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Magazine Articles
"The Metrix Wave" - the
August 2006 edition of PrintAction, Canada's graphic
communications magazine, features LithoTechnics'
Metrix as the front cover article. Writes Jon
Robinson, PrintAction Editor, "An Australian
tech startup is redefining the rules of workflow
with an $8,000 job-planning application, a cost
most users have recouped in the first week...".
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to read the full article as a PDF file [2.79
Mb].
Williamson Printing Corporation,
Dallas, Texas, is an award-winning printer using
Metrix and JDF automation to take their workflow
to the next level. Find out how in the American
Printer Magazine September 2006 article, "Saying
YES to JDF!"
"Metrix is set to revolutionise
thinking on imposition, ganging and layouts with
its new version 2.0." Click here
to read the 2-page article in the UK's Print &
Paper Monthly, October 2006.
Check out the interview with LithoTechnics
founder Rohan Holt, "Metrix
Gangs Up for Profit", in the April 2004
edition of ProPrint magazine.
Metrix® Users Win 2008 CIPPI
Awards for Best Process Automation
Two Metrix users have won the prestigious
CIP4 International Print Production Innovation
Award (CIPPI) for 2008. Click
here for the full press release
Metrix® 3.1, Enhanced JDF Connectivity, to be Showcased at Drupa
About Metrix 3.1, Markus Schluep,
Muller Martini Project Manager, remarks: "LithoTechnics
has allowed the binding industry to achieve a
new technology milestone, and we applaud their
accomplishment." Click
here for the full press release
LithoTechnics Releases Metrix®
3 for PowerPC Platform
Mark Lancaster, Manufacturing Manager
of Transcontinental Dartmouth, who initially requested
the PowerPC version, shared his thoughts: "We
had wanted to use some of the older Macs in the
prepress department to run Metrix, so we contacted
LithoTechnics ... within two weeks we had a PowerPC
version in house. We were very impressed with
the responsiveness shown by LithoTechnics, and
are very happy with the new release." Click
here for more
Fujifilm Graphic Systems
USA Signs Metrix® Distribution Agreement
"Fujifilm remains committed
to providing customers with the knowledge, expertise,
support, and best-in-class products," said
Bryan Hughes, Product Marketing Manager, Workflow
Products, Fujifilm Graphic Systems USA. "Metrix
is clearly one of those best-in-class products
that will benefit our customers greatly, particularly
as they implement the next wave of workflow automation."
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here for more
Metrix
Receives GATF InterTech Award for Technical Innovation
Metrix has been honored with the
prestigious 2005 Intertech Technology Award
from the Printing Industries of America/Graphic
Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF)... read
more
"When I was a CSR, I begged
for this!"
2005 PIA/GATF InterTech
Technology Award Judge
"Metrix works like magic. It
optimizes press sheet layouts for ganging multiple
products, eliminates the complexities of gang printing
and minimizes stock waste, placing as much product
on a press sheet as possible, while considering
printer/press capabilities and product specs such
as grain direction."
Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus,
Rochester Institute of Technology School of Print
Media
"In my near twenty years in printing, this
might be the coolest innovation Ive seen..."
"What we used to do in a couple of hours
now takes about 2 minutes with Metrix... I can't
imagine doing without Metrix - it would not be
possible."
"Metrix has become an indispensable tool
for our workflow..."