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My two year period as President of your Forum is coming to an end. I have enjoyed working with our team and I hope you have also enjoyed reading the articles that our Forum has been publishing and the seminars as well as presentation that have taken place during the two years.

It has been our aim to provide a more broad based platform of learning, beyond offset, for our members and in the process I have also learned a lot. I never knew that e-publishing was such a big part our printing fraternity and how digital printing was slowly and steadily gaining ground.

How Holographic printing has changed the way we look at adding security and flexo is fast catching up with gravure printing.

Security printing is another area of our industry which is gaining ground with the demand from the packaging industry to ensure that the package is not duplicated.

Let us get prepared for further changes in the years to come. The immediate change in the incoming team will ensure that you are kept abreast of what is happening and the How & Why of it. So please stay tuned and support the incoming team just as you have provided to me and I will continue to provide the required assistance.

There is no need to worry about the Past as it is over. There is no need to worry about the future as you and I do not know what the future holds. Let us take care of the present for it is what holds the future.

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Ipex 2014 Review 13

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History of Times New Roman Font 23

Comparison between CTP Offset Plates in Print Quality, Study 24

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Navigating the digital landscape in PublishingThe one day seminar held on 26th April 2014 at Anna University conducted by the Forum was fairly attended. The general perception was more could have attended as the faculty was competent and were giving their best.

PReSiDeNT’S WelCoMe ADDReSSMr. R.S. Bakshi, Forum’s President, touched upon the coming together of the Forum and Anna University’s Printing Department for seminars and lectures to do something for the printing fraternity.

The developments are happening fast that one should keep abreast of it constantly. One such development taking place was mentioned, that of digital flexo revolution. REVO is a project team which collects seven industry leaders co-operatist to drive flexography towards the e-digital world. It selected UV Flexo, extended colour gamut and digital process automation. The team’s project to the labels and packaging market will be demonstrated in Florence from 10th to 12th June 2014 (www.revo-digital/flexo.com). Details are published in this issue (page no. 26)

To move with digital, president announced that Print Forum will be available as an e-version at www.issuu.com/printforum.

He also welcomed the audience to the day’s seminar requesting them to give a feedback and further suggestions.

GeNeRAl SeCReTARy PReVieWMr. M. Venkatesan, Hony. General Secretary in his preview about the seminar, talked about the dynamic changes happening in the industry, customer expectations, customer driven working, readership increase but the revenue doesn’t, how to adjust to future changes and HR importance.

CHieF GueST ADDReSS Mrs. Mariam Ram, Founder and Managing Director, TnQ Books and Journals, stressed “Innovate or Perish”. In 25 years, e-publishing have gone into definite changes, she pointed out. Technology has transformed the industry. It has been a game changer. The publishing world is going digital. Newspapers

Mr . R. S BakshiPresident, The Printing Technologists Forum

Mr . M. VenkatesanHony. General Secretary,

The Printing Technologists Forum

Mr . V.S. RamanExecutive Committee Member

The Printing Technologists Forum

Seen from L to R : Mr. P. Chellappan, Mr. R. S. Bakshi. Mrs. Mariam Ram, Mr. Rm. Senthilnathan, Mr. M. Venkatesan


Mrs. Mariam Ram, Founder and Managing Director, TnQ Books and Journals

Mrs. Mariam Ram sharing a lighter thought with our President after receiving Appreciation Memento from Mr. Bakshi

Mr. R. Balasubramanian Head-New Media, Dinamalar

Mr. R. Balasubramanian being honoured by our Past President Mr. D. Ramalingam

Mr. HR MohanAVP Systems, The Hindu

Mr. N. Ravindran, General Manager (Elec. & Comm)

The New Indian Expres

Mr. N. Ravindran being honoured by our Joint Secretary, Dr. B. Kumar


A view of the participants Mr. G. D. SharmaPrincipal Consultant Beeline HR Advisory

Mr. Thothadri ViswanathanVice-President, Delivery Head and

Development Centre Head, Infosys Ltd

Mr. Thothadri Viswanathan being presented with apreciation memento by Mr. Venkatesan

Mr. Vishal AnandChief Product Officer

Newshunt Ver se Innovation Pvt. Ltd

Mr. Vishal Anand being honured by our Vice President II, Mr. R. Senthilnathan


are available online, they are no more morning newspapers. No constraints on Media, they are quite expressive, book publishers are closing down, those who do not see the realities that books turn into e-books.

P u b l i s h e r s i n c l u d i n g t h a t o f Dictionaries turn to e-version. In academic field it is no different. In 1983 we were talking about SMT (Science, Medical, Technology). It was all article based not it is turned in to issue based.

As for distribution, multimedia is taking online distribution without charges. Digital printing has taken over the conventional. Content management has a new format. Core

Advantages of Digital Changes are possible

Latest news can be uploaded as soon as possible. Need not wait for next day’s paper. Sharing of information is easy.

Subscription model : yearly, but now samsung, as of now quarterly.

THe SoARiNG PoSSiBiliTieS WiTH ClouD :Mr. HR Mohan, AVP Systems, The Hindu, gave an insight into cloud computing. In 1950, computers were used for data processing. Access had sm ipsct. For newsletters, cost of printing has gone up presently in our Computer Society of India. What is the solution ? Cloud computing may be the answer. The content is stored in a remote place. You can call the content whenever required. It is like a call taxi.

The advantages of cloud computing :

• Cost effective • Convenient • Proficiency • Scalability • Quick deployment • Short setting

Disadvantages • Security and privacy not pro-

vided • Dependency on vendor locking

competency is technology. How to market and enable your products. The only way is to innovate or perish. The young has to be given opportunities, she concluded.

THe NeW WAVeS oF CHANGe iN PuBliSHiNG :Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Head-New Media, Dinamalar newspaper, explained the new waves happening in newspaper industry with the help of a case study from Dinamalar. The tamil daily is available in a mobile platform. The paper is strong in digital. Lot of income from NRI happens. Apt to adapting to new media, they have 9 apps for different media like mobile, internet, apple, android, facebook etc. 3 million hits are recorded. In mobile areas, the age group 25 to 38 use it most. Dedicated videos are shown to digital audiences. As for news contents, Dinamalar updates every hour and at 4 p.m. Since it is ‘view anywhere from globe’ many NRIs respond. Mobile facility are 86% urban, 57% rural. even food sector wants more information. One has to be part of growth. So Dinamalar is carried on all platforms - mobile, internet, Ipads and I phone. The user patterns are different in each, content has to be appropriate. More and more innovative, more and more users. Dedicated team is deployed for digital.

Mr. Sanjay RoyGM- Sales & Operation

Everon Education Limited

Another view of the participants

Mr . P. ChellapanVice President II, THE FORUM


TReNDS AND FoReCASTSMr. N. Ravindran, General Manager (Elec. & Comm), The New Indian Express gave an indepth on trends and forecasts in publishing industry. He started with transformations in news and feeds. In about 23 billion prints 600 millions are digital. Ad revenue has declined by 22%. As for digital publishing EPUB and PDF are used. Amazon uses is own AZW software. E readers have come up to store 4000 pages upto 16MB space. Print and digital workflow have come about. Attitude of reporters is online usage. In 1994 electro telegraph came about, in February 2001 Google Alt, in July 2002 Blog and in May 2005 Broadband. The trends for e books are to be customised on tablets. Convenient options are there with self publishing. 20% consumers prefer tablets. More content aware apps are coming. 75 mts video for IPL are releaed. 14% have shifted to Internet instead TV watching.

Forecasts • Online ad spending • Mobile users ad revenue is

growing • E publishing with 3G is to come • Subscription will be chapterwise • Multimedia content in e books

TeCHNoloGieS To WATCHSpeaker from Adobe was not present in the hall but on the screen. We heard speaker presentation on audio, the appropriate changes in slides taking place automatically. The presentation talked about different Adobe products. A novel experience !

eMPoWeRMeNT oF WoRKFoRCeMr. G. D. Sharma, Principal Consultant Beeline HR Advisory gave a powerful presentation on empowering the welfare through extensive slides and case studies. He noticed the balance in every sphere. Workforce in globalisation world is different. Loyalty has gone down, pursuit for growth and survival has come about. Operation excellence is called for with sophisticated machinery and

• Technical difficulties and down-time

• Limitations on control and flexi-bilty

• Vulnerability to data loss

Different varieties of cloud • Public Cloud • Private Cloud • Community cloud • HybridCommunity types of service modes to be defined. One use of hybrid was by New York times for Obama’s election.

Virtualising • Apportionment of time an

usage • Service dedicated • Field Computing

Cloud Computing for Printers • Access enabled • Group of service providers have

formed an alliance • Alternatives are available • Improved workflow possible • Content can be uploaded to

web to distribute to different locations

• MIS is required, estimation to production parameters using apps through cloud.

• In printshop - activation change one can prompt for different jobs. Branding can be done. Advance payment to be made possible. Promotional activity can be done.

Tools and Services : • Adobe on cost basis • Office 365 Suite • Storage facility in Google and

Amazon • Different storage off content

management by web based technology

• Digital Distribution • Online Photo printing • Academics printing • On Demand Printing • Prepress services • Mobile Publishing

equipment. Commitment to globality, to growth, new market conditions, to talent have increased. This increases competitive advantage. If anybody anywhere else in the world produce or supply a cheaper, better product or service and deliver it faster than you can, then you have lost business. He stressed on the POWER of people. One of the underlying factors in the success or failure of eery organisation is the power of people and talent. What is Talent, it is bundle of skills. What people want from job : knowledge, willingness and content. 3P’s are position, people, performance. He also spoke about the types of team members, benchmark. In this regard he informed about how Ashok Leyland succeeded in putting up a factory in Jharkand employing school passouts empowering them to do their work independently, giving them education making them a skilled lot - creating a benchmark in production.

iNNoVATioN FRoM THe iNDViDuAl Mr. Thothadri Viswanathan, Vice-Pres ident , Del ivery Head and Development Centre Head, Infosys ltd , went in to the aspects people and innovation. Innovation can be from generalists, spiritualists and technology. It comes just like a spark not planned. Innovation drives growth, identity and revitalise and promotes entrepreneurship.

Innovative Publishing • Monetising Content • Multiple Platforms • Targeted newsThe content is uploaded on different platforms in the process usage terms leading to its monetisation. One step further, as we heard from Dinamalar, the new are targeted appropriately to each platform as per content targeted audience.

Changing organisation cultureManager is expected to create skill. Skill and Talent are to be identified and nurtured. As an example, the Walgreens store in US is known for its replenishment of stocks at the


shelves. One particular Manager developed a software which gave information of stock position when each item was keyed in for sale at the counter, so much of manpower, time and money saved in giving round each staff for replenishment.

The bigger obstacle is YOU. You should allow innovation from Up and Down. You should let go, ideas happen in a moment of time and creativity. Return value - you should return the value to the creator in some form or other

eDuCATioN AND leARNiNG : GeNNexTMr. Sanjay Roy, GM- Sales & Operation, Everon Education Limited started off by telling education gives the opportunity to live. One should balance the teacher:student ratio for further learning. The future will be fashioned in classrooms. In this direction a lot has to be done. Flood of technology to students has its own restrictions too. In this respect, key change is a teacher has to be trained in technology. Various forms of competitiveness had taken place. In our system it was Gurukulam. Then the british education system was to produce clerks for them. The speaker was quite appreciative of present day education system tailored to our requirements. Now a days, its is teacher driven. So the teacher takes the centerplace. Students participation is encouraged. Here there is a chance of innovation taking place. Reading habit is increasing. Industry chain is there a learning is done through technology. Mobile market is busy developing tablets for learning. Specialised fields are emerging. Teacher has become a multitasker and so stress management comes to question. With increasing knowledge content, class rooms are already a reality with centralised server and touch screens in class rooms. Instant digital publishing solutions are available. Multimedia services are available for education. ‘That is why’ I say, ‘Education gives the opportunity to live’, concluded the speaker.

