RIPit Computer Corp.

MOBILE, Ala.—Xanté announced that it is in the process of acquiring, in separate transactions, RIPit Imaging Systems, Inc. (CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif.) and Exxtra Imaging Systems, Inc. (HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.). The companies have agreed on financial terms of both acquisitions, funds from Xanté are in escrow and the transactions should be completed on or about March 9, 2007. The acquisition will allow Xanté to better serve the similar customer base of all three companies by providing a more comprehensive range of products and software solutions to the professional imaging markets. These acquisitions allow Xanté to expand its product offerings to professional printers in over 100 countries,

CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. & EASLEY, S.C.—RIPit Imaging Systems, Inc., a workflow and CtP provider in North America, and DEI Systems, Inc., a provider of prepress solutions, have signed a reseller agreement wherein DEI Systems will add RIPit’s award-winning OpenRIP Symphony software RIPs, as well as its SpeedSetter Pro Poly CtP systems and SpeedSetter Violet Metal CtP systems, to its product portfolio. DEI Systems serves customers in the U.S. in over 40 states. DEI Systems Founder Robert Yasi says, “We are pleased to add RIPit’s renowned and proven solutions to our product portfolio. DEI Systems sets itself apart by providing superior products and service. The

Not all printing workflows are created equal. Different market segments demand different things from their respective workflows, depending on the needs of the customers they serve. Highly automated prepress workflows are well-established in the world of commercial printing. But if page production is one thing, package production is quite another. Most workflows account for basic production steps including trapping, screening, imposition, and color management. However, packaging workflows differ from commercial workflows in that they reflect the variety and complexity of the end product: corrugated boxes, folding cartons, bags, labels, shrink sleeve foils, POP displays, and metal cans—and the print disciplines used to produce them.

RESTON, Va.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected a new chairman of its board as well as a new director at its Annual Conference October 9 in Key Biscayne, Florida. The new chairman is Thomas Saggiomo, President of Agfa Corporation's Graphic Systems business in North America. He was elected to the NPES board in 1998, and is the 26th chief executive officer elected to the chairman's post in the Association's 72-year history.  Saggiomo was elected to a one-year term expiring at the 2006 NPES Annual Conference. He succeeds Kathryn P. Marx, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for

Automation in prepress can significantly improve time to market through workflow process integration. THE AIM OF workflow automation is to be able to respond to customer requirements quickly. This is accomplished by minimizing or eliminating, as completely as possible, the manual steps that can lead to the costly waste of time, materials, and labor. While developments in workflow automation for packaging tend to mimic those in the commercial printing world, software and equipment vendors continue to develop and refine a variety of integrated tools designed to accommodate the special needs of packaging operations. According to Jan De Roeck, marketing director for packaging

SANTA FE, N.M.—NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies elected four new members of the board of directors at its spring meeting April 21-23 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The new directors are Gary Dolgins, Chief Executive Officer of Citiplate, Inc.; Patricia Janssen, Senior Vice President of MacDermid Printing Solutions; Robert Stabler, President of Nipson North America, and Wayne Wasulko, President and Founder of RIPit Computer Corporation.   Dolgins' business career spans more than 30 years in sales and marketing with leading graphic communications companies.  Prior to joining Citiplate, he was Principal of The Dolgins Consulting Group and served on the board

Easy to integrate—and packed with JDF functionality—today's robust RIPs are tagged "revolutionary" and "central" for any workflow. THE RIP OF of today is a master of all trades: color management, advanced screening, JDF-functionality, ticketed workflow, soft proofing finesse—a wide range of performance targets for a new era of prepress automation. Central RIP (raster image processor) for any workflow; revolutionary RIP architecture; JDF-enabled—and proud of it. These descriptions fit the latest trends in RIP technology targeting prepress environments today. Xitron, for example, has been giving high emphasis to its Navigator Harlequin RIP, XiFlow workflow, and Xenith Extreme Adobe RIP—all of which introduced new functionalities at