Strong focus on Packaging Prepress and Colour solutions at Drupa 2012
London (England), February 9th 2012 – Graphic Republik will be partnering ISI Graphic System (Drupa Innovation Park, Hall 7.0 stand B09) at Drupa 2012, where visitors will be able to see the latest in Packaging prepress and proofing solutions with live demonstrations of the product range taking place throughout the course of the exhibition. The new features in the award wining MaxPro suite of packaging prepress applications which incorporates trapping, step-and-repeat and colour conversion will also be presented.
MaxPro allows users to create automatic, semi automatic or manual traps to linework, contone and transparency areas. It also features a bespoke monitor calibration system which faithfully reproduces spot colour rendition on-screen and allows for different dot gain curves to be applied on screen, on-the-fly. Technical colour plates such as those used for white ink or varnish can also be defined quickly and easily using a range of user-friendly tools and options.
MaxColor has been developed to reduce separations and/or convert CMYK Separations to spot colours, with the resultant image using less ink, producing more vibrant colours and a better quality registration whether printing Gravure, Flexo, Dry offset or Offset.
With Max Step, users have the ability to interactively create bespoke step and repeat layouts, or use pre-defined die cut guides to automatically generate layouts according to the requirements of the printer or converter. It fully supports industry standard formats such as CFF2 and has the ability to produce final layouts for plate or cylinder.
Silver Metallic Pro is an option to MaxPro, developed to automatically produce special White Ink separations for printing on Metallic foil or board. Once images are converted, an on-screen Metallic View feature enables the user to check the result while adjusting the light reflection intensity and angle to simulate the print ink and material combinations.
From a proofing perspective, attendees will have the opportunity to see how easily high-quality packaging proofs can be produced with the Star Proof and the Epson Stylus Pro 7900 combination.
Star Proof accepts Raster data in 1 Bit Tiff or Barco “Len” file formats at resolutions up to 4,000 dpi, screen rulings up to 230 lpi/80 lpcm and support for the latest High Definition Flexo screening technologies. The resultant data integral proof sets high standards in inkjet proofing with faithful reproduction of dot shape, trapping, pull-backs and overprints.
Also on show will be Star Plate, a digital imaging software application, specially designed for direct inkjet imaging to plate or film with the ability to produce high quality halftone screening.
Editors Notes
About Graphic Republik
Graphic Republik, founded in 2008 and headquartered in London, England, has a distribution network covering Europe and Scandinavia. Graphic Republik specializes in pre-press, colour conversion and proofing solutions developed specifically for the Packaging sector of the printing industry. The software range is in use across the industry from Design and Prepress houses through to Flexo, Gravure, Offset and Digital printing companies
About the product range:
The MaxPro suite of applications is a powerful software solution designed for Prepress professionals.
MaxPro allows users to create automatic, semi automatic or manual traps to linework, contone and transparency areas. It has a bespoke monitor calibration system which faithfully reproduces spot colour rendition on-screen and allows for different dot gain curves to be applied on-the-fly.
With Max Step, users have the ability to interactively create bespoke step and repeat layouts, or use pre-defined die cut guides to automatically generate layouts according to the requirements of the printer or converter. It fully supports industry standard formats such as CFF2 and has the ability to produce final layouts for plate or cylinder.
MaxColor has been developed to automatically reduce separations and/or convert CMYK Separations to spot colours. The resultant print uses less ink, with more vibrant colours and a better quality registration whether printing Gravure, Flexo or UV Offset. When used with Digital presses, MaxColor takes advantage of any additional colors available (such as Orange, Green or Blue) to create a unique and vibrant print.
Silver Metallic Pro has been developed to automatically produce special White Ink separations for printing on Metallic foil or board.
Star Proof produces high quality halftone proofs on inkjet devices. It’s Actual Dot system replicates original screening and dot patterns at proofing resolutions. This system enables Star Proof to deliver contract quality proofs with a hard dot, sharp images, accurate colour and fine detail – just as they will appear on the press.
It has several features developed specifically to meet the requirements of the Packaging industry, together with an automatic spot colour calibration system, capable of matching over 97% of the Pantone library at a Delta e of 3.
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Steve Donegan
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