EFI launches mobile job management

EFI is launching Fiery Go, which it says is the first app on the market that allows mobile print job management.

This free app lets printers manage Fiery driven output units directly from an iPad form wherever they are. With the Fiery Go app, operators can monitor the status of multiple Fiery driven printers to manage the jobs on Fiery servers from anywhere in the print shop.

Using Fiery Go, operators can perform multiple server and job actions including browsing jobs in cover flow or alphabetical list, previewing jobs, using the processing print and cancel functions, and they can select print settings

Fiery Go also sends alerts to operators about Fiery server and consumable status, errors in print jobs, paper jams so they can take immediate action.

According to EFI it is easy to learn and use, and gives operators more flexibility and allows them to multi-task for a more efficient workplace and higher productivity. n

Courtesy : www. proprint.com.au

On the go: EFI says Fiery Go is the first app that allows mobile print job management.

MOBIlE And TABlET - FUnCTIOnS AND MoNeTiSATioN :Mr. Vishal Anand, Chief Product Officer, Newshunt Ver se Innovation Pvt. Ltd, talked about various Mobile options. We have notebooks, I Pad & I Phone, apps, mobiles etc., When we talk of digital publishing. Concentrating on e-books the speaker mentioned that 57 billion pages are read in a month, 2+ million books are downloaded. As for monetisation of content, it is volume and selling. Especially in magazines the revenue comes through advertisements only. Different formats of ads created by Newshunt was demonstrated by the speaker.

VoTe oF THANKS :Vote of thanks was given by Mr. P. Chellapan, Vice President of THE FORUM. He clarified why the forum of printing technologists was conducting seminars on publishing. He said printing and publishing are inter related. Especially with the emergence of digital, a printer is rubbed off by it. Periodicals are changing to e-versions. That way, Print Forum, the Forum’s Journal has also become an e-version. He hoped that participants got benefited through the day’s seminar. He congratulated the team led by M.Venkatesan, General Secretary for the efforts put in to organise the event.

Held in Anna University, the academic atmosphere encouraged participation by printing degree and diploma students. As a tradition, the Hall of Guinnes 68 caterers have been supplying tasty foods at a reasonable cost. The technical support for audio and electronic equipments by the Engineering staff was a bonus. n

A Report by D. Ramalingam

Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

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Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

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Merging businessesSome printers are finding that the best way to achieve growth is through merging with another print business.

The print industry is perfect for mergers and consolidation with its chronic overcapacity and endemic fragmentat ion. In an industry characterised by corporate failures and price competition, the pressure for consolidation has been building.And mergers are continuing this year. In March, OCA Group acquired Melbourne offset firm Print Bound and merged it with its primarily digital subsidiary BPO Print. The month before, Rawson Graphics swooped in to salvage the business of Group Momentum after more than $250,000 of debts forced the multi award-winning Sydney digital printer into administration. .In many ways, the numbers tell us it makes sense. Take two businesses, each turning over $3m with the same equipment, with both paying rent and running a single shift. Combined, it would be $6m business. If they reduce staff by say 25 per cent and eliminate the duplication, they could make serious money.The problem however is that most mergers fail to deliver value. Experts have reported a historically distressing level of M&A failure, citing failure rates as high as 90 per cent.Most mergers fail because companies pay too much. They under-estimate the time and resources required for bringing two businesses together. Then there are personality issues w h e r e p e o p l e f r o m d i f f e r e n t companies don’t get on, and there is more often than not a clash of cultures. Also, employees of acquired companies often leave because they are worried about the future. So what does a printer have to do to make it work?Finance broker Wade Oldham says printers usually make the mistake of ignoring cultural differences. The cultures, he says, are as important as

the numbers. The cultural fit makes for a better strategic fit that would lead to savings and more business.“Everyone runs businesses differently and the bloke selling has to train the buyer to ensure that the culture remains,’’ Oldham says.“That was one of the biggest problems with Geon. They didn’t understand the culture of the businesses they were buying. They just thought if you added up all the numbers it would work. They found out quickly that’s not how it works.“If a culture at one place isn’t the same as another one, then it’s unlikely to benefit.”“It’s not just about the numbers and economies of scale, although that’s a significant part of it. It’s also about the culture. They’ve got to have a similar thought pattern on how the customers should be treated and how it works.”Why are so few printers keeping an eye on the culture? Part of it is because of the peculiarities of the industry. Printers are fiercely independent. They are used to running their own show so merging with another company and folding their way of operating into another entity would be, to their mind, out of the question. “You know that many printers are pig headed and ego maniacs,’’ Oldham says. “That’s half their problem. If they just opened up their thought patterns, they would realise there are other ways.”That said, he believes there are enormous benefits when it’s done properly. “I’ve seen people in different sectors of offset merge with different sectors of offset, both having expertise and both having customer bases but they are able to expand on both because of additional equipment and additional expertise that’s been acquired,’’ he says.Apart from doing a due diligence on the numbers, he says printers should also do a culture audit of the company they are acquiring.Certainly, the cultural fit is something that has to be handled with sensitivity. A number of printers looking to expand their market are doing this

by buying into completely different sectors – but creating a cultural fit at the same time.Award-winning Sydney digital printing company Carbon8 did that when it acquired laser cutting start up Bespoke in January this year for an undisclosed sumBespoke has been allowed to keep its brand identity and two laser cutters, allowing it to offer services like stenciling, engraving and cutting on a wide range of materials.Carbon8 joint managing director Ken Beck says there are still some similarities between the two companies but he concedes they occupy different spaces. “I wouldn’t say it’s completely different but it’s definitely nothing to do with printing as such,’’ Beck says. “We see it as diversification, or lateral expansion of the business. We bought a company but we have maintained that brand but brought them into our premises to be able to utilise all of their resources internally for Carbon8“It keeps its separation as a brand that the market is aware of. It will keep largely its spirit of personality and individuality and innovation. We have just changed their factory operation and put it into ours.”He says Bespoke was purchased for less than $100,000 but the assets were valuable. Carbon8 bought Bespoke’s innovation.“It’s not a massive financial acquisition, much less than many machines we have purchased,’’ he says. “We were also paying for a lot of smarts, for knowledge of how to do things.“We didn’t buy them for their revenue per se. We bought them for their capability and that was driven out of their culture and that has far bigger

Come together: Sometimes the best way to grow your business is to merge with another one.


value than just the client base because a lot of those might not transfer over.”He says the acquisition has helped change the business. The decision to make acquisition had to go beyond numbers.

“On one level it’s very easy if you don’t worry what the true costs of things are and what the pitfalls could be but it was hard getting to the point of making the decision because it’s not terribly transparent what the true costs of acquiring a business is and what the true revenues are likely to come out of it. The advertised revenues and the actual revenues are two separate things in any purchase,’’ he says.“But then, it immediately made sense because we knew it would offer added capability and speed within our business. That helped make the financial case for its purchase.“Definitely it’s increased our potential client base. Carbon8 is far bigger than Bespoke. That gives us the opportunity to innovate in a new space.”He says Carbon8 will keep Bespoke’s casual staff as part of the deal but the owners would move on following the negotiated handover period.

It is a similar story at Marrickville graphic design and digital printing business Imagination Graphics which acquired stationery business Amazing Paper, a business that produces wedding invitations, speciality stocks, specialty envelopes and speciality paper. Imagination picked up 500 new customers in the process.

Imagination’s owner Emmanuel Buhagiar implied the cultural fit was not that big a problem as he had been working closely together with the company. “We were working closely together for 18 months and then I made him an offer he couldn’t refuse,’’ Buhagiar says.

He would not disclose how much he bought it for but suggested it was a good deal for both. “I’ve kept that a bit of a secret. It was a special deal that I had done with the owners, a package deal.”

He says it has automatically expanded

Imagination’s market. “This has brought another arm to our business and we are finding we are doing a lot more digital printing with the wedding invitation business,’’ he says.

He says Amazing Paper’s different culture has brought about changes at the way the people at Imagination go about their business. Put simply, it meant Imagination suddenly had to start dealing with customers. In that sense, it has been a smooth transition.

“One is dealing with the public and we’re normally dealing with other printers and other companies,’’ he says.

“We had to change a tack a little bit, we had to become a little bit nicer and understanding.

“People were coming in off the street so you have to help them more whereas previously we were a pre-press background, files would come in done and we would check them. The boys are learning now how to deal with customers and be more attentive to customers.”

B y e x p a n d i n g t h a t c u s t o m e r base, Buhagiar hopes it could see Imagination picking up new clients for work doing annual reports and company brochures.

And the one acquisition has given him a taste for more.

“There is something in the pipeline, “ he says. We are in negotiations to buy someone else out.”

Rocky Cassantini has built his Brisbane print and signage business Valley Edge Design through acquisition, picking up companies like Railings Print, Viper Graphics, Handy Printing Service and Doggett Street Press.

And he’s on the lookout for more.

“Bring them to me,’’ he says. “If the price is right and there is an opportunity there to make some money, I would continue to do that because I see it as a growth strategy. It always has been my growth strategy. It’s the only way to accumulate 50 to 100 new clients instantly.”

“I have pitched it to so many

companies and I show them the cost savings. There are valid cost savings by merging companies together.”

He says handling the transition properly is the key to getting those economies of scale.

“Obviously the directors want to stay on because that’s their livelihood but there are opportunities to save on administrative and floor staff,’’ he says. “The reality is if we both have a million dollars’ worth of business and we both have 15 staff each we don’t need to 30 staff to run $2m worth of business. We only need really 15.

“Those savings generally come off the bottom line and we can share space, we can share machinery so there is upside for the owners of the company”

He says cultures are always different. They have to be managed properly.

“You are never going to get a commonality of culture because cultures are different wherever you go,’’ he says. “It depends on the people and if you’re going to merge two companies together then culture is something that needs to be addressed and looked at. People have different feelings about their work ethic and how they work and how they operate and whether they are happy in their job

“It’s a matter of managing that and coaching those people that want to stay. I ask them what do you really want to do with your life and if you’re not happy here, why are you here, let’s help you find another job. It’s as simple as that because there is no point having someone in your workplace who is unproductive. In the days when everyone was making money that was fine but these days we all run lean manufacturing business. We have staff who like what they sell and what they do and share the vision

“It’s something I’ve always known and had to address. It’s a matter of knowing how to manage those efficiently.”

Some companies find other ways to expand without acquisitions. Wagga Wagga commercial printer Active Print did this by setting up its own franchise


Presstek unveils Gemplate, an Open Platform Thermal CtP Plate at IpexPresstek unveiled GemPlate, its eco-friendly open platform thermal CTP plate at IPEX 2014 being held in London March 24-29. Visitors to the Presstek stand (#S3-E290) have been extremely receptive to GemPlate for its ease of use and environmental benefits.

GemPlate can be imaged on any 830 nm platesetter. After imaging, GemPlate runs through a low cost, low maintenance cleaning unit that utilizes a pH neutral biodegradable solution. Financial and environmental benefits are extended even further with low replenishment rates and a long bath life.

