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FUNDAMENTALS FOR LABEL AND PACKAGINGGlobal Graphics Software, hall F, stand 5931
Martin Bailey, CTO September 14th, 2016
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Our customersWe develop the software that provides the power to drive all of these and more:
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Who we areInternational companyListed in Brussels on Euronext (GLOG)
• 80% world’s photo books• 70% world’s newspapers• In high-speed digital since
2002• Harlequin RIP since 1986• Expert in transforming
design and pre-press data into a format that can be printed
• Active on ISO standards bodies, notably PDF, PDF/X and PDF/VT
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TodayWe’re introducing
a new software and engineering service for inkjet presses
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Direct Mail and Inserts
Books and Manuals
Magazines and Newspapers
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Higher Quality Applications Printed on Coated Stocks Will Be a Key Driver in High-speed Production Color Inkjet Growth(10M+ Color Duty Cycle Segment, U.S. & W.E.)
Source: U.S. & W.E. Digital Production Printing Application Forecasts: 2014‐2019, InfoTrends
• Overall page growth = 21.0%• Higher quality application growth = 28.7%• Other color growth = 9.1%
Medium or high quality requirements
Medium or high quality requirements
Direct Mail and Inserts
Books & Manuals
Magazines & Newspapers
High quality requirementsHigh quality requirementsBrochures & Catalogs
Lower quality requirementsLower quality requirements
Other Color (Including Transaction
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Trends in inkjet printingInfoTrends and other industry research show the following:
Increasing top speed of the presses – still working toward matching offset and flexo
Increasing top speed of the presses – still working toward matching offset and flexo
Increasing use of inkjet in higher quality sectors
And adoption in higher quality sectors of labels & packaging
Increasing use of inkjet in higher quality sectors
And adoption in higher quality sectors of labels & packaging
TransactionalTransactional Direct mail & publicationDirect mail & publication
Brochures and
catalogs
Brochures and
catalogs
Increasing use of coated stocks
in GA (and impermeable
media in labels and some packaging)
Increasing use of coated stocks
in GA (and impermeable
media in labels and some packaging)
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Why Fundamentals?Press manufacturers face technical challenges in the development phase of a new inkjet press:• How do I build my DFE when I don’t have my own software team?
• Or, I don’t want to resource up a team and then reduce back to maintenance• Is there an alternative workflow to Esko?• How do I ensure I can address the problems I haven’t even discovered yet?
• How do I achieve sharp bar codes and small text?• What about ink estimation?• Do I have a solution for cross head calibration?
Manufacturers have come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problems
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• A bundle of best of breed products to accelerate digital inkjet label presses to market
Plus• The BreakThrough engineering service of color
scientists, screening experts, and RIP technologists with decades of experience
What is Fundamentals?
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Fundamentals Product Bundle Optional
Label Layout Station
CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals ProofScope Harlequin RIP
Mellow Colour Fundamentals
Harlequin ColorPro
Harlequin ScreenPro
Best of breed software
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How is Fundamentals used?
Any workflow or RIPAny workflow or RIP
• License what you need to address a specific problem• Take the full set to:
• benefit from the essential components for building a DFE for a new press
• have an alternative to an Esko workflow• Fundamentals and BreakThrough can be applied to an existing press to overcome common quality problems
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Fundamentals Product Bundle Optional
Label Layout Station
CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals ProofScope Harlequin RIP
Mellow Colour Fundamentals
Harlequin ColorPro
Harlequin ScreenPro
Example: common quality issues
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Example: common quality issuesInk drops should ideally form a regular grid on the media
Images are available on a USB stick in your press pack, and at our online press office
They usually don’t You can see straight lines
along the media (up and down),
but uneven lines across the media
You can see straight lines
along the media (up and down),
but uneven lines across the media
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Example: common quality issuesIrregular drop positioning leads to drops ‘randomly’ coalescing on the media:
Images are available on a USB stick in your press pack, and at our online press office
These microscopic effects cause visible artefacts, often described as mottling or streaking:
Synthetic image with exaggerated artefacts in order to be visible on a projector, or reproduced on another print process
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Quality matters!Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speedBrand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be achieved with mechanical improvements
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be achieved with mechanical improvements
The faster the press runs, the harder it is to control drop placement precisely
The faster the press runs, the harder it is to control drop placement precisely
Coated and impermeable media suffer more from coalescingCoated and impermeable media suffer more from coalescing
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Quality matters!Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speedBrand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be achieved with mechanical improvements
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be achieved with mechanical improvements
They know they need to significantly improve output quality and operate at high speeds to keep pages fed to the press.They know they need to significantly improve output quality and operate at high speeds to keep pages fed to the press.
They’ve come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problemsThey’ve come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problems
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Fundamentals has the answerIt’s not financially viable to fix these quality problems in hardware
By carefully tuning multi-level halftones we can significantly raise output quality, even on challenging media
We are the only company with this screening technology
Backed by the BreakThrough engineering team
Years of development since 2011Years of development since 2011
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The benefits for vendors
Gives press vendors an immediate competitive advantage
Gives press vendors an immediate competitive advantage
• Address customer complaints around existing presses
• Print confidently on challenging media and at higher speed
• Expand into higher quality (higher margin) applications
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Intelligent softwareis as critical a component as the print head, media, ink,
fluid control, paper movement, electronics, etc
Intelligent softwareis as critical a component as the print head, media, ink,
fluid control, paper movement, electronics, etc
In other words
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SummaryFundamentals + BreakThrough overcomes technical challenges that can delay new presses getting to market
Fundamentals helps vendors address quality issues cost-effectively as they push the boundaries of inkjet technology
Fundamentals provides an alternative to an Esko workflow
Fundamentals has grown out of manufacturers approaching Global Graphics to solve their inkjet problems because they cannot solve them on their own.
Fundamentals has grown out of manufacturers approaching Global Graphics to solve their inkjet problems because they cannot solve them on their own.
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QUESTIONSContact us to book your personal demo on booth 5931
Speak to us if you are writing about DFEs, inkjet printing, variable data printing, screening, color management: [email protected]
Your press pack is on-line at: http://www.globalgraphics.com/company/labelexpo‐newss