The Seybold Report

Agfa Graphics Launches :Apogee StoreFront 1.3

Agfa Graphics has released Version 1.3 of :Apogee StoreFront, its Cloud-based Web-to-print system. The company says Version 1.3 makes it easier for print buyers to customize print and offers the ability to create "microstores." Other new features in :Apogee StoreFront 1.3 include support for real-time UPS shipping cost quote, alarm levels for stock products, and an image library shared across all the customizable documents in the store. more

Agfa Introduces New Thermal Plate

Agfa Graphics has announced Energy Xtra, a new addition to its no-bake plate line-up. The company says the new plate is highly durable and has a 600,000 impression life without baking and more with baking. more

Agfa Introduces Veripress to North American Market

Agfa Graphics introduced the Veripress color-managed press soft-proofing system to the North American market at Graph Expo. more

Agfa Introduces Apogee Suite 8.0 to North American Market

Agfa Graphics demonstrated the Apogee Suite 8.0 prepress workflow system at Graph Expo. The company says Version 8.0 includes new tools to help offset and digital printers optimize the production process and includes Apogee StoreFront, a Web-to-print system. more

Agfa Announces :Apogee StoreFront, a Web-to-print Service

Agfa Graphics has introduced :Apogee StoreFront, a Cloud-based software system designed to help print service providers market services and products over the Internet. This Web-to-print system automates the creation of online storefronts for printed and non-printed products. The service can either be used  for specific clients or as an open site. more 

Agfa Announces Entry-Level Flatbed UV Inkjet System

Agfa Graphics North America will introduce a new entry-level UV inkjet press, the :Anapurna M2540 FB,  at the 2012 International Sign Expo in Orlando March 22-24. The new press features a quick-change vacuum bed technology as well as six color and white ink printing capability. more 

Agfa Announces Silver Price Surcharge on Film

Agfa Graphics has announced a silver surcharge on graphic film products in response to the all-time high price of silver. The price of silver has climbed 60% so far in 2011 with no sign of stabilization, following at 80% increase in 2010. The company says the surcharge will fluctuate with the changes in silver prices and will be discontinued when the price of silver returns to January 2011 levels. more

Agfa Graphics to Debut New Inkjet Systems at Sign Expo

Agfa Graphics will introduce several new inkjet systems including the :Jeti 3020 Titan FTR and :Anapurna M1600 at booth 4153 at the ISA Sign Expo 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV  April 28-30. The :Anapurna M1600, making its North American debut at the conference, is a 63” four-color plus white UV inkjet system. The :Jeti 3020 Titan FTR, making its worldwide debut, is a high-production hybrid inkjet printer. more

Agfa to Give Away Two Refrigerators at Sign Expo

Agfa Graphics will wrap two ruggedized refrigerators in its booth at Sign Expo 2011 and give them away at the end of the show. Agfa plans to design and apply wraps to two Gladiator Chillerator Garage Refrigerators, designed for garages and basements, to demonstrate that wraps have applications beyond cars and trucks. Technicians will conduct hands-on wrap demonstrations throughout the conference using 3M media and laminates in the Agfa booth (#4153). more

Agfa Sells First :M-Press Tiger with In-line Screening in North America

California-based Graphic Tech has become the first North American printer to purchase an Agfa :M-Press Tiger with an in-line screen printing system. The full-service graphic communications service provider will install the Tiger in the first quarter of 2011. more

Agfa Graphics and xpedx End Business Relationship

Agfa Corporation and xpedx will end their long-standing business relationship on December 2, following xpedx’s decision to terminate its dealer agreement. xpedx will conclude its distribution of Agfa-branded graphics products in the United States February 28, 2011. more

Ardent Displays Buys Agfa :Jeti 3020 Titan at SGIA 2010

Connecticut-based Ardent Displays & Packaging purchased a :Jeti 3020 Titan press from Agfa Graphics at the SGIA 2010 conference. The company plans to use the press to produce point-of-purchase displays and packaging. more

Agfa Graphics Announces Fast Printer with TurbTech Drying Technology

Agfa Graphics has announced the :Jeti 3348 HSS 3.25m roll-to-roll printer which uses Agfa's TurbTech drying technology to provide high speed output of 300 dpi resolution and four-color billboards, banners, and posters at low cost. The new printer can be equipped with a back-lit option to enable printing on both sides of media for backlit signage. more

Agfa Graphics Introducing Workflow Suite at Graph Expo

Agfa Graphics will introduce version 7 of the :Apogee Workflow Suite in booths #2611 and #844 at Graph Expo 2010 in Chicago. This latest version includes :Apogee Impose, an imposition module driven by live job information rather than templates. It also includes :Apogee Portal 7, the latest version of Agfa's portal for file uploading, pre-flighting, and soft proofing. more

Agfa Graphics Announces Successful Closing of Pitman Acquisition

Agfa Graphics has completed acquisition of the assets of the Harold M. Pitman Company, a supplier of prepress, industrial inkjet, pressroom, packaging, and printing products and systems. The acquisition agreement was announced on July 15, 2010. more