Streamlining plate production, GemPlate is rated for up to 100,000 impressions and does not require any pre- or post-baking processes. GemPlate has been engineered for many press platforms including those with Delta dampening systems. Customers using GemPlate have experienced excellent on press performance, high solvent resistance, wide press latitude and compatibility with a broad range of fountain solutions and additives.

Ralph Jenkins, Presstek’s Worldwide Sales and Marketing Director, states, “Now printers have an even more robust offset plate to choose from that minimizes plate production costs and retains a high image contrast from a 1-99% dot at 200 lpi.”

Mr. Jenkins adds that customer feedback has been extremely encouraging and we fully expect commercial availability in Q3. n

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Signarama right from scratch. The strategy was to take the company into wide format printing.Active Print co-owner David Foster says the two businesses run out of the same building but have different shop fronts.“We advertise that Active Printing has branched out into signage and opened Signarama,’’ Foster says. “For the man in the street driving by, it’s two separate businesses, but most of our clientele are aware we now do signage.”Despite it being two separate shop fronts, he says the businesses have the same culture. After all, they are both essentially the same company.“Both companies are customer focused,’’ he says. “Both businesses have the same aims and that is to satisfy customers and make a bit of money.”Still, the advantage with a merger is that it brings in expertise straight away. That has not been the case for Active Printing.“We had been doing some wide format but your challenge is in stores and product knowledge. It’s a big learning curve,’’ he says.All up, acquisitions and mergers can work. But as some successful printers would say, they have to be carefully managed.

Keys to Successfully Completing an M&A DealAn M&A deal could be the biggest deal of your life, knowing a few key M&A tips — whether you're merging or acquiring — increases the likelihood of successfully completing an M&A deal.Most important is to retain capable and experienced M&A advisors. Any print business owner who represents themselves is asking for trouble. You can't complete this transaction alone, and a business owner who represents himself in a life-altering deal is asking for trouble. You need an impartial advisor, someone who has been through the process before and can guide you to successful completion. This advice is especially true if you're selling a business.

M&A is a roller coaster ride, if you get ahead of yourself you could make bad decisions. It is often the case that you never know where you stand from one day to the next, the deal is on, it’s off, it’s on again with conditions, the conditions are dropped, there are twists and turns all around. Stay calm and steady. Don’t get too emotionally involved. There will be inexplicable frustrations. Stay with the facts, be prepared to walk awayIf you are instigating the merger don’t rush into the first offer. Wait for any other offers to come in. More than one offer and you are in a better position to negotiate.It is best not to hold out for a marginally better offer. If you want to do a deal and the offer is good enough, take it. Most or part of something is better than all of nothing, which may be what you get if you wait around for the perfect deal, it could be a long wait.Going through an M&A deal can be an intimidating process (for both the mergers and acquisitions teams), but that process thankfully follows some concrete steps that your M&A advisor shold present to you, so you know what is going to happen.Here's the step-by-step process that nearly every M&A deal follows:

• Compile a target list. • Contact the targets. • Send/receive a teaser (executive

summary). • Sign a confidentiality agree-

ment. • Send/review the confidential in-

formation memorandum (CIM). • Submit/solicit an indication of

interest (IOI). • Conduct management meet-

ings. © Ask for or submit a letter of

intent (LOI). • Conduct due diligence. • Write the purchase agreement. • Close the deal. • Handle any post-closing adjust-

ments and integration. n



Ink That Stretches. Really.

Familiar with the Themoforming market? Thermoformers mould plastic to create everything from disposable cups and point-of-purchase displays to product packaging and dash panels. Remember the last time you needed something resembling a chain saw to open that package of batteries. That moulded plastic that kept the batteries intact was created through a process called thermoforming.

Applying graphics to thermoformed plastic is not easy. It’s done primarily through post-forming decoration with decals, self-adhesive labels, air-brushing, etc. The only method of printing on already-formed plastic is silk screening, and that is still cumbersome and costly. But what if you could print on flat plastic sheets before they were formed into logos, displays and other industrial works of art? To do that, you’d need an ink that could withstand the moulding or transforming process—you’d need an ink that stretches. With such an ink you’d be able to eliminate the time-consuming, manual steps required in traditional decoration processes.

Enter EFI VUTEk® GS-TF UV-curable ink that withstands the thermoforming process. It is a high-elongation ink that enables deep-draw thermoforming with excellent adhesion while retaining hue and opacity. The VUTEk GS-TF ink is designed to stretch as much as

the plastic on which it is printed, and can easily be implemented even in instances where the ink touches the mould.

The ink, which comes in an eight-color process imaging set plus white ink, runs in the newly launched VUTEk GS3250 Pro-TF printer, which is a version of EFI’s VUTEk GS Pro series printers optimized for thermoforming work.

untapped market opportunitiesIn today’s signage market, many thermoformed signs–such as fast food or service station monument signs–use simpler, one or two-color logos because of the prohibitive cost of multiple, or process-color decoration. This happens despite a great deal of evidence that full-color imaging drives higher response and revenue. And according to Spencer Craig, director of business development for EFI Inkjet Solutions most thermoformers do not print in house. They outsource the decals and other decorations.

This opens a virtually untapped market for any large-format printer. By offering your services, you can create a new revenue stream while providing thermoformers full-color capabilities and new, creative options.

InfoTrends industry consultant Barney Cox says “thermoformable

Innovative Ink takes the shape of moulded signs, logos, car-top carriers and more.

UV-curable inks, and the machines in which to use them, offer printers new opportunities for bringing digital printing’s strengths to a broad range of innovative applications.”

F i n d o u t m o r e a b o u t t h e Thermoforming market and EFI’s new VUTEk® GS-TF UV-curable ink. Download the whitepaper at Vutek.efi.com/thermoforming.n

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Power of Print Discovered at 2014 Expo

Those in the business of printing and publishing and looking forward to expand their business, had their best weekend at the Print Expo 2014 at Chennai Trade Centre.

With over 75 stalls, open to a business audience, the event had a host of technological solutions from printing technology to graphics printing for flex board and offset printing. Apart from largescale industrial inkjet and laser printers, various other service providers showcased their exhibits.

A photo and imaging expo along with the sign and graphics expo was hosted at the venue.

Large pr int ing and publ ishing machinery were on display. Page, ink, graphical design template, high definition photo printers with 2,400 dpi output, laser engraving, holographic display and LED video displays were also showcased at the exhibition.

Profess ional c inema cameras, videography and photography with delivery solutions, Quadcopter drones for aerial photography and cinematography and motorised jibs were also on display. .n

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IPEX 2014 ReviewThe Ipex 2014 event in London was not one for major product introductions. The size of the event was much smaller than originally planned due to the withdrawal of many of the major suppliers.

The show however was a very interesting one with a wide mix of exhibitors. There were a large section of pre-used equipment vendors and also a surprising number, around fifty, suppliers from India and the Far East (not including Japan).

A significant area of interest was the large number of companies showing innovative post-press digital finishing systems. Here the emphasis was very much in adding value to digital printing. Offset presses were largely non-existent with very few presses on the floor.

A key aspect of the event were two separate free to enter seminar areas and a separate cross media exhibition and conference, where very interesting and valuable discussions took place showing printers and creative organizations new routes to market, new business opportunities and ways to enhance profitability. These were a very successful part of the event.

Without most of the major vendors we were left with just a few “anchor” exhibitors. Konica Minolta took the largest exhibit area in the show, and the other larger exhibitors were EFI, Screen and Fujifilm. It was however not a show for major product announcements. It was interesting to see that almost nothing that was introduced at drupa 2012 was on show and those that were there were not ready for sale. The only major product previewed at drupa 2012 that was being shown was the Konica Minolta KM-1 B2 Plus format sheet fed inkjet press. When this was demonstrated it drew the largest crowds at Ipex.

Apart from this most of the interesting new products came from smaller companies and had in some cases not been seen at any trade show before.

The following is a limited review of some of the products seen at the show:

Konica Minolta – The highlight of the stand was the showing of the KM-1 B2

plus format (585 x 750 mm) sheet fed inkjet press. This was running regular demonstrations throughout the day. This is an interesting press as it uses UV curable inks rather than water based inks as in other devices. This means that the ink is cured for drying rather than heated to evaporate water. It means that any standard paper or card stocks can be used, as these include heavyweight stocks. The quality of output was impressive and it shows considerable development on this product has taken place since drupa. The press is built on a Komori press chassis and uses Konica Minolta print heads. Komori will also sell this press as the KM-1/IS29.

One of the strengths of Konica Minolta is they already are one of the leading players in the digital color print markets worldwide so will have a major distribution channel in operation for moving this press into the market. Their target is to have a 50% share of the worldwide digital production printing market by 2016. I have a high opinion of the KM-1 press and subject to pricing I see it will be a major competitor to the HP Indigo 10,000 press that already has over 80 installs around the world. One interesting point is that Mr Akiyoshi Ohno, Konica Minolta’s president of inkjet printing stated that while the costs of UV curable ink may be higher than water based inks, the selling price for the ink will still be highly competitive.

A new announcement from Konica Minolta was their entry into the label printing market with their bizhub PRESS C70RLC label press. Unlike most other label prices this uses a modified dry toner four-color print engine from the bizhub PRESS range and this is linked up with a web feed system sourced from Miyakoshi. This press is designed for label printing on while paper stocks. It will also link up with MGI systems for print finishing. Konica Minolta has taken a 10% investment in MGI so it will be interesting to see future integration of MGI’s technology and products in Konica Minolta’s product lines.

Other new products being shown by Konica Minolta were the color series bizhub PRESS C1060/C1070 systems, the bizhub PRESS 2250P mono system and the new range color flagship with higher quality and productivity, the bizhub PRESS C1100.

FFei – The company introduced its new Graphium modular digital UV inkjet press targeted at the packaging,

labelling and speciality print markets. This product uses an FFEI developed digital print engine married to an Edale press transport, varnishing, dye cutting and slitting system and into an AB Graphic International Vectra multi-turret rewinder. At the show the press was printing labels in four colors plus a high-opacity white across the full 410 mm width of the press that were split into five ribbons and wound onto small cores that visitors could take away. The front end for the press uses FFEI’s RealPro Toolkit. Where this new Graphium press differs from other digital label presses is it supports five digital color modules and up to six flexo stations. This means it offers converters from a single vendor a press that can integrate

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digital printing and optional flexo and finishing stations inline in a single pass.

lumeJet – Frank Romano recently commented that the output from the LumeJet S200 printer was the finest

quality printed output he had ever seen. He stated that the output quality had a much wider color gamut and was beyond inkjet and toner output. LumeJet is a new technology printer from the UK aimed at speciality single sided color printing. It uses a three color RGB LED imaging system to expose photographic paper in sizes up to 305 mm x 1000 mm (12 inches wide by 39 inches long). The unique aspect of the printer is it can produce very high quality continuous tone images plus pin sharp vector graphics and text. This makes it ideal for photo books and corporate pitch books in areas such as architecture. Ipex was the first trade show for LumeJet and its stand was always very crowded. The company was showing a range of work including examples of jobs from the first installation of the press at Altaimage in London. At Ipex LumeJet announced a second installation at Sense Creative in Darlington, England. Tim Thompson, Sense Creative’s MD stated “we think photographers are a key market for us. There is no other machine on the market where we can approach photographers and be confident we can exceed their expectations.” The markets that are being seen for LumeJet are for very high quality imaging for products. It is seen very much as an added value product for production companies that can add a new service for premium quality high value products that can be produced at relatively low costs.

