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News Release from: GMG GmbH and Co. KG | Subject: Flexoproof o4
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 November 2004
Packaging Proofer Simulates Out Of
Register Print
GMG today announced that it is providing two new features with Flexoproof o4, the package proofing application the company introduced at Drupa 04.
GMG today announced that it is providing two new features with Flexoproof o4, the package proofing application the company introduced at Drupa 04 Now, pre-press shops and converters will be able to demonstrate what will occur if a press prints out of register, or how an image will appear on a substrate, such as corrugated or fiberboard
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 21 Jul 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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With Flexoproof, colour opacity and print sequences can be specified as needed.
Both printing substrate colour and structure - such as paper fibres or corrugated board - can be reproduced in the proof.
Flexoproof generates contract-quality halftone proofs from the same one-bit data used by the film or platesetter RIP claimed GMG.
Those features allow accurate proofing of jobs as they will appear under actual printing conditions.
FlexoProof o4 now provides a simulation that demonstrates what results will occur when a press prints packaging out of register.
Colours can be shifted in steps of 0.1 mm, providing the converter and pre-press department the opportunity to judge the effect of misregistration to the final print product.
To assure that the proofs are accurate, GMG uses one-bit TIFF data directly from the imagesetter RIP to create the simulation.
Individual printing substrate structures such as paper fibres or corrugated board structures can be specified in the system and reproduced in the proof - along with the base colour of the substrate.
Actual printing conditions can also be simulated, such as printing on lower quality paper, with the use of variable image noise said GMG.
The company also claimed that Flexoproof reproduces the image over a scan of the intended substrate.
That allows users to view how image colours will be altered on a substrate, as well as how the image will be affected by the structure of the substrate - such as ridges on corrugated.
Robert Weihing, president and chief executive officer of GMG said: "These new FlexoProof o4 features are critical for converters to assess the acceptability of labels and other packaging on press.
No other proofing solution provides the ability to demonstrate the results of printing out of registration or on the edge of a substrate.
These features ensure that Flexoproof o4 is the most reliable solution to accurately represent contract proofs for packaging.".
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