The Packaging industry is rapidly moving into multicolour printing processes such as CMYK+RGB (Opaltone), CMYK+OG (Hexachrome) CMYKOB, CMYKOBG and other ink combinations, which generate huge savings.
Affordable InkJet proofing has not been available for these customers because their workflow commonly requires the use of special colors that are outside the gamut of standard ink jet printers.
AbsoluteProof’s unique multicolor engine with an Extrachrome ink set was developed to deliver the brilliant and saturated hues demanded by the packaging industry. Extrachrome exponentially expands the capability of standard Epson Stylus Pro wide format professional printers, enabling them to achieve accurate simulation of multicolor workflows cost effectively and efficiently.
Opaltone and Hexachrome are only two of the possible combinations, however multiples of other combinations exist. AbsoluteProof now offers support for up to ten colour combinations using N-Color ICC profiles.
For the third time, AbsoluteProof has raised the bar and sets the worldwide industry standard for multicolour digital inkjet proofing.
GImle developed the world’s first practical hexachrome ink jet proofing solution in 2002, developed the world’s first inkjet proofing solution to match over 93 per cent of Pantone colors in 2004, and now offesr the first inkjet solution to achieve accurate colour representation of multicolor printing processes.
“Practices in the packaging sector are changing rapidly world wide,” says Hugo Kristinsson, CEO of Gimle. “Multicolour tools such as Kodak Spotless, Esko InkWizard, Gretag Macbeth and X-Rite support multicolor, and the opportunity to increase profitability; there is no wonder this is taking place.
“We work very closely with the packaging sector and they appreciate our development efforts in providing cost-effective solutions to meet their needs. We are very pleased to deliver this much needed solution to the market.”
Lida Jalali Marschke, founder of the Color Management Group says, “Our packaging customers using N-Color and seven-colour profiles would not be able to match the colours of their approval on an inkjet printer without using AbsoluteProof with Extrachrome inks.
“The industry has needed an affordable solution that will provide the gamut necessary for customers routinely using a multitude of special spot and Pantone colors formerly ’out of gamut’ for inkjet proofers.
“AbsoluteProof is easily added to a packaging customer’s portfolio of proofing tools. Companies using the AbsoluteProof + Extrachrome Epson solution will have an edge on competitors who continue to use time consuming and very expensive proofing systems.”
AbsoluteProof is a high quality Mac OSX-based, low cost, digital proofing application with licensed Pantone colour libraries that delivers rip and colour integrity.
It can take input files directly from the platesetter or imagesetter rips as well as design applications. AbsoluteProof then recombines and colour manages the information before sending the output file to the printer.
In a multicolor workflow, AbsoluteProof gives a precise simulation of how the job will reproduce on the press, showing trapping, halftones, brilliant saturated colors, overprints, fonts, in fact every file attribute that is matchable on a press, says Kristinsson.
AbsoluteProof solutions are available exclusively through authorised AbsoluteProof dealers worldwide including think tank for colour management solutions, the Color Management Group.
AbsoluteProof’s advanced features include a six-channel linearisation feature allowing individual inks to be tuned for optimising proofer output and halftone proofing with full control of dot gain. It is out of the box capable of remote proofing without any extra license.
With an optional color verification system, consistency of remote locations can be compared with set standards. AbsoluteProof fully supports N-Color Profiles as well as software and hardware from X-rite and GretagMacbeth.
The Color Management Group, founded in 2003 is a think tank consortium of consultants who share technical information/knowledge and work together to conduct co-marketing activites. Admission to the group is by peer sponsorship.