Print Finishing – A key trend at Ipex was digital print finishing. Most of the well-known companies in

this area were showing their wares and demonstrating how such print finishing can add value to digital printing. One stand that was always busy was Scodix who have been having great success in the UK and I was told that they have taken three orders in the UK so far this year. At Ipex, Scodix was showing the new Scodix Ultra Digital Enhancement Press that operates at 1,250 B2 Plus format sheets/hour.

In the digital finishing area there were a large number of suppliers showing a full range of products.

O n e o f t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g new products I saw at Ipex was Motioncutter. Motioncutter is a new German digital cutting, engraving,

perforating and name cutting system. This is a high-speed laser cutting system that has an operating width of 580 mm (22 inches) on a continuous web. It has an operation speed of up to 40 meters/min so is well able to keep up with the output of most presses. Motioncutter uses a CO² laser and can cut paper and board up to a thickness of several mm. It can perforate with a range of controls, engraving where only a part of the paper is milled, or can be used for creasing for folding, and name cutting is where names can be cut or any other personalization can be applied. The quality of samples I saw from this was exceptional, particularly on very fine detailed work such as filigree ornaments. Motioncutter was

developed by themediahouse GmbH, a German printer looking for a solution to add value to their business. It was introduced late in 2013 and already has a substantial number of orders. It is priced in Europe at €194,500.

Riso – Riso introduced its new ComColorX1 series of inkjet presses, the fourth generation of Riso’s inkjet engines that use Riso’s ForceJet cold

fusing inkjet technology with oil based pigment inks for instant drying on uncoated stocks. This new series of presses was introduced in 2013 but Ipex was the first major showing of the presses. As well as showing the new presses Riso also demonstrated a high capacity feeder stacker and a new inline Perfect Binder.

Another new item shown was the Riso Wrapping Envelope Finisher capable of up to 2,200 envelopes/hour.

Another first time showing was the Bridge developed in cooperation with Böwe Systec in which an X1 press is linked to a Böwe inserter to create a white paper line running standard C5 or DL envelopes producing up to 8,200 items/hr.

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Printing Jogging Trimming Gluing Binding

Consumables

ComColor Optional Accessory

Perfect Binder

SpecificationsModel Perfect binder

Compatible Printer ComColor 9150/9110/7150/7110

Finishing Type Side-binding

Warm-up Time 13 min. or less (at room temperature of 23°C (68°F))

Binding Speed*1 ComColor 9150/9110: 60 books/hour, ComColor 7150/7110: 48 books/hour

Paper Size Body Page A4/B5/A5/Letter long-edge feed

Cover Sheet*4 (when cutting off the surplus part)

A5: 210 mm × 307-342 mm (8 1/4" × 12 3/32"-13 15/32")B5: 257 mm × 374-409 mm (10 1/8" × 14 23/32"-16 3/32")A4: 297 mm × 430-465 mm (11 11/16" × 16 15/16"-18 5/16")Letter: 279.4 mm × 441.8-476.8 mm (11" × 17 13/32"-18 25/32")

Cover Sheet*4 (when leaving the surplus part)

A5: 210 mm × 298.5-342 mm (8 1/4" × 11 3/4"-13 15/32”)B5: 257 mm × 365.5-409 mm (10 1/8" × 14 3/8"-16 3/32")A4: 297 mm × 421.5-465 mm (11 11/16" × 16 19/32"-18 5/16")Letter: 279.4 mm × 433.3-476.8 mm (11" × 17 2/32”-18 25/32")

Paper Weight Standard Tray Body page: plain paper, recycled paper; 52 gsm to 128 gsm (14-lb bond to 34-lb bond) (for A5 long-edge feed, 64 gsm to 128 gsm (17-lb bond to 34-lb bond))Cover*5: plain paper, recycled paper; 80 gsm to 210 gsm (21-lb bond to 56-lb bond)

Feed Tray Body page: plain paper, recycled paper; 52 gsm to 104 gsm (14-lb bond to 28-lb bond)Cover*5: plain paper, recycled paper; 80 gsm to 104 gsm (21-lb bond to 28-lb bond)

Body Sheet Stacker Plain paper, recycled paper; 52 gsm to 128 gsm (14-lb bond to 34-lb bond)

Cover Sheet Inserter Plain paper, recycled paper; 80 gsm to 210 gsm (21-lb bond to 56-lb bond)

Book Thickness(binding amount of sheets)

1.5 mm to 30 mm (1/16" to 1 3/16"), 15-300 sheetsBinding amount of sheets varies depending on the paper type

Binding Side Long-edge

Binding Margin*2 Body page: 5 mm (3/16") or moreCover: Whole back side of spine, 5 mm (3/16") or more

Computer Environment for SuppliedSoftware

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit), Microsoft® Windows Vista® (32-bit/64-bit), Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32-bit/64-bit), Microsoft® Windows® 8 (32-bit/64-bit)*6

Memory 1 GB or more

CPU Intel® Pentium® or fully compatible

Clock 1 GHz or more

Hard Disk 200 MB of free space (space enough to operate the OS)

Display 1,024 x 768 or more, High Color or greater resolution

Corresponding File Format*7 doc, docx Microsoft® Word 2003, 2007, 2010

xls, xlsx Microsoft® Excel® 2003, 2007, 2010

ppt, pptx Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2003, 2007, 2010

pdf Version 1.3 to 1.7

Power Source AC 220-240 V, 6.0 A, 50-60 Hz

Power Consumption Maximum: 1,500 W

Operating Noise*3 Max. 70 dB (when binding)

Operating Environment Temperature: 15°C to 30°C (59°F to 86°F); Humidity: 40% to 70% RH (non-condensing)

Dimensions (W × D × H) 1,290 mm × 675 mm × 1,125 mm (50 25/32" × 26 3/8" × 44 9/32")

Required Space with Printer (W × D × H) 2,750 mm × 1,240 mm × 1,125 mm (108 9/32" × 48 13/16" × 44 9/32")

Weight Approx. 220 kg (485 lb)

*1 The speed converted to per hour by outputting five 100-page books (A4) and a simplex cover (297 mm × 465 mm (11 11/16" × 18 5/16")), finishing the second to fifth outputs

*2 • Two-page spread on the body page • Two-page spread on the cover

*3 150 ppm when connecting to the printer, binding A4 long-edge feed*4 The length of a cover changes depending upon the thickness of the body pages to be bound. Paper with shorter length

than body pages cannot be used*5 If the thickness of a book (spine) is 20 mm (25/32") or more, use of paper with 105 gsm (28-lb bond) or heavier is

recommended*6 Will soon be compatible, however will remain incompatible with Microsoft® Windows® RT*7 The file composed in 64-bit version is not supported

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Inside front Cover marginInside back Cover margin

Binding margin

Gluing part of spine

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KBA claims faster print throughput with VariDryIndustry heavyweight KBA has developed a new solution that it claims will offer companies faster print throughput

Created by KBA’s research and development teams, VariDry HR-UV expands on the already established method of using highly reactive UV inks in combination with UV or LED-UV dryers.

The UV inks used dry on the sheet immediately, with the printed sheets then being sent to be finished straight away—thus reducing processing times and the need for storage space.

KBA says VariDry is unique as it has the advantage of already operating a, ‘user-friendly and efficient’ drying system.

The dryers feature iron-doped mercury-vapour lamps, which emit a spectrum from 260 to 400nm and lamp output of between 80 and 200W/cm, which KBA says reduces energy consumption by up to 75 percent in comparison with conventional UV printing.

KBA says the HR-UV dryers have a service life of between 600 and 1,500 hours while as ozone is created by wavelengths under 250nm, there is no need for an extraction system in the delivery.

BA VariDry HR-UV is an ideal solution for commercial print houses looking to expand their product portfolio”

The VariDry HR-UV solution also offers the option of a sensor to monitor actual UV output from the lamp, allowing more control over the curing process.

Production VariDry HR-UV dryers are already available for the RAPIDA 75, 105 and 106 models.

Craig Bretherton, technical support manager at KBA UK, comments: “KBA VariDry HR-UV is an ideal solution for commercial print houses looking to expand their product portfolio.

“Because the printed sheets can be processed downstream without waiting 24 hours or more, as with conventional inks, this approach can shorten their lead times, improve their performance on short and medium runs and contribute to better ROI on all their production equipment.

“There are also print quality benefits and value-add options through high gloss coatings.” n

Courtesy : www. printmonthly.co.uk

Production VariDry HR-UV dryers are already available for the RAPIDA 75, 105 and 106 models

manroland web systems: First short-grain 64-page LITHOMAN coming to GermanyMarket leader introduces new com-mercial configuration in gravure printing dimensions.

m a n r o l a n d w e b s y s t e m s h a s taken another step towards a comprehensive, finely calibrated product range. The Augsburg company will deliver the first short-grain 64-page LITHOMAN this year. The productivity and flexibility of the press offers another strong alternative for high-volume print.

manroland web systems is constantly advancing in the area of high-volume printing. Every printing company wants a press that perfectly suits its needs to be able to hold its ground in the competitive print and media industry. Reducing costs therefore continues to be the main customer requirement, while the demand for production flexibility is increasing – the same press must be as efficient for high-volume printing as for part editions. The short-grain 64-page LITHOMAN achieves this aim and takes its place as one of the production heroes for commercial printing – alongside the market leading 96-page LITHOMAN (six installed presses) and the 160-page LITHOMAN, which was installed at Kraft-Schlötels in Wassenberg, Germany.

New printing system stirs up the competitionThe Augsburg company has extensive experience with short-grain printing systems with web widths of up to 2,060 mm and 70,000 cylinder revolutions per hour. Currently twenty 48-page LITHOMAN units are producing short-grain format around the world. This expertise was transferred to the 64-page LITHOMAN, and the first press is coming to Germany and will be ready for production before 2014 is over. Josef Aumiller, Sales Manager Germany at manroland web systems: “For this project, the customer recognized that the 64-page LITHOMAN is the ideal press

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for their order structure.” The flexible design of the LITHOMAN was consequently modified to meet the specific requirements of the customer. “Numerous automation options and new components are now integrated in the short-grain format, some for the first time,” explains Aumiller. “Included are in-house developments such as AutomaticPlateLoading, the DynaChange function, the Inline Control systems, and the new operating system.”

