanding of the entire printworkflow has already been instrumental
in the development of QuadTech’s Color Quality Solution, which enables automatic sharing and
processing of colour data between in-line colour control and off-line colour measurement industry
leaders. The solution assures colour quality and consistency from defined colour targets through
on-press ink formulation recipe changes, and ongoing colour measurement during the press run.
“We’ve had a very fruitful collaboration relationship with ColorConsulting for some time now,” says
QuadTech president Karl Fritchen, adding, “We chose ColorConsulting because of their extensive
colour knowledge and valuable experience.”
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Denmark makes acquaintance with
Q.I.
Press Controls and EAE combination
It seems the collaboration between Q.I. Press
Controls and EAE is paying dividends as in
a span of just one year of their continued
developments of groundbreaking automation
products the industry has become increasingly
aware of the fact that the two companies are
operating as a single entity. Joint orders are
starting to pour in and Denmark too, is making
acquaintance with the QIPC – EAE combination.
Having been won over by the commitment
shown by both organisations, the Trykkeriet
Nordvestsjaelland printing plant has singled out
QIPC – EAE for the upgrade of its presses.
Trykkeriet Nordvestsjaelland, based in Holbaek,
Denmark, forms part of Sjaellandske Media. This
local business, with a workforce of around 500,
publishes four daily and 34 weekly newspapers,
the latter alone with a circulation of 7,85,000.
Despite ageing systems being the IRS cameras
from Q.I. Press Controls and PrintPP software from
EAE respectively, Trykkeriet Nordvestsjaelland
decided to carry out an extensive investigation
among several potential suppliers. The order
consists of software and hardware upgrade for
the EAE PrintPP and replacement of the IRS
system by 4 mRC-3D cameras with AIMS for
cut-off control and 8 IDS-3D cameras with AIMS
for colour register. The upgrade is intended for
a KBA Comet with 4 full-colour towers and
one folder. The IDS-3D cameras have been
made suitable for colour control, which will
help Trykkeriet Nordvestsjaelland invest in this
at a later stage.
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Chongqing Daily adopts Schur’s
gripper conveyers and stackers
Chongqing Daily Press Media Co Ltd, one of the
leading newspaper producers in China, has over
the last 60 years grown up as a high technology
printing house producing popular newspapers with an
annual circulation of around two billion copies and
engaging in commercial printing. The company recently
opened a new printing plant in Chongqing, which is
sited to produce more than 30 daily newspapers and a
number of high quality business magazines. Envisaging
fresh innovations in newspaper production, the new plant
will install Schur TGG3200 gripper lines and TS800
High-Speed Stacker.
Now, all set for Swedish mailroom supplier Schur Packaging
Systems to deliver five new TGG3200 gripper conveying
lines that will ensure safe, gently and silently transport
of the printing matter from the press folder to mailroom.
Furthermore, five of the new designed PUC3201 pick up
stations will be installed in connection to the printing
presses. In addition to the new gripper conveying lines,
Schur also provides two new TS800 high-capacity stackers
for accurate high-speed bundle production.
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‘Editorial Leaders’
programme
launched in India
World Editors Forum, the editors’ network
within WAN-IFRA, has launched a
new ‘Editorial Leaders’ programme in
India to help develop the skills and leadership
ability of young editors. This first-of-its-kind
programme encompasses six modules over six
months, starting in New Delhi. The programme
will take the participants through a series of
topics to help them enhance their professional
expertise and develop them into future-ready
editorial leaders.
The programme fuses the print and digital
skills needed to address the changing media
environment. The modules, which have already
kicked off, will run for two days each and follow
the schedules as: Creating engaging stories:
April 10-11; Writing for the web: May 14-15;
Data Journalism: 11-12 June 2015; Long form
writing: July 9-10; Harnessing social media:
August 12-13; and Leading the newsroom:
September 1-2.
Six news publishers have joined the programme
- The Times of India, Malayala Manorama,
Dainik Bhaskar, Prajavani, Mathrubhumi and
Sakaal. The first module, ‘Creating engaging
stories’ was led by Jonathan Halls, principal
of US-based Jonathan Halls & Associates, and
former training director of BBC.
