Interview with Andy Williams on automatic picture processing

Automatic image processing is an important tool that can help save resources, streamline the workflow and enhance news reporting. This is the topic of the recently (January 2009) published IFR ...>

Moritz Schwarz, iMedia, zur Automation in der Zeitungsrotation

Text not yet available in English. IFRA: Welche Automationslösungen sind heute Standard in modernen Zeitungsrotationen? Moritz Schwarz: Zu den Automatisierungslösungen, die h ...>

IFRA Reports on Automation

Where NEWS? Report 7 The Future of Newspaper Printing Technology 08/2008 - Martin Lange SR 01.2006 Vision of a Newspaper Production System 10/2006 - Michael Reiche, Beatrix Beckmann SR 04.2006 The Use of Radio Frequency Identification in Newspaper Production 04/20 ...>

Saarbrücker Zeitung testet APL-Plattenwechselroboter

Zur IFRA Expo im vergangenen Jahr wurde der APL-Roboter erstmals für den Einsatz an Zeitungsrotationen vorgestellt. Seit einigen Monaten wird er in Saarbrücken an einer doppelbreiten Colo ...>

Alexander Huttenlocher, Wifag, zu aktuellen Trends, Automation und Flexibilität

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Menno Jansen, Q.I. Press Controls. on IQMobile

IFRA Expo 2008 - Q.I. Press Controls announced a new product to be launched at IFRA Expo 2008 in Amsterdam: IQMobile, the latest addition to the IQM quality management system. IFRA talked t ...>

Ingo Fockler on register control

At its plant in Florida The Villages Daily Sun, publishers of The Daily Sun, is working with a QuadTech Register Guidance System with MultiCam since November 2006. IFRA spoke with operations manager Ingo Fockler. IFRA: What kind of register(s) can be controlled by the s ...>

Russian printers' impressions of drupa

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Clive Gay from Simply D’nA explains CreateAdsFast.com

IFRA: What is Simply D’nA’s background and why did AdFast choose you as a partner to develop CreateAdsFast.com ? Clive Gay: Our background is basically in design and advert ...>

Pavel Filenkov, Kommersant (Russia) on how IT services resisted a large-scale hacker attack

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Interview with Peter Camps, Gradual Software

Gradual Software was founded in November 2004 by Peter Camps. At IFRA Expo 2007 in Vienna Gradual Software officially launched Crossroads, a so-called cross-vendor communication plat ...>

Interview with Anton Hamm, MAN Roland

newspaper techniques: How is it possible to shorten press make-ready times for edition and job change? Anton Hamm: First and foremost, there is our APL robot for changing plates in the Auto Plate Loading System. It changes all required plates for ...>

Interview mit Klaus Schmidt, KBA

Available only in German for now. IfraExpo 2007 - Klaus Schmidt ist Director Marketing / Corporate Communications bei der Koenig & Bauer AG. zeitungstechnik: Mit welchen Maßnahmen lassen sich die Umrüstzeiten an Rotationsmaschinen bei Ausgaben->

Selecting an editorial system

Criteria for making a selection. Available only in Russian -----ТЕОРИЯ----- Комплект поставки, цена Какие серверные модули входят в комплект, для какого числа сотрудников может быть использована система, т.е. для какого числа компьютеров и для какого числа ...>

Comment by Sergei Rudenko, Gazeta 24

Experience of working with K4 editorial system. Available only in Russian История «Газеты 24» «Газета 24» – украинская ежедневная газета. Она входит в сегмент так называемых «качественных издании». Учредитель газеты – ООО «МедиаДом». Кроме газеты в стро ...>

Q@A Mikhail Shubin, Terem

Human dimension of IT solutions. Available only in Russian Вопрос: Для чего издательскому бизнесу автоматизация? Михаил Шубин: Начнем с особенностей этого бизнеса по сравнению с другими. Первое: ответственность за результат здесь коллективна ...>

Robert Picard: Measure the quality of journalism? that is a real problem

Robert Picard is Professor of Economics at the Jönköping International Business School. His research focuses on economic structures of media markets, media industries and firms; the demand ...>