Press technology in detailThe short-grain 64-page LITHOMAN, with up to 70,000 cylinder revolutions per hour, has a web width of 2,640 mm and a minimal cut-off of up to a ¬paper-saving¬ 872 mm. This makes the press up to 33% more productive than the short-grain 48-page LITHOMAN. The sleeve technology and the interplay of the technical features in the print process ensure high quality, less waste, and improved efficiency, even at this high output. Among the features are the autoprint equipment for seamless job changeovers with the ful ly-automated APL plate change (AutomaticPlateLoading) and numerous Inline Control systems. manroland web systems has become independent of other manufacturers in recent years and established its own inline systems on the market: the cutting registers (InlineCutoff Control, InlineCutoff Control Dynamic) and InlineDensityControl reduce the make-ready times and also save on waste, as does the fan-out control (InlineFanout Control). Configurations with the use of a fifth or sixth printing unit provide added value for printing commercial advertising, and additional functions such as DynaChange for flying imprint changes or coatings and special colors can also be carried out. Of course, when using the LITHOMAN the

operator also works with the latest operating system on the market, the ControlCenter in combination with the MobilPad.

improved production diversityIn addition to the efficiency of high-volume production, product diversity really matters to customers. That’s why the folding technology of the new short-grain LITHOMAN works with broadsheet, tabloid and “in-in product” formats. The whole unit achieves productivity and product diversity that print specialists have always marveled at in gravure printing, due to the web width and number of pages achieved. Commercial printers can now also play in this league. n

Courtesy : www. manroland-web.com

Heidelberg to launch B1 digital inkjet press

Offset press giant Heidelberg is launching B1 inkjet digital sheetfed presses for commercial and packaging printers, as part of its new forward-looking inkjet strategy.The new press is being developed in conjunction with Fujifilm, with which Heidelberg has signed a partnership agreement. Fujifilm technology - including one of the JetPress 540W inkjet printers - is already in the Heidelberg R&D labs.There is as yet no launch date for the B1 press, which will be developed in two versions, one for commercial printers and one for packaging printers. Heidelberg is targetting the presses at the increasingly popular run lengths of between 250 and 2500 sheets, as well as for variable data work.Heidelberg is one of the press

manufacturers that signed up to work with Benny Landa's nano press technology, however the company is privately sceptical that nano presses will get off the ground. The Fujifilm technology by contrast is proven technology. Heidelberg will continue to work with Ricoh, but its printers are cutsheet toner based, and there are no plans for joint development work.The first result of the new partnership with Fujifilm is an inkjet object printer, which Heidelberg says will print on anything from bottles to aeroplanes, in up to six-colours, with the inkjet heads on a robot. German operation FlyerAlarm – a Vistaprint-type operation – is currently installing the first such printer.Later this year Heidelberg will launch a digital inkjet label press, which it is developing as a three way partnership between itself, Gallus and Fujifilm. The company says it will score on quality at 1200x1200dpi, speed, flexibility and common label substrate acceptance.Heidelberg is making the major move into inkjet as it believes this is where the future lies both for itself and for printers in the short run sector. Fujifilm and Screen already have B2 sheetfed presses, as does HP Indigo. However Heidelberg has the market penetration thanks to its offset business.Its core offset market though has been decimated since the onset of the GFC, and while it will see growth in the developing world, particularly the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China - which between then host half the world's population - its projections for offset press sales in the western world are of gradual decline.Heidelberg's turnover is only half what it was before the GFC, and it has since let go about 45 per cent of its staff, or some 8000 people. Its share price has lost 90 per cent of its value since then, although in the past 12 months it has risen by a third. At the height of the GFC Heidelberg had to be rescued by the state and federal German governments, which led to several years of restructuring, however the company says that period is now behind it.


Is It Time to Add Web Services to Your Repertoire?

For the past few years printers have been looking for ways to provide additional services to bolster their bottom lines. A number of them have moved toward becoming marketing services providers including offering website services. Those who have done it successfully have certain characteristics in common that are key to launching a new venture profitably. If you have been considering getting into the web services business, here are three tips to help you do it successfully.

1. invest the time.Though there are many similarities to printing. Web terminologies are different. You don’t need to have all the answers, however, you will need to have a solid understanding of the capabilities of the solutions you offer. Most clients will not need, nor care exactly how you will be creating the site but you will need to be able to answer some basic questions on functionality of the solutions. In order to adequately provide answers, a member of your team will need to have some hands on experience with the solution you sell on a regular basis.

Frequently I am asked: “How long it takes to come up to speed on this web stuff” and I don’t have a black and white answer. Some people pick it up quickly while others struggle. The big difference for those who succeed and those who don’t is the willingness to dedicate time to learn. Watching video tutorials, reading manuals, and time spent with applications are all part of the learning process. As technology advances, user-interfaces change and updates are made, the learning process is ongoing. A continual investment of time is a big

differentiator between successful and unsuccessful attempts at adding web solutions to your business.

2. Source the right partners.Being a full service web solution provider means you now need to have partners who know and understand domain registration, hosting, search engine optimization, email marketing, HTML, JavaScript and custom coding, and so on. Finding the right partner is key. Since you will likely be selling these solutions to your existing clients, you need to make sure customer service and timely delivery is paramount to the vendor(s) you select to service them

Consider partnering with someone who has the capability to do any and all parts of the project with direct client interfacing. Running any small company means wearing many hats with no predictable flow to the work coming in. Schedules can and do get pushed back and delayed. When projects come in at times when there are no extra hours available, rather than not being able to accept the job, ensure that your partners can help you with projects when you are short-handed or have little time for additional projects. You may end up giving up a bit of margin in this partnership, but the client will get the products and attention they deserve and you remain a trusted vendor in your client’s eyes.

Remember, the vendors and products you choose to work with are going to be an extension of the brand you have already built. If something goes wrong, you have to know that you can rely on the providers to work quickly to resolve the problem.

3. Have a plan.When adding any new product or service, you need to have a sales plan. If your plan is that you will wait until you are asked about it, you will never make any money. Selling web solutions is no different than any other kind of new product. You will need

to start including it in your elevator pitch, on hold music, business cards, website, signage, etc. Sending direct mail and email marketing pieces with an offer of a free website evaluation or other promotion is also a good way to build interest in your new services.

Regular social media announcements and press releases can also be beneficial. I know printers who post an announcement to Facebook and send a tweet to their followers each time they launch a site. Others send press releases that contain what work they completed for the client along with the URL and a testimonial from the client to local magazines and newspapers. This not only gets their name out in front of an audience, but also helps provide their clients with some visibility which elevates the value of the printer’s services.

Relevant consistent communication to your target audience about your products and services (whether new or old), will help keep your company top of mind and make purchasing from you and referring you easier for your clients. When adding any new product or service to your company, make sure you have a clear and defined sales and marketing plan.

Understanding the applications you are selling and knowing and taking advantage of the services your vendors can provide will pay big dividends if you have a strong sales pipeline. n

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CorelDraw Graphics Suite X7

Adobe is, and long has been, the first name in graphic design and digital art, but Corel's underdog status may be part of what makes it an appealing product to many. The latest flagship suite from the company, CorelDraw Graphics Suite X7 ($499; subscription pricing also available)$499.99 at Amazon is an impressive package. The latest version has excellent features for customizing workspaces in particular, as well as a clean and updated interface. Graphics Suite X7 is only for Windows, with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Mac users will need Parallels$28.00 at Amazon or some other software that enables a Windows environment on their machine to use it, which is not an ideal solution.

Part of what makes Corel's package attractive right now is all the user backlash to Adobe's revamped pricing structure. Adobe Creative Cloud costs $49.99 per month (for a year-long commitment), whereas CorelDraw Graphics Suite X7 sells for $499 (boxed edition). You can also upgrade from X4, X5, or X6 for $199.

If you're into the subscription thing, X7 goes for $24.95 for 30 days, or just $198 for a year. On the other hand, if the only graphic arts app you need

What's included and NewThe graphics suite includes six pieces: CorelDraw X7, Photo-Paint X7, PowerTrace X7, Connect X7, Website Creator, and Capture X7. CorelDRAW and Photo-Paint are the two primary applications. The first is a vector and illustration program; the second, an image-editing program. The other pieces are essentially utilities: PowerTrace is a bitmap converter, Website Creator is a site-design tool, and Capture is for screen capture.

Within these apps, you get access to a ton of features, services, and extras. These extras include 2,000 high-resolution stock photos, 1,000 fonts, hundreds of design templates, and about five hours of training videos.

The most striking change in Corel X7 is the interface. The lighter and more streamlined look follows the trend in UI design that users have seen in everything from Microsoft Office to mobile apps. Corel's spruced up face does look contemporary. Other improvements, such the customizability of the default workspace, show that Corel did not sacrifice usability or function for form's sake.

The tools for customizing your workspaces are wonderful. There's even a preset option for mimicking the Adobe Illustrator interface for designers who are most familiar with that environment. A new Docker puts the tools you use most on the right side in collapsible panes that are visible but out of the way when you want to maximize the screen real

is CorelDraw, a close competitor to Adobe Illustrator, it alone costs just $19.99 per month. The value proposition really depends on what kind of user you are, how much you're willing to pay up front, and whether you want early access to new features—which is what you get as a subscriber.

CorelDraw Graphics Suite remains a viable option to those who are looking for the best alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It exports to all the major Adobe file formats, supports high-resolution multi-monitor setups, and offers plentiful features.


HP today announced that Coimbatore-based GLO Color Lab has installed the new B2-sized format HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press to accelerate its business growth and expand its product offerings in the market.

GLO Color Lab acquired its first HP Indigo Digital Press back in 2007 to expand its photo-based application offerings. Today, with five HP Indigo Digital Presses in their fleet, they are the largest HP Indigo customer in India, offering services not just in photo but also in commercial, packaging and now the publishing segment.

The company has experienced tremendous growth, driving the demand for expanded digital capacity and their latest acquisition, the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press, will assist the company’s positive growth trajectory.

The HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press will provide the company with offset print quality, substrate flexibility and wide color gamut - in a larger format. With a speed of up to 4600 sheets per hour and greater imposition efficiency it will also allow GLO Color Lab to increase profitability and differentiate its business with new applications such as B2-sized calendars, book covers, posters and canvases.

“The HP Indigo10000 Digital Press allows us to take advantage of new capabilities made possible by the wider 29-inch format. With this B2 format printing, we are poised to increase our productivity and profitability” said T.S.

GLO Color Lab Accelerates Business Growth with HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press

Ramanan, managing director, GLO Color Lab. “We are committed to providing the highest quality to our clients and HP Indigo has proved to be the right technology for our business,” he further added.

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Indigo 10000 Digital Press

With the installation of the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press, GLO Color Lab plans to expand into large-scale commercial publishing and make available affordable, high-quality books in the larger-sized formats. The B2 format allows for 8pp and 16pp folded book signatures and a higher print imposition efficiency for improved productivity. The company is also looking to take on larger volumes of high value customized packaging and folding carton print jobs.

"GLO Color Lab has a strong legacy of innovation, backed by deep technical expertise and an unwavering commitment to delivering the highest possible quality and value to its customers," said Alon Bar-Shany, vice president and general manager, Indigo Digital Press Division, HP. "The HP Indigo 10000 helps extend this legacy and will enable them to produce a broader range of applications, increase efficiency, and accelerate profitability. We’re proud to be associated with the creative results GLO Color Lab delivers.”

GLO Color Lab displayed the range of its digital printing applications at an exclusive open house event, at the Codissia Trade Centre, Coimbatore on April 4-5, 2014. The theme “Print Solutions for Every Age” was used to showcase the breadth of their portfolio applications which include B-2 sized photo-books, children’s books, posters, calendars, art books and wedding albums. n

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estate of your actual work. The latest version also supports multi-monitor setups and high-DPI screens, so you can let all your Corel designs sprawl across your workspace and see them in high definition.

And what's an updated graphics suite product without some new doo-dads, such as rectangular and elliptical fills. You'll find tutorials teaching you how to use these new features, as well as some new pattern options and other fill features, in the help videos that are available when you start up the program.

Less visible improvements include compatibility with important file formats, such as PSD, AI, and PDF, as well as the RAW file format.

Another feature that sounds trendy and cool—although I’m on the fence about its actual usefulness—is a built-in QR code creator and validation tool. You can generate unique QR codes and punch them up by overlaying text, colors, and images on them. The validation part ensures your QR codes will still work with the artistic flourishes added. You can change the shape, outline width, color, and fill type of the QR code pixels, change the background color and fill type, and more. This feature seems targeted at small businesses that are designing brochures, posters, and other marketing materials.