“The programme offers a fantastic platform
for young editors to share their experience
and collectively learn from one another,” said
Cherilyn Ireton, executive director of World
Editors Forum. “We are thrilled to be launching
this programme in India, a growth market for
both newspapers and digital media. We hope
the programme will help develop tomorrow’s
newsroom leaders and create a talent pool for
the news publishers,” she added.
Magdoom Mohamed, managing director of
WAN-IFRA South Asia, remarked, “The
programme is the result of more than six
months of discussions with many editors and
closely researching the needs of news publishers
in the region. While print is growing, there
is steady growth of digital news consumption.
We hope this progrmame will bridge the skill
gap of editors and prepare them to lead the
newsroom in an efficient way.”
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WAN-IFRA India 2015 packs
several interesting programmes
A big budge this year in the upcoming
WAN-IFRA India 2015 will be the
joining of the league by the members of
the board of World Printers Forum. The board
will meet on September 01, 2015 at Mumbai
and later on join the conference and the expo
from September 02-04. The fifth edition of the
biennial WAN-IFRA India expo will be held
alongside the conference. Leading suppliers to
the news publishing industry have confirmed
their participation. This list includes manroland,
Manugraph, GOSS, Mitsubishi, ABB, TKS,
Atex, 4CPlus, WoodWing, Summit, ppi Media
Solutions, Anygraaf, Kohli Graphic Systems,
Toyo Inks, FUJIFILM, TechNova, Prakash Web
Offset, Novurania, Phoenix, Q.I. Press Controls,
Ferag and QuadTech.
The conference will be a ‘Themed Walk-Through’
for the attending delegates on all days of the
expo — covering a range of topics including new
press technologies, process-less plates and content
the first time this year,
WAN-IFRA India 2015
will host ‘Media Market’,
a well-designed meeting
platform for newspaper
publishers to highlight
their capabilities in
printing for advertisers,
agencies and media
buyers. This market will highlight the power
of print and its potential to advertisers and
media buyers. Further, on September 03, WANIFRA
Newsroom Summit will host the World
Young Reader Awards as winners of this global
competition will also make short presentations
on their successful young reader initiatives.
As another addition this year, Regional Assembly
of WAN-IFRA Members in South Asia will
also be held during the event (on September
03). The conference will follow the traditional
three parallel conference summits: i) Newsroom
Summit, ii) Printing Summit, and iii) Crossmedia
Advertising Summit. There will be three
parallel pre-conference workshops on September
01 stressing on topics, viz. Energy Audit of
Printing Plants, Mulitmedia Newsroom, and
Maximising Classifieds Revenues.
Mumbai the expo venue, being a hub of a
large base of web offset printers (commercial
and semi-commercial) and non-news publishers
(feature/business/trade/life-style magazines),
will give WAN-INFRA India
2015 a best place to get
a bird’s eye view of the
publishing industry—starting
from content gathering,
archiving, processing and
distribution—via print and
digital platforms. More than
600 delegates from around
the world will attend the
conference and around 2,000
visitors are expected to join
the expo. The expo booking is
now open and registrations to
the conference and workshops
will begin in July.
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Grupo El Comercio to install
GOSS Community
Further enhancing distribution and
circulation of its newspapers
and others they produce, Grupo
El Comercio in Peru has invested in
a third GOSS Community, which is
being ordered with four four-high
towers, four zero-speed splicers and
a SSC folder. It will be installed
in a new, purpose-built facility of
the company in Arequipa, designed
to match existing satellite sites in
Chiclayo and Huancayo. Part of an
ongoing strategic expansion plan, prior
to opening plants in Chiclayo and
Huancayo, El Comercio previously
distributed all newspapers from
Lima, covering 800 miles of territory.
Giving the reason of expansion,
Ignacio Prado, director, El Comercio
says, “Distribution was becoming
challenging with some products
arriving late due to distance.”