Carl Davaz Q&A; the power of automation in the newsroom

Carl Davaz, managing editor at The Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A., is the leader of the automation committee of the DTI User Group. Taking advantage of the scripting possibiliti ...>

WAZ case study

Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) is Germany's largest regional newspaper. It is based in Essen and has several offices in the entire region of North Rhine-Westphalia. The newspaper, founded in 1948, has grown into a media group with an accent on regional news ...>

Interview with Purnendu Sen, The Times of India

newspaper techniques: What are the main tasks that have been automatised at the newspapers belonging to The Times of India Group in the past few years? Purnendu Sen: In ...>

New investments require new workflow organisation

By Manfred Werfel Planning a new investment in presses and mailroom systems is not an easy task nowadays. There are so many different configurations, such as single or double or trip ...>

Interview with Markus Greiner from ABB

newspaper techniques: How far do you think technology can go in automating newspaper processes? Markus Greiner: The real question, the real factor that will limit the level of automation, is not the technology but culture. The automation suppliers c ...>

Interview with Anna Karin Jönnson, marketing manager of IDAB WAMAC

newspaper techniques: How far do you think technology can go in automating newspaper processes? Anna-Karin Jönsson: We believe the newspaper process can be fully ...>

Interview with René Ullman of Müller Martini

newspaper techniques: How far do you think technology can go in automating newspaper processes? René Ullman: The trend towards increasingly fine-zoned regionalisat ...>

Interview with Anthony Cheng from Singapore Press Holdings

newspaper techniques: We've heard that you have about 30 SGVs to help transport the reels to your printing plant (presses)... How long have you had these? Anthony Cheng: ...>

Interview with Rob Janssen from Ad\venture

Ad\venture is a standard for ad ordering fulfillment. The initiative started with seven parties – De Telegraaf, NRp Dagbladen, PCM, Kobalt, Mediaedge:cia (GroupM), Schreiner & van Bokkel and Z ...>

Interview with Martin Ruhle, ppi Media

newspaper techniques: How far do you think technology can go in automating newspaper processes? Martin Ruhle: Basically production processes can be more or less fully automated. This of course excludes creative work, although this, too, can be fac ...>

Interview with Mark Longacre, FMC Technologies

newspaper techniques: How far do you think technology can go in automating newspaper processes? Mark Longacre: Technology can go extremely far in automating newspapers, ...>

Interview with Manuel Rodas, Faro de Vigo

newspaper techniques: Faro de Vigo has installed a range of Agfa solutions for the purpose of improving the prepress workflow. What are these solutions and for which processes do ...>

Interview with K Balaji, The Hindu Group

One of the main reasons for the growth of automation in the developed countries has been high labour cost. The situation in Indian industry, including newspapers, is that the cost of labour as a percentage of production cost (or total cost), although increasing, is relat ...>

Interview with Antonio Jorge Báfaro from La Nación

newspaper techniques: Which prepress and editorial processes have you automated at La Nación in recent years? Antonio Jorge Báfaro: in prepress, we have installed a secon ...>

Interview with Jacques Valembois from Rossel printing plant

newspaper techniques:You are using a pretty advanced production management system. Could you explain which one and since when? Jacques Valembois: As we are a printing pl ...>

Interview with Daniel Perera, QSystems

newspaper techniques: Which editorial processes have you automated during the last years at most of your newspapers? I am thinking about tasks such as the creation of televised programmes, data transmission, etc. Daniel Perera: Strictly speaking, only ...>

Interview with Carlos Alberto Lora from El Columbiano

newspaper techniques: You use several Protec solutions to improve the editorial and advertising workflow. Could you tell us which ones and what processes you have been able to au ...>

Interview with Andrés Checa, marketing manager of Protec

newspaper techniques: Just how far can automation at newspapers go? Andrés Checa: Automation can and must extend to all processes and tasks – both at design and content ...>

Farbregisterregelung bei Berliner Zeitung und Berliner Kurier (German only)

Die G+J Berliner Zeitungsdruck GmbH in Berlin produziert in ihrer modernen Zeitungsdruckerei in Berlin-Lichtenberg neben den eigenen Titeln Berliner Zeitung und Berliner Kurier auch die Financ ...>