While it’s neat, I wonder how much it will actually be used, as QR codes never really took off in the U.S. Perhaps this feature will be more useful in the international market. n

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Adherence to high standards for food packaging inks a must for consumer safetyThough India has BIS standards for printing inks for food packaging, it is voluntary. There is an urgent need to enforce these standards to avoid the risks to consumer health in India

F o o d P a c k a g i n g i s n a t u r a l l y sensitive area and manufacturers in this segment must focus

on the highest levels of manufacturing controls in line with the imperative of protecting the consumer. It is the responsibility of all suppliers in the food packaging value chain to ensure that their contributions do not in any way endanger consumer health – for example through the migration of harmful chemicals into the food stuffs.

There are 3-major ways where interaction between food packaging, its surroundings and its contents can arise - permeation, migration and invisible set-off.

Permeation: It involves the transport of a substance of any kind through the walls of the packaging, both inwards and outwards. Changing environmental conditions in an extended logistical chain such as that for foods can aggravate such reactions.

Migration: The transfer of a substance from the packaging to the food, or vice versa, is the prime concern in the supply of materials (inks, packaging substrates, lamination adhesives, adhesives for labels, etc) for food packaging, and is subject to stringent controls. The concentration level of migrants permitted by law (internationally) are usually expressed in mg/kg of the food content. This is also expressed as ppm or ppb depending on the concentration. These traces may not always be detected in odour and taste tests or when the food is consumed, but can be identified by sensitive chemical analysis.

Invisible set-off: Although, it is not visible to the human eye, ink set-off can

occur on the reverse side of printed labels, lids, cups and packaging film, either in a stack, or in the reel after printing. This creates a danger that low-molecular substances could be transferred to the unprinted surface of the packaging that makes contact with the packed contents. However, migration testing and/or worst case calculation will define and quantify this particular phenomenon.

Keeping things under control

Interaction between packaging and food stuff The long history of safe use of packaging demonstrates that the current controls already are effective in ensuring that the current products are fit for purpose, but it is sensible to review these. A number of common principles exist for the production of ‘safe’ food packaging, particularly in relation to migration issues.

Responsibility for compliance of the packaging does not lie with one single individual member of the packaging supply chain. It is the ownership of everyone concerned, including the printer, although ultimately it is the responsibility of the person placing the pack on the market ‘who must ensure the compliance’.

The same printing ink system can be safe for use on food packaging or unsuitable depending on - the packaging material it is printed on,

the printing conditions, the food that is packed with the printed packaging, the conditions during the packaging manufacturing and filling (for example applied temperatures) and the way the food packaging is intended to be used (deep freeze, ovenable, microwavable etc.)

Adulteration of a foodstuff by the packaging or its component parts is not permissible, nor is any unacceptable change in the quality, odour, or taste of the foodstuff caused by the packaging. Migration of substances must remain below defined limits. Whether the packaging intended to bring to the market is safe with respect to migration can only be tested in the form of the final packaging arrangement. So, the main demands to food packaging are such as - no danger of human health, no unacceptable alteration of the composition of the food, no negative influence to organoleptic (odour and taint) characteristics, production according to GMP (good manufacturing practice).

Standards to maintain

Several international standards are in place to avoid the above mentioned risk in food packaging. Compliance should be enforced by the competent authorities across the whole value chain.

The European Directive 2002/ 72/ EC, for example, relates to plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food stuffs. The directive lays down to overall migration limit (OML) of 60 mg/k food of surface area. In addition, specific migration limits (SML) or maximum contents in the material or article (QM) are set for individual substances.

It also contains a positive list of monomers and other start ing substances used in the manufacture of plastics intended for direct contact with food. Packaging inks that are not intended for direct food contact are not, therefore, under the scope of this directive.

However, if there are components used in the inks, which are listed, the relevant restriction in the directive, such as SML or maximum content, have to be met. The latest legislation affecting printing inks for food packaging is the Swiss Ordinance RS 817.23.21 from the Federal Office of Public Health, which came into effect on April 1, 2010.

It requires that all inks used on food packaging must be composed of materials that have been made from substances which are listed in the ordinance.

Within United States, the FDA regulates the material which can be used in items (packaging) which will come into contact with food. There is a basic assumption that any materials used in food contact applications will become part of the food unless documented testing proves otherwise.

The FDA provides a list of approved materials in title 21CFR (code of Federal Regulations). Inks and coatings that do not have direct food contact are not regulated; as long as there is a ‘functional barrier’ between the food contact side and the ink or coating, and the inks and coatings do not migrate to the food contact side during various steps in the process. It is responsibility of the packaging manufacturer to determine if the construction meets the definition of a functional barrier.

indian perspective In India, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued IS: 15495:2004 code of May 2010 -printing inks for food packaging – code of practice. Unfortunately, this is not being enforced to its full potential.

It is voluntary to implement this standard. It will be really helpful if the relevant competent authorities enforce these standards on priority to avoid the risks related to consumer or public health in India. n

Courtesy : www.business-standard.com

Traditional publishers explore digital opportunities in London Book FairThe three-day London Book Fair (LBF) closed Thursday at the Earls Court, with thousands of traditional publishers from around the world looking for new possibilities in the digital and mobile era.

On the final day of the publishing gala, the London Book Fair and its partners, the British Council and the Publishers Association, announced that the Market Focus country for the next year will be Mexico, following this year's Republic of Korea.

From 2015, the London Book Fair will be held in the renovated and expanded Olympia exhibition centre, which had been home to the fair prior to 2006, the organizers said.

"It's been a fantastic farewell to Earls Court, with lots of energy, lots of purpose, brilliant exhibitors, speakers, and events. On a personal note, we were honored to receive Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall at the Fair," said Jacks Thomas, director of the fair.

"Business briefing and interaction with Chinese guests was rewarding and I hope will continue to be a long term relationship," he added, after hosting some business events with Chinese publishers during the fair.

Traditional publishers were jumping at the chance to tap into new possibilities in the fast-evolving publishing industry.

Cambridge University Press (CUP), one of the oldest publishing houses in the world, has been preparing itself for a "paperless future" by pioneering digital publishing and displaying a

digitally-focused presence at the London Book Fair.

"The move to digital publishing is both an opportunity and a challenge. We have made some important changes to the way in which the Press operates ... the pace of change is accelerating so every day brings fresh opportunities and developments that we need to consider," said Peter Phillips, chief executive of CUP.

Alison Thomson, communications executive of CUP, said traditional publishing houses need to be "nimble and flexible" in order to survive in the digital and mobile era.

"Something we focus much more on this year was social media - how we can become involved, and how we get people engaged," she said, adding that "Digital is key, the customer is key and the social media is key."

To Kathrin Grun, the Frankfurt Book Fair's public relations manager who was also present at the LBF, today's publishing industry has to face yet another irresistible tide: self-publishing.

"With self publishing industry, the authors don't have to wait for the publishers to say yes ... self publishing has become a really interesting topic," Grun told Xinhua.

"Now we are talking about the author-entrepreneur. The author is not only a writer any more, but he is in charge of all his success - he has to do his cover, he has to do his book, and he has to sell it. He does all these different roles as an author," she explained.

Created in 1971, the London Book Fair was regarded as the world's second largest marketplace for rights negotiations and sales only after the Frankfurt book fair in Germany.


Xerox Launches Wide Format IJP 2000 and Xerox 570 Digital Printing EquipmentsFast printing speeds, Best suited for printing presentation graphics and banner ads

Xerox launched the Wide Format IJP 2000 and Xerox 570 digital printing equipments at Print Expo 2014.The new Wide Format IJP 2000 satisfies the growing requirement for large inside paper prints, signages, point-of-purchase design, banner ads and gives printers more speed needed to produce more jobs quicker.

Key Features of Wide Format iJP 2000Wide Format IJP 2000 has fast printing speeds (up to 4,520 square feet/420 square meters per hour). High-quality, color signs can be printed in five seconds, 10 meters banners in one minute and production runs of 200 prints in about 20 minutes. Using Stationary print heads you can allow the paper to move under five print heads in one s ingle pass. Produce a variety of full-color banners and presentation graphics to l i fe -s ize photos and p r o m o t i o n a l d i s p l a y s . A l s o printers offers more c h o i c e s i n w i d e format applications, with media such as banner fabric, photo gloss, satin and backlit/stoplight films.

Key Features of xerox 570Scan, print, copy, fax or route files, all at once. Preview scans and fax images on-screen. The Xerox Color 560/570allows you to scan and send the files anywhere. Email lists, store on-board, send to a PC, server, USB or fax. Create a searchable PDF in one simple step.

You can scan files directly into Microsoft SharePoint and other Windows folders with Xerox ConnectKey. With Xerox Mobile Print you have all the options to print from any Apple iOS, Android and BlackBerry mobile devices. n

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23rd & 24th Valedictory FunctionInauguration of 24th Batch of training started at 12.00 PM on 04-04-2014 by the President of our Association Sri Ashok Kumar, Sri C.N. Mohan Kumar and Sri Michael Das were on the chair for inauguration. Around 35 members attend the function.

The batch stated after the pooja, snacks were arranged for the function. The function concluded b by awarding participation certificate for the 23rd Batch.

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FingerReader gadget lets the blind read printed text

FingerReader is the name of a wearable gadget that could help visually impaired people read printed text in books and even on electronic devices, thus opening up additional possibilities to them.

D e v e l o p e d b y M I T r e s e a r c h e r s , FingerReader wants to help the blind access more resources than what’s already available in Braille format. TechCrunch reports that, according to a recent study from the Royal National Institute of the Blind in Britain cited by one of the researchers, in 2011 only 7% of books are available in large print, unabridged audio, and Braille.

Currently in prototype phase, the FingerReader is essentially a ring that you can use to follow a line of text in a book or on a screen. Thanks to the built-in camera, the gadget can detect 12-point text, which can then be read aloud by the device.

The gadget is smart enough to recognize when the reader deviates from the line of text and offer feedback to adjust hand movement, and it knows when the end of the line is reached. One feature the MIT researchers do not explain is how readers will move seamlessly from one line of text in a book to the next, given that their visual impairment may prevent them from actually seeing the text.

While the main use for FingerReader may be to help people with visual problems read books, magazines and text on a digital device, it could evolve into a gadget that can be used by people who don’t have any visual impairments for other purposes, such as translating text from other languages, or simply reading text aloud. However, it’s not clear when the FingerReader will be available commercially, if ever.

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It was the best of Times New RomanIt all began with a report on the legibility of print. In 1923 Stanley Morison had been appointed typographic adviser to the Monotype Corporation, where he was instrumental in having many important typefaces of the past adapted to machine composition. In 1929 Morison joined the staff of The Times of London. Morison was born in Essex, England in 1889 and died in London in 1967.

In 1930, he warned senior executives of the need to improve type legibility, subsequently a committee was formed. The first draft designs of what became known as The Times New Roman were composed in October, 1930. Monotype was employed to produce the actual type, and the 9 point size of the typeface was cut at the Monotype Works, Redhill in 1931 and used in the Monday, October 3, 1932 edition.

Extensive research was undertaken with experts in sight, reading and printing: namely the Royal Surgeon Oculist, the librarian of Windsor Castle, and the Principal of the London School of Printing. The committee, their typographical adviser and their ophthalmic consultants scrutinised the type. The Times New Roman should be readable not only in good, but in bad light. The typeface evolved from Plantin and Gros Cicero. Morrison requested that Victor Lardent, a Times’ draftsman, modify Plantin to improve its legibility on press. Times is designed to save space in newspaper printing and it became popular during WW II because it saved paper.

