Announcing the 63rd Annual TAGA Conference

The Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA) is pleased to announce details on the 63rd Annual TAGA conference. The annual TAGA conference is the only international conference for the graphic arts that features technical papers on research straight from the laboratory, studies from the pressroom, and software and systems engineering studies. The conference takes place March 6-9, 2011 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA.

Southern Lithoplate Launches International Sales Initiative, Names David Baygents as Program Director

Southern Lithoplate, Inc., the graphic communications industry’s fastest growing supplier of digital and analog lithoplates, today announced the formation of a new international sales department. The new program will focus on meeting the prepress and pressroom needs of customers outside the continental United States and Canada. This initiative is an integral component of the company’s strategy to broaden its base and serve newspaper publishers and commercial printing operations in Central and South American, European and Asian markets.

Flint Group Print Media Europe: Raw material markets for printing blankets and pressroom chemicals are not exempt from global volatility

The global commodity markets are in disarray, and certainly as far as raw materials for the production of printing consumables, like fount solutions, washes and blankets are concerned, the outlook is volatile at best. In recent months many key base materials have increased in price, some by as much as 25% and although not all have seen such dramatic increases, the outlook for the next 6 months or so is that all these critical raw materials will see upward pressure.

Early adopter of workflow upgrades to next level

Edinburgh 24 hour quality printer Allander is upgrading its workflow to Prinect 10 standard. It was an early adopter of Prepress Manager and Pressroom Manager and is keen to retain the edge that these links bring in terms of rapid set up times, minimal waste and, in combination with Image Control, first rate closed loop colour management.

Sticking with What Works, William Charles Installs New Printmaster QM 46

William Charles Printing in Plainview, N.Y. reports the installation of a new Printmaster QM 46 2-color press. The new press replaces an aging machine and restores the companys small-format pressroom lineup to a total of three QM 46s. The shop also operates a 5-color Speedmaster SM 102, in addition to three POLAR cutters and a pair of Stahl folders.