Software

OTTO Motors and Significans Automation Are Bringing Mobile Material-Handling Robots to Printing and Packaging Industry

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OTTO Motors, a leading provider of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for production, has signed a partnership agreement with Significans Automation Inc. to bring AMR material handling technology to the Printing and Packaging space in the Americas. AMRs are advanced robots designed to transport raw and work-in-progress materials throughout the factory floor in pedestrian-heavy areas. AMRs … Read more

Wallace Carlson Printing Adds EFI PrintFlow Dynamic Scheduling Software

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Workflow automation is becoming increasingly important to all types and sizes of printing businesses. But not every company is progressing at the same rate. This case study from EFI (Electronics for Imaging, Inc.) illustrates how one commercial sheet-fed printing business has approached the adoption of more automation. Wallace Carlson Printing in Minnetonka, MN, specializes in … Read more

See How to Integrate Dataline’s MultiPress MIS/ERP Software with Agfa Apogee and Asanti Workflows

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Integrating MIS/ERP software for business operations with automated job processing and workflow systems can help print shops achieve higher profitability, gain more time for core activities, and provide better service to their customers. To see how this can be achieved, register for the virtual event that Dataline and Agfa will present March 11, 2021. The … Read more

Use X-Rite i1Pro 3 Plus Device to Profile Fabrics and Other Digitally Printable Materials

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Now that so many different types of papers, display films, art papers, packaging materials, and fabrics can be digitally printed, the professionals who produce digital prints need more versatile color-measurement devices. X-Rite and Pantone have addressed this need with the i1Pro 3 Plus color-measurement instrument and a new X-Rite iO Automated Scanning Table. The i1Pro … Read more

Adobe and Datacolor Tools Streamline Digital Design for Textiles

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Datacolor®, a global leader in color management technology, is collaborating with Adobe to launch tools to streamline the process of digitally designing prints for fabrics. The collaboration pairs Datacolor’s professional color lookup tool, ColorReaderPRO, with the Adobe Photoshop plug-in: Adobe Textile Designer. The integration of ColorReaderPRO with Adobe Textile Designer software allows designers to measure … Read more

VirtualSign Augmented Reality App Helps Sign Buyers Visualize Sign Designs On Site

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SAi’s VirtualSign is an augmented reality app that creates a virtual representation of how sign designs will look when installed in real world locations. Available at no extra cost to SAi Flexi subscribers, the app enables sign and display users to project a customer’s banner or sign onto the side of a building or other … Read more

Adobe Announces PDF Print Engine 5 for Printing on Multiple Surfaces

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Adobe has announced version 5 of the Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE). The Adobe PDF Print Engine is a software development kit that converts PDF job content (graphics, text, and images) to rasters for driving digital presses, wide-format printers, label printers, and platesetters. APPE is the leading rendering technology at the heart of prepress workflows … Read more

GMG Software Simplifies Color Managed Workflows

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At ISA Sign Expo 2017, GMG will demonstrate its color management tools for wide-format printing and automated printing workflows. GMG tools can help sign printing providers keep production-ready files flowing to their digital inkjet printers. Even better, GMG tools can assure that the printed colors on the artwork will match corporate brand colors. This is … Read more

SGIA Expo Preview: DisplayGenie Software for POP Display and Box Design

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New display design software from SA International (SAi) can help expand the range of products you can create with a wide-format flatbed inkjet printer and automated cutting equipment. SAi will demonstrate the software in their booth (#3250) at the 2016 SGIA Expo September 14-16 in Las Vegas. DisplayGenie streamlines the process of designing and creating freestanding … Read more

SGIA Expo Preview: GMG Color Software Supports Automated Production

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Expect to see innovative, high-end color management software in GMG Americas’ booth (2123) at SGIA Expo 2016 in Las Vegas, September 14-16. GMG Americas will demonstrate advanced solutions that wide-format graphics producers can use to manage color, produce consistent proofs, and automate production work. “For wide-format printing firms, GMG offers three significant ‘pillars’ for exceptional … Read more