The design was licensed to Linotype, because The Times used Linotype and Intertype equipment for production. Times Roman is the name used by Linotype and registered as a trademark. Times New Roman was and still is the name used by Monotype (now part of Agfa). The American Linotype company applied for registration of the trademark name Times Roman as its own, not Monotype’s or The

Times’, and received registration in 1945. In the 1980s, some enterprising souls applied to Rupert Murdoch, who owned The Times, and legal action was initiated on the right to use the name in the US. The outcome was that Linotype and its licensees, Adobe and Apple, continued to use Times Roman, while Monotype and its licensees, like Microsoft, use Times New Roman.

The typeface was designed to print with letterpress on newsprint. The type cast in metal from the matrices had very thin serifs and the nature of the printing process then added some weight, allowing the typeface to look they way it should. The first phototypeset version was done by Photon in the US, and they used art that resulted in serifs that were too fragile for offset printing. New artwork was needed that would allow the final print to look correct.

By the 1980s Times became a standard for book text. It received a new lease on life when Apple and Adobe partnered with Linotype for a core font set for the Macintosh and for PostScript. n



Comparison between CTP Offset Plates in Print Quality, Study

Sudan University for Science of Technology awarded Master Degree to Sudan Vision Designer, Mohammed Abdul Hakam Mohammed Ibrahim (Shambat) for his thesis t it led (Comparison between CTP Offset Plates in Print Quality).

According to Shambat the thesis was supervised by Dr. Abul Gaith Ibrahim Al-Amin along Prof. Hussein Jama'an as an external examiner and Dr. Abdul Hafiz Al-Gizouli as Internal Examiner.

It is worth noting that the study is the first of its kind in discussing such an issue in Sudan.

Sudan Vision editorial board decided to celebrate the occasion considering that the award is a credit to the paper in general as Shambat is one of the founding staff of Sudan Vision.

In a message of congratulations to Designer Shambat Managing Editor, Muawad Rashid said: "We're very proud of you for achieving your college degree! The best of all things is to learn: money can be stolen, strength may fail, but what you've learned is yours forever. Believe in yourself, in your talent and skills that have brought you to this special day."

For his part Designer Shambat lauded the great efforts exerted by his supervisors and their valuable remarks which helped too much in making the study easy and purposeful.

He also extended his appreciation to Sudan Vision and its staff for their encouragement and availing the facilities for data collection.

Sudan Vision Reporters seized the opportunity and conducted a brief interview with Shambat.

The following is a summary of the brief interview.

Firstly, I would like point out that due to my work at Khartoum University Press, where we have learned the ABC of printing with its professional

concept in early nineties of the last century, have become attached to the Press because it has a unique spell only known to its people (engraving on plate is an art not less than other forms of arts) as the common saying goes: whoever tastes learns, which has developed into a hobby and passion and hence the beginning of my quest for technical development in this field. The first thing to draw my attention in this field was that it is a unique trade of its own and that printing is ever-developing profession, which requires keeping in touch. My beginning was design on the device. We have benefited from our evening work at newspapers, especially sports newspapers and Sudan Vision during which we keep abreast with modern design programs and graphics because these devices were not available at Khartoum University Press at the time.

Unfortunately we were not given a chance as technicians at the Khartoum University Press to get training and develop like our peers at different institution for many reasons no need to cite in this connection. I think the biggest chance was when we were selected for training on a conventional Offset Printing Press (Speed Master) in Germany, where we found out that digital printing brought about a great leap in conventional offset printing. I have learned a lot from this training course which has expanded my knowledge.

I have real ized that technical training is not enough. It has to be accompanied by specialized academic qualification in the field, especially digital revolution which swept the world early this century has brought about a revolution in printing industry: starting with preparation stages for print matter up to final finishing, which all are interconnected with one another, sometimes on one machine. Here, I started to seek Masters Degree and binding at the College of Applied Fine Arts, University of Sudan. Thank

God, I obtained my Masters at the same university.

I always seek success from God and hope that printing industry will develop and is given adequate care in this beloved country to progress in favor of exalting the country. I would like to point out that I have invaluably benefited from my evening work at Sudan Vision, where I made tremendous use of its modern equipment that are connected to the Internet to gather necessary information which was helpful during my preparation for dissertation.

I am also grateful to brothers and colleagues, especially Mr. Saif Adeen Al-Bashir and Abu Obeida for their support and encouragement. Special thanks go to Mr. Abu Obeida for employing his connections with Sudan Currency Printing Press Co. for me to carry out applied studies under the supervision of Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Nasr, Assistant to General Director for Production.

I was also supported by brother translators who helped me a lot in translation, especially brothers Muawad Rashid, Ahmed Saeed and Saad, because unfortunately there aren't many Arabic reference books. I would like also to grab this opportunity to extend special thanks to Prof. Abul-Geith Ibrahim, who supervised the study, from whose experience and advice I benefited considerably.

During the discussion stage, I benefited from the notes of Prof. Hussein Jamaan, Dr. Abdel-Hafiz Abdel-Habib, whose notes I will take into consideration before submitting the dissertation. Below is a summary of my dissertation for Masters:

The study – applied study aims to compare CTP to (Thermal, Ultraviolet and Conventional Plates) in terms of quality printing to arrive at required quality from the use of these plates to help improve print matter product and degree of its compatibility with Sudan's hot climate.

The study adopted descriptive comparative approach to specify


standards which can be used for controlling printing quality when using these plates. The researcher information on real use of these plates in Sudan at Khartoum University Press, International Press, Plant Nobia Co, Printing Chamber; in addition Sudan Currency Printing Press Co. Ltd, where procedures of the applied studies were conducted.

The researcher used CTP plates, which are available in Sudan. After carrying out a successful model photographing, he printed it to compare it with different types of plates. Six experimental samples were printed in different sizes and specifications on papers with different weights (70g-white, 300g glossy paper), then the samples were checked and their contents were analyzed and experimented against standards in order to specify the difference between different plates.

It was found out that the use of (thermal, ultraviolet and normal plates) shows difference in a number of standards, where thermal plates were distinguished from other plates as follows:

1. Brightness degree and areas of shades are more qualitative and clearer.

2. Color difference is very good, taking into account the type of paper on which they are printed. Glossy paper reflects colors better than normal paper.

3. Gray scaling (black and white scaling), high lighting are clear and very good, considering compatibility of printing network with the paper type.

4. Color saturation degree and accuracy of details are very good.

5. Absolute cleanliness, high quality and accurate recording.

The study recommends the need for use of thermal CTP plates of Spanish (Ipagsa), or Brazilian IBF or better quality plates, for such plates guarantee high quality printing. n

Courtesy : news.sudanvisiondaily.com

Heidelberg proved its mettle again at the talent hunt organized by the Madras Management Association by winning the ‘Best Team’, as well as ‘Best young manager’ awards. It was a double bonanza and a truly happy occasion for Heidelberg.

MMA has instituted managerial awards for applying professional excellence and creativity in business management, and going a step beyond to expand these management practices for the benefit of the society.

The theme of the recently held competit ion was ‘ India 2015 – Restoring Confidence, Regaining Momentum’, the objective being to encourage out-of-the-box thinking

Heidelberg steals the Show at MMA; Wins ‘Best team’, ‘Best Young Manager’ titles

among young corporate professionals. The contest included a written submission of researched ideas and a live presentation for 15 minutes.

The event witnessed participation from representatives across diverse industries, including TCS, Rane Brake linings, CTS, and Heidelberg.

Heidelberg India represented by Mr. Ganesh Kumar from the Sales department, Mr. Venthan from IT and Mr. Madhukar from Finance -- won the prestigious ‘Best Team’ title. This title stands testimony to the teamwork and allegiance prevalent among Heidelberg employees.

Mr. Ganesh Kumar won the ‘Best Young Manager’ title, one of the most coveted awards established by the MMA. A beaming Ganesh Kumar says, “We focused specifically on ‘Maximum Governance and Minimum Government’. We also pitched innovative ideas such as gold-related financial instruments, organic farming and a single window system for entrepreneurs. The judging panel was impressed and appreciated our thoughts. We are really proud to be part of Heidelberg and glad to be bringing accolades to the company that we value so much”. n

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Heidelberg Team at MMA, (From Left) Venthan, Ganesh Kumar and Madhukar.

Vinod Rai, Former CAG, India (In Centre) handing over the awards to Heidelberg team – Madhukar, Ganesh Kumar and Venthan.


REVO is a Project Team which collects 7 industry Leaders cooperating to drive flexography towards the new “digital” world of Printing and Converting. Process consistency, efficiency and cost reduction are the objectives of REVO Digital Flexo Revolution, to win the Labels and Packaging challenge for short runs, global quality and total flexibility.

The REVO Project Team members have started to cooperate in December 2013, officially announcing the project in February 2014. REVO Team has selected UV Flexo, extended colour gamut and digital process automation as the three technology drivers to support flexography to become “digital” and keep its role of leadership in Labels and Packaging industry. “We want to create an industry move towards flexo digitalization” state REVO Team Members “We share together all our latest innovation, our open and cooperative approach is the key to success”. Every partner delivers a specific technical contribution to the project:

Niklas olsson of Flint Group Narrow Web comments: “UV Flexo is the ideal process to become digital: UV inks are inherently consistent as there is no VOC evaporation to “disturb” the printing process, furthermore inks do not dry on the plates so waste is reduced and quality consistency

REVO Team drives Digital Flexo Revolution

increases. UV flexo inks printing quality is superior to water and solvent based flexo inks as less ink is transferred (ink is full solid, without VOCs). Dot gain is reduced and ink densities are higher. REVO process needs top printing quality and high colour density to achieve the best performances. New generation low migration UV Flexo inks support the REVO Digital Flexo Revolution with high pigmentation, consistent ink transfer, consistent density properties, giving to REVO projects a wide range of graphic possibilities, and excellent consistency performances.”

Dan Pulling of Esko adds: “Extended colour gamut is the most logic solution for the flexo industry going “digital”. 7 inks always in the press. No need to change anilox or ink. No special colours, no colour matching, no waste of substrate, no press down-time. Most PMS colours can be reproduced by printing 7 colours on top of each other. With 7 colours separation pre-press can “digitally” reproduce 90-95% of PMS colours. A new era can be predicted for Flexo, fully integrated in a digital work flow, as it happens already with Digital presses. The same file can be printed on a Digital or on a Digital Flexo press, with consistent “digital” print quality, and equivalent costs and productivity on both presses (Flexo keeping a wider range of applications in medium to long runs). REVO technology also provides greater design flexibility as the same job can be printed with virtually unlimited number of PMS colours. Or 2 or more jobs can be interlocked on the same web, with total different PMS colours. REVO opens a wide range of new possibilities for graphic designers and production managers. Wide flexibility in a “digital” REVO production flow.”