Since 2007, Grupo El Comercio has opened two new facilities and, soon, the third with the new
GOSS Community will improve market share of the company in the region. El Comercio has a
longstanding partnership with GOSS, working together for over the last 15 years. “We have been
using GOSS technology since the adoption of our first GOSS Newsliner way back in 1997. The
first press is still running well, which is testament to its design and build quality. Since then,
we have been very satisfied with the performance of GOSS Community,” remarks Ignacio Prado
adding that they have also worked successfully with GOSS on major projects including a waste
reduction programme and colour capacity upgrade.
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Malaysian newspaper publisher
Utusan
Melayu successfully e-upgraded
Two particular things connect Utusan Melayu to manroland web systems—first, a long-term
partnership and an excellent technical performance. Utusan Melayu is one of the leading
newspaper publishers in Malaysia and on a great partnership with manroland web systems
that lasts for many years now. In Bangi, close to Kuala Lumpur, the printer produces its newspapers
on three GEOMAN presses that have been installed between 1997 and 2007. All presses have
been upgraded with different
extensions over the last few
years.
At another printing site in
Penang, Utusan Melayu
uses UNISET press from
manroland web systems to
churn its newspapers. For
meeting the changing market
requirements and for enabling
a faster, more flexible and
more economical production,
the publishers invested in
an e-upgrade that had been
finished in the first quarter of
2015. The upgrade contains a
modernisation of the entire control desk technology and essential components of the drive systems
of two GEOMAN presses at the printing site.
Following the upgrade, Utusan Melayu now has the most modern technology available in the
market. Therewith the printer has a significant competitive advantage. During the first project step,
the entire control desk technology has been replaced by the newest PECOM hard and software.
PECOM, formerly known as printnetwork, organises the entire integration and automation supply
from manroland web systems into five well-arranged workflow steps that reach from evaluation
via integration and operation to the production process and its control.
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Adobe, Kodak and
Quark integrate
more
technologies from
callas software
Newly released Acrobat DC software from
Abode includes even more technology
from the German company callas software
GmbH. Users mainly profit from this in prepress
and document preparation. This new version
allows Acrobat users to use variables in their
preflight profiles, permitting dynamic preflight
checks. This increases flexibility and reduces
the total number of profiles that needs to be
maintained. Users can, for example, create a
dynamic preflight profile to down-sample images
or check the document’s page size. When this
profile is executed on a PDF document, the user
is asked to provide the desired image resolution
or the intended page size. Also important for
pre-printing is the new ability to create bleed
for objects that are placed too close to the
edge of the page; to avoid cutting problems.
Integrating cutting-edge callas technology means
that Acrobat DC can now also process larger
files much faster. This is particularly useful for
variable data printing.
On the other side of development, Kodak
integrates callas software technology into its
recently-released PRINERGY Workflow 7,
which lets users set up and monitor PDF print
data processes and workflows. The pdfToolbox
profiles expand the software’s existing validation
and correction features to allow improved
quality control and less manual work for users.
PRINERGY Workflow provides intelligent preprinting
management tools for job and package
printing. The software automates associated print
production processes, thereby increasing efficiency
and reducing both manual work and financial
costs. PRINERGY Workflow 7, the new version
of the software, further automates all essential
printing functions, with pdfToolbox providing a
reliable PDF foundation: an essential component
during quality control and preparation.
Quark is yet another player in the league
using callas software as its newly introduced
QuarkXPress 2015 has been improved for better,
faster, cutting-edge PDF output. This is because
this professional-grade software for layout and
graphic design now supports document output in
PDF/X-4 format, verified by callas pdfToolbox.
This means that PDF/X-4 files exported from
QuarkXPress 2015 will be certified with the
same technology used in Adobe Acrobat.
PDF/X-4 offering features such as unflattened
transparency, media-independent colours, and
layering. This means it is no longer necessary
to reduce transparent sections as early in the
process as the point of PDF creation.
Radhika Systems based in New Delhi
are representing callas software in India.
Contact at: bharat.koshik@gmail.com.
