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Digital Dots is an independent graphic arts research group. The company is a collection of like-minded consultants and professional journalists specialising in digital prepress, printing and publishing technologies. We provide exclusive market research, testing and evaluation services for digital production technologies relating to these industries.

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Océ Repro Desk Studio released

Venlo, The Netherlands, 30 June 2009 — Océ, an international leader in digital document management, today introduced an innovative wide format software package, Océ Repro Desk Studio. This software is specifically aimed at print job creation, previewing and submission to multiple printers, including integrated job tracking and accounting functions.

New Institute for Graphics and Imaging Seminars to Deal with Online and Social Media Marketing

Pewaukee, Wisconsin—June 2009—The Institute for Graphics and Imaging (IGI)—an education and training organization funded by and dedicated to the printing and graphic arts industry—has announced two seminars dealing with online marketing and social media marketing. The seminars will be held on consecutive days—July 29 and 30, 2009, at the IGI facility in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

EFI Enters Agreement with Nazdar for Solvent Ink Manufacturing

FOSTER CITY, CA -- June 30, 2009 -- EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced entry into a manufacturing agreement with Nazdar®, wherein Nazdar will produce EFI’s VUTEk and Inkware solvent inks, which are renowned for their phenomenal color quality, fantastic durability and superior printer performance. Nazdar is a longtime partner of EFI who distributes VUTEk® printers and inks to the North American screenprint market.

PrintCity Alliance Shows Benefits for Magazines from Value Added Printing

Gröbenzell, Germany, June 30, 2009 – Market research completed by the PPA (the UK Periodical Publishers Association) after the recent 37th FIPP World Magazine Congress in London, has shown that the Value Added Printing techniques demonstrated by PrintCity Alliance members within the innovative & interactive FIPP09 printed Congress programme had created a noticeable impact:

ProCo Installs UK's First HP SmartStream Director

LONDON, England, 30 June 2009 – HP announced today that ProCo, of Sheffield, has installed the first HP SmartStream Director end-to-end-workflow solution in the UK.

NEUE GMG-PROFILE VERFÜGBAR FÜR DEN FARBSTANDARD IM VERPACKUNGSTIEFDRUCK PAC.SPACE

Tübingen (30.06.2009) - GMG, Entwickler und Anbieter von Highend-Farbmanagement- und Prooflösungen, stellt zahlreiche neue Proof-Profile für die Papiere GMG ProofPaper semimatte, GMG ProofPaper semimatte light und GMG ProofPaper gloss 250 im PaC.Space zur Verfügung. Die Profile im GMG-Standard sind erhältlich für die Druckerserien Epson Stylus Pro x800, x880 und x900 sowie für HP Designjet Z3200. Neue GMG ProofControl-Standards stehen ebenfalls zum Download bereit.

Spandex Increases Business Opportunities for Printers with New Environmentally-Friendly, Non-PVC Media

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, June 29th, 2009 – Spandex, the pioneering one-stop supplier of complete and innovative solutions to the digital printing and sign making industries worldwide, has expanded its ImagePerfect™ range of media with new environmentally-friendly, 100 percent PVC-free materials.

EFI MIS Solutions Chosen by UNIMAC Graphics

Foster City, CA -- June 29, 2009 -- EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that UNIMAC Graphics, a complete pre-media, print and digital solutions company, has chosen EFI MIS solutions to streamline workflow, improve productivity and place the company on a stable platform. UNIMAC Graphics replaced their previous MIS system with Monarch Foundation (formally Hagen™ OA) and was able to successfully implement order processing, RFID inventory management and accounts receivable in a record six weeks.

SCREEN COMPLÈTE SA GAMME FLEXO

Screen a lancé une nouvelle version de son imageuse de plaque thermique pour les marchés flexo et de l'impression typographique. Le PlateRite FX870II comporte une technologie de haute qualité de formation image qui permet d'obtenir un rendement jusqu'à 4.800 dpi, satisfaisant la demande croissante en rotations rapides.

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