Pre-Press - Computer-to-plate

OAKDALE, MN—July 25, 2008—Two more North American printers decide on NELA equipment to automate and control their plate flow in the prepress department. NELA is proud to be one of the partners of Transcontinental Transmag on their new press project in Montreal, Canada. The NELA system will vision register, punchbend and inspect plates exiting three (3) CTP devices. With the help of NELA NPS Barcode & Page Tracking Software, the plates will be then transported to the quiet room next to the press consoles. Plates destined for the upper press deck will be navigated by a plate lift onto a multi-bin plate stacking

DRUPA’S STANDING as an international printing exhibition makes it the place to see the course of technological development in the industry laid out for the next four years. As even the following press and postpress wrap-up stories note, digital printing technology had its strongest showing yet. Even the developments in digital workflow were muted by comparison. Many of the product introductions were already covered in one of the Drupa Countdown stories published in editions of Printing Impressions leading up to the show. Therefore, this wrap-up will primarily focus on what was new in Düsseldorf. The event lived up to its billing as The Ink-Jet

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY/OAKDALE, MN—June 19th, 2008—During the two weeks of drupa, Nela was able to close many transactions with customers from all over the world. Among Nela’s new customers are “Freie Presse”, Chemnitz; “Thairath Newspaper”, Bangkok; “Times of India” and “Dainik Baskar” both of India; “Zero Hora”, Brazil and “Quick Marsh” of England newspapers. The evening before drupa, the Freie Presse in Chemnitz, Germany decided to use Nela punchbending devices for complete automation of their prepress area. Three (3) Nela Evolution Vision PunchBenders, in connection with Kodak CTP devices, will punch and bend the plates before they are transported to the new

HUDSON, NH—June 17, 2008—Presstek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, had one of its most successful trade shows ever when nearly 400,000 professionals from the world of printing convened in Düsseldorf, Germany, this month for drupa, the World’s largest printing trade show. “The response from the global print community to our expanded array of digital solutions confirms that our strides towards the goal of becoming one of the leading global providers of high quality, fully-integrated digital solutions and services is what the market is looking for,” said Jeff Jacobson, President and Chief Executive

MORTSEL, BELGIUM—June 12, 2008—Agfa Graphics today announced that the 2008 edition of the four-yearly drupa printing trade fair has been a great success. The company’s stylish stand caught the eye of the crowds and its innovative solutions met with general approval from numerous print professionals. As a result, Agfa Graphics reported a solid order intake for both the prepress and the industrial inkjet segment. Strong order intake at the drupa show Agfa Graphics signed contracts in excess of 100 million Euro (including the first year of consumable contracts), reflecting the strong interest in its innovative portfolio of market leading products. The attention of

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—June 11, 2008—Antonio M. Perez, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Kodak Co., launched drupa with the emphatic statement “We’ll change print forever.” As the show closed after 14 action packed days, Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group (GCG) concluded a hugely successful event, taking hundreds of orders, delivering thousands of demonstrations, logging in excess of 10,000 qualified leads, and exceeding the company’s aggressive goals at its 2008 drupa debut. “If this is remembered as the inkjet drupa, then Kodak will be at the heart of it with our unique and innovative Stream Inkjet Technology, which delivers offset class output and which we demonstrated to

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—06/12/2008—On the last day of the drupa trade show, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is encouraged by the result of the event. “At this point, of course, we can only give our first impressions of how drupa has progressed so far. We will only be able to say with certainty how the interest shown by buyers ultimately translates into real orders and whether it generates actual sales when we publish information on the first quarter at the start of August. I can say, however, that we have so far met our expectations,” declares Bernhard Schreier, Chief Executive Officer at Heidelberg. Customers from 85 different

DÜSSELDORF, GERMANY—May 30, 2008—Presstek Inc., the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, is showcasing its full range of environmentally friendly digital printing solutions at drupa 2008, the world’s largest printing trade show scheduled for May 29th through June 11th, 2008, at the Messe Düsseldorf in Germany. Presstek can be found in Stand A55, Hall 04. “This important global trade event provides a tremendous opportunity for the worldwide printing community to gather every four years to review the current state of the industry, and we are excited to have such an impressive collection of new and innovative digital

HUDSON, NH—May 19, 2008—Presstek, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRST), the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, has announced the appointment of Heinrich Baumann Grafisches Centrum GmbH & Co. KG as its new German dealer. Based in Frankfurt/Main, the widely known and respected partner and distributor for prepress, print, finishing equipment and related services in the graphic arts industry will focus on the distribution of the Presstek 52DI and 34DI digital offset presses in large sections of Germany. “When Peter U. Blum, Presstek’s Senior Advisor for European Operations, approached us about offering these presses to our customers, we were thrilled,” said

ST. PAUL, MN—May 15, 2008—Printware, a leading innovator of high quality, high performance CtP solutions, announced today it will highlight its line of polyester CtP systems and new workflow solutions at drupa, the world’s largest printing exhibition to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 29-June 11 in Hall 9, Stand 9D 26-9. The Printware PlateStream SC™, SCX™ portrait format and Color+ Dual landscape format digital platesetting systems are simple, compact, fully integrated and proven in thousands of installations. With its Color+™ registration system, an integrated plate processor, scan-to-plate capability and native PDF workflow, PlateStream systems are well suited for increasing productivity and profits.