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Printcafe has laid off around 35 staff, or almost 10% of its workforce, as it attempts to soften the blow from poor conditions in technology markets.

Andrew Schaer, the firm's senior vice president of marketing, said the move was pre-emptive. 'We looked at the next few quarters and wanted to be proactive,' he said.

It would leave the print software developer in a better position 'should economic conditions remain the way they are and IT spending remains flat,' he added.

The firm hopes to make annual savings of pounds 1.6m (dollars 2.5m) through consolidating job functions, and will be left with 325 staff.

As part of the reorganisation, Printcafe has reshuffled its product management and customer support functions.

The firm has put Bob Bierwagen, its senior vice president of product management, in charge of its ...

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