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News Release from: Compose System (Europe) | Subject: Star Proof 4.1
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 July 2005
Proofing Software With Integrated
Harlequin RIP
Compose System has released a new version of its Star Proof dot-for-dot ROOM proofing software.
Compose System has released a new version of its Star Proof dot-for-dot ROOM proofing software Star Proof 4.1 offers the option of an integrated Harlequin RIP, which is designed to increase sales to a wider range of markets, letting design shops, advertising agencies and corporate design departments produce screened proofs on in-house printers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 7 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Star Proof was first released in 2001 and is said to have a strong customer base in the USA, UK, Japan, France and Spain.
The product is now available in French, German, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish versions, "Many companies who focus on design and origination don't have access to a RIP to create separations in a suitable format for proofing systems.
With the new version we resolve this issue and I'm confidently expecting even greater sales levels as this superb proofing solution makes inroads in to new market areas," said Tom Sit, the managing director of Compose System.
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Following its preview at Ipex 2006, Compose has announced the release of Star Proof version 5, which will be available from the July 1.
Developed for Mac OS X by an experienced team of colour professionals, Star Proof is claimed to recreate the actual dot patterns and rosettes of original separations at ink-jet printer resolutions.
The hard dots of the proofs allow faithful reproduction of the high resolution images including defects such as moire patterns and text reproduction as small as 1pt.
Tuned to take advantage of Epson VSDT-capable printers, Star Proof is compatible with contract quality proofs up to 200 lines per inch (lpi) being output on printers running at 1,440lpi by 720lpi.
A new, fully integrated Harlequin RIP option, which provides pre-press or printing houses the facility to RIP files to one-bit TIFF with the CTP or imagesetter calibration curve applied.
The files are then processed for high quality screened proofs via Star Proof and following approval, the original one-bit TIFF files can be used to output to film or plate via any Tiff downloader, claimed Compose.
The new feature also allows design shops, advertising agencies and in-house design departments the ability to produce screened proofs on in-house printers.
Support for the new high resolution capabilities of the latest range of Epson ink-jet printers - the Stylus Pro 4400-7400-9400 and 4800-7800-9800 - is also immediately available and it is claimed to provide attractive price and performance levels for screened proofing.
Resolutions of 1,440 x 1,440 and 2,880 x 2,880 are fully supported for screened proofs.
Bitscreen allows screened proofing from files in proprietary formats such as CMYK TIFF, CT+LW, Heidelberg Delta and TIFF-IT.
The Esko Graphics LEN file format is also supported.
Users have the option to determine output settings, such as preferred screen ruling and dot angle.
Star Proof 4 also provides new features for packaging applications with special calibrations and distortions for flexo printing to ensure that proofs accurately reflect what will be produced on the press, said Compopse.
The new dot management features handle dot distortions, lost dots and the extremely high dot gain of up to 15 per cent to 20 per cent of flexo printing.
The new version also includes ICS2 - a new colour management engine offering automated fingerprinting and colour matching using automated analysis of colour strips with the X-Rite DTP-41 or Gretag Eye one spectrophotometers, added the company.
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