Friedrich Wolf of DuPont states: “New digital flexo plates” allow for


extreme consistency and print quality. New plate qualities and modified processing work flows results in high image resolution and excellent ink transfer. The solvent free plate processing technology supports the environmental awareness of the REVO project. Fine screen rule of 80 lines per cm is the new standard, changing again the rules of our industry. The new generation digital plates provide the requested quality, thus a wide gamut of PMS colours can be reproduced, without changing the inks in the press. The final printed quality is also more vibrant, with more “natural” greens, reds, oranges and blues. New graphic opportunities to Labels and Packaging designers are available. Further to “digital” consistency and cost reduction, REVO technologies can reproduce “real” colours” which could never be achieved before.”Nick Harvey of Apex adds: “UV flexo ink and digital flexo plates deliver fantastic and consistent quality. But inconsistent ink transfer, and inconsistency between ani lox rollers might endanger the “digital” consistency of the REVO standards. In a 7 colour separation a key factor is to

provide accurate consistency of the lay down of the 7 colours. New engraving technologies developed recently, resulting in the next generation anilox rollers are able to overcome some inconsistency of standard anilox designs. REVO standards need a predictable ink density which can be achieved thanks to the scientifically designed open slalom ink channel geometry which delivers an ink transfer with less than 1% tolerance. The next generation technology provides fundamental contribution to the REVO “digital” new standards. A further advantage of REVO technology is that less ink transfer is needed, to achieve the same level of opacity. By overlapping 7 vignettes instead of using full solids, ink transfer is reduced, as well as ink consumption. Ink costs, curing costs are reduced, and the whole PMS process is consistent and repeatable.”Federico d’Annunzio of Nuova GIDUE completes: “Extensive Digital Automation in the printing press is needed to collect all the opportunities of the new REVO “digital” flexo process . On the pr int ing and converting sections, servo motors

and digital HD Cameras substitute the eyes and the fingers of the operator with digital eyes and digital fingers. The new generation presses exchange the print and diecutting cylinders from “old” to “new” job fully automatically, without operator. Set up and production operations are digitally controlled, with very limited intervention from the operator, which becomes a production manager and a quality tutor on the press, as most of the operations are automated and digitally controlled. Digital Automation in flexo presses completes the REVO “digital chain” from pre-press, to plates, to inks, to anilox and finally to printing and converting, to achieve a full REVO digitalization of the flexo process”. Marko Tiainen of UPM Raflatac comments: “The REVO Digital Flexo Revolution is setting a global standard, and this calls for consistency from all partners. UPM Raflatac is an innovat ion-dr iven, front running developer of self-adhesive label materials, and our proprietary production technologies guarantee the same consistency of surface quality and ink reception in every corner of the world. Among the benefits of REVO are costefficiency and a reduction in waste, and our product development supports this with materials like those in our Fit range, which are engineered for a more sustainable use of resources, cost-efficiency and processefficiency while retaining optimal performance. New substrates and printing technology are progressing in parallel with the same objectives.”


Daragh Whelan of Adare finally concludes: if you can measure it, you can control it, and if you can control it you can reproduce it and this is one of the many advantages Revo gives to the converter. Having digital control of all of our variables ensures Brand consistency and enables Adare to emulate pantone shades out of 7 colours. With REVO “digitally” optimized technologies we are quicker to market and have also reduced the minimum order quantity for laminated flexible packaging products to as little as 5 kilos. It is like having a digital press with flexo costs.”REVO Digital Flexo Revolution uses new Software, Hardware, UV Flexo inks, digital plates, new generation anilox rollers, 7 colours separation, standardized substrates and digital automation on press exclusively provided by REVO Members: Adare, Du Pont, Apex, Esko, GIDUE, UPM Raflatac, Flint. REVO Team Members provide together an “off-the-shelf” solution to Labels and Packaging converters, with a defined protocol of consumables, software and hardware technologies, which allow from “day one” immediate production using a REVO “digitalized” flexo process.REVO Digital Flexo Standards will be available to the entire flexo industry 6 months after the official presentation of the REVO Project. REVO Partners agree to promote an “industry move” of flexo towards the full digitalization of the process, and agree to share at a later stage all the standards and the protocols defined for the best performance of the REVO Digital Flexo Revolution. The REVO Project standards will be open to all the flexographic industry players, who are willing to share the REVO Digital Flexo objectives.REVO Team Members suggest the following list of main advantages for companies joining the REVO Digital Flexo Revolution.Cost reduction: less substrate, less inks, less time are wasted for colour matching in the press. 90-95% of PMS palette is reproduced with 7 fixed colours in the press. Less ink is needed to print solid colours as only

vignettes are used to reproduce heavy solids. Less substrate is wasted during set-up in the press due to Digital Automation and more up-time of the press is achieved due to down-time reduction for colour matching, print and die-cutting cylinders change, press set-up, press inconsistency during production.Consistency: most variables are digitalized during the whole “from pre-press to print” chain. PMS inks are substituted by 7 fixed colours, operators skills are not required for colour matching. UV flexo inks deliver consistent ink behaviour in the press. Anilox rollers and inks are optimized for consistent performances. Digital Automation on press greatly reduces the variables caused by operator’s skills.Quality: 7 colours separation-extended colour gamut provide vibrant effects on pictures, more natural and realistic images. 80 lines per cm screen count become standard, taking flexo to a higher print quality level.digital flexibility: the same file can be printed on a Digital or a Digital Flexo press, with similar quality and costs. With extremely limited wastes and set-up times on the press, production flow can be similar to a Digital press, with frequent job changes, job interruptions, high flexibility in jobs planning.Graphic flexibility: a single job can show a virtually unlimited number of PMS colours, without additional print stations: 7 print stations are sufficient. 2 or more jobs can be interlocked, for short-runs production needs, on the same web, even if with several and different PMS colours. Still, 7 colours are sufficient.

A REVO Open House, at GIDUE premises in Florence from 10th To 12th of June 2014 , will introduce the REVO Project to the Labels and Packaging market. Live demonstrations of the full REVO process will be performed, with the participation of all the REVO Team Members. More information & registration is available online soon: www.revo-digitalflexo.com n

Courtesy : www.revo-digitalflexo.com

Industry Recognition for Esko Full HD FlexoIndustry associations have recognized the high quality production capabilities of Esko Full HD Flexo by presenting adoptees with a number of prestigious awards. "Launched just over a year ago, Esko Full HD Flexo continues to conquer the industry and provides converters worldwide a unique way to achieve excellent flexo print quality results," comments Thomas Klein, Vice President Digital Flexo at Esko. "We congratulate our customers with their outstanding achievements and are very proud with the recognition of their work!"

Most recent were the EFIA Print Awards. Along with packaging printers RKW Finland and Pa-Hu Full HD Flexo customer Marvaco, a leading prepress house in the Nordic region, won double gold for International Flexo Print on Paper, and Flexo Print on Film with the Hau Hau Champion and Koff Lite designs (Marvaco.fi). In addition, PPP Digital Imaging, a UK-based provider of quality flexographic repro, was recognized with a gold award in the Technical Innovation Supplier category for its PPP Fusion solution that combines the capabilities of Esko Full HD Flexo with PPP’s techniques to achieve the ultimate flexographic printing plate (PPP.co.uk).

Earlier at the FlexoTech International Awards, JV Uniflex (Uniflex.by), one of the largest flexo packaging and self-adhesive label specialists in Belarus, was awarded the Supreme Award for their ‘Moskovskiy Kartofel’ entry, which was also recognized for Flexo Job Previously Printed By Another Process. "It demonstrates our advances in flexo printing, a breakthrough which was possible thanks to the Esko products, Full HD Flexo and Equinox we implemented," said Eugene Lungin of Uniflex.

Even at the early beginnings of Full HD Flexo in 2013, two Esko customers were honored for their ground-breaking work at the DFTA Awards. Bischof + Klein (bk-international.com), one of Europe's leading full-service suppliers of flexible plastic and paper packaging and technology, won gold in the category for flexible packaging category pet food while Glatz Klischee (Glatz.at), a specialist in packaging prepress and plate production for flexo printing and corrugated board, was recognized with the gold award in the snacks and sweet category. n

Courtesy : www. esko.com


New configuration for folding carton production extends colour gamut and demonstrates Xeikon's dedication to meet changing needs of packaging market…

Xeikon showcased its enhanced Folding Carton Suite at Ipex 2014. The digital production of folding cartons is ideal for event-driven seasonal packaging, intensive test marketing, just-in-time delivery contracts and customisation of shorter runs to appeal to smaller geographic and demographic market segments. With the Folding Carton Suite, Xeikon offers a ready-to-use package, making it easy for customers to configure an efficient and cost-effective set-up for the digital production of folding cartons. It's the ideal solution for packaging converters who need to add high quality cost-effective short runs of folding cartons to their mix of offerings as well as for commercial printers looking to enter the packaging market. The Xeikon Folding Carton Suite includes a Xeikon 3000 Series digital press, a range of recommended substrates, specific workflow and software components, toners, consumables and finishing equipment.

‘Digital printing technologies are proven to be the most effective means of meeting evolving market needs such as greater variety of products, smaller quantities and faster time-to-market. The continuous enhancements to the Folding Carton Suite demonstrate our dedication to providing the best end-to-end digital printing solutions to the market, and address the changing needs of brand owners and packaging converters,’ said Filip Weymans, of Segment Labels and Packaging at Xeikon. ‘The Xeikon Folding Carton Suite allows them to digitally produce the same high quality packaging but for a whole range of new applications, allowing them to build new revue streams with higher profit margins.’

Xeikon’s enhanced Folding Carton Suite debuts at Ipex

He continued, ‘The fact that we offer a web-fed solution ensures maximum productivity and minimum waste thanks to the full rotary press technology with a variable repeat length, as well as cost effectiveness by purchasing the substrate on a roll. Its ability to offer B2 and larger format print is another advantage of the Xeikon 3000 Series presses. Specifically the Xeikon 3050 and Xeikon 3500 are tuned to the production of high quality short runs of folding cartons for a wide variety of industries.’

extending the colour gamutThe enhanced Folding Carton Suite now offers a basic press configuration where the print stations are equipped with orange toner, in combination with CMYK. The extended colour gamut achieved with this configuration ensures the accurate production of a wider range of brand colours. Optional the orange toner can be replaced with other colours such as red, blue or green when the work of the print provider would rather require a colour gamut in that area. ‘The new configuration with orange toner is the result of Xeikon's listening to and answering the needs of today's brand owners and packaging converters,’ commented Weymans. ‘With orange toner, we ensure the best possible match for the broadest array of brand colours.’ Also included in the Folding Carton Suite is the cloud-based Xeikon Color Control to make colour management even easier.

One-pass digital printing and digital varnishingAn alternative press configuration includes a digital spot varnish station, equipped with Durable Clear Toner. The Durable Clear Toner applies in-line spot varnish to make the folding box scuff and scratch resistant, a standard requirement with folding carton production. Having printing and varnishing done one-pass, on one

press, saves time and space in the plant, and also eliminates the need for additional investments in separate varnishing stations. Weymans added, ‘Durable Clear Toner supports greater diversification with one compact solution for inline production of unique cartons with the possibility for each one to be different. It is the perfect solution for small to medium-sized folding carton printers that are mostly serving local markets.’In addition, Xeikon QA-I toners which are used for all label and packaging applications, score well in terms of lightfastness and comply with FDA guidelines for indirect food contact and direct contact with dry food substances that contain no surface oil or fat.

Stand-out technologiesThe Folding Carton Suite also features a unique fuser drum to enable the production of smooth and consistent print on uneven and textured media, especially recycled board stock ranging from GC board to GC, GT and GZ grades. The Alpine 516 fuser drum has a flexible outer layer as opposed to a standard hard drum surface which can result in an uneven gloss level on textured materials. It is offered as an option for the two 516mm wide printing presses in the Xeikon 3000 Series, the entry level Xeikon 3050 and high speed Xeikon 3500, and existing installations can be field upgraded to benefit from this exclusive Xeikon capability.In order to increase the lifecycle of parts a simple-to-activate web cleaning system has now also been included in the Folding Carton Suite, lowering the overall cost of production. For more about Xeikon, visit: www.xeikon.com. n

Courtesy : www.graphicrepro.co.za


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