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News Release from: Gimle . | Subject: Absoluteproof
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 June 2004
Cans And Containers Company's New Print
Proofing
The largest packaging company in the Asia-Pacific region, Kian Joo Can has chosen Gimle's Absoluteproof as its digital proofing system to proof its Hexachrome workflow.
The largest packaging company in the Asia-Pacific region, Kian Joo Can has chosen Gimle's Absoluteproof as its digital proofing system to proof its Hexachrome workflow Kian Joo Can selected Absoluteproof after extensive evaluation of the available options
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 12 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company produces all types of tin cans and containers, two-piece aluminum beverage cans, corrugated carton boxes, PET bottles and other plastic products.
It currently has a staff strength of over 2,000 people with 15 factories in Malaysia and Singapore.
In the past Kian Joo had been proofing Hexachrome jobs directly on press and the process had taken up to two days.
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For an operation the size of Kian Joo's, the cost and time involved in providing proofs on presses worth up to US$2 million was too high.
It was obvious to management that to remove such a cost represented an obvious saving and productivity gain, said Gimle.
Managers were drawn to Absoluteproof's ability to predict the press using an ICC profile and outputting to a Roland Hexachrome proofing device and Epson 9600 - costing substantially less than the presses Kian Joo previously used for proofing, added the company.
After installation of Absoluteproof Kian Joo is proofing its Hexachrome jobs in a matter of a few minutes instead of a number of days.
According to Gimle, Kian Joo is an example of many packaging printing companies utilising Hexachrome to gain major savings in make-ready time and ink stocking.
With Hexachrome, it is possible to reproduce rich, vibrant solid colours, realistic skin tones and elegant pastels.
The company added that the Hexachrome colour gamut exceeds that of CMYK, allowing the printer to achieve the same bright, vibrant colours as were originally designed on the computer monitor.
Absoluteproof supports for a range of Epson, HP and Roland inkjet printers and offers a digital Hexachrome proofing workflow with full ICC support.
Gimle claimed that until recently, there was no proofing system that has offered a true digital Hexachrome proofing workflow system.
Absoluteproof is now providing a complete ICC proofing workflow system.
By utilising the Profilemaker Professional multicolour module from GretagMacbeth, Gimle's Absoluteproof and an extended colour gamut printer, the packaging industry is able to achieve true Hexachrome-In, Hexachrome-Out proofing.
It is now possible to match up to 97 per cent of Pantone colours with true integrity of the image setter RIP, interpreting traps, overprints and all other file issues to accurately match what the final printing press will produce.
Andy Hatkoff, vice president of Pantone's Electronic Colour Systems, said: "Absoluteproof is an important workflow component that enhances the Hexachrome pre-press process and makes it possible to simulate Hexachrome output on inkjet printers.
The versatility of Absoluteproof will make Hexachrome proofing easier and more accessible and it is the system our customers have been looking for." It is claimed that Absoluteproof is able to simulate Pantone colours, interprets traps, overprints and all other file issues to represent what the final printing press will produce.
Processing files from the image setter RIP, Absoluteproof offers RIP integrity and colour integrity.
Absoluteproof accepts a range of files from image setter RIPs, CMYK, or RGB TIFF and utilises the full colour gamut of the printer for matching spot colours that are outside the source colour space.
As the source files come from the image setter, the results are exactly the same interpretation of traps, overprints and fonts that will be seen on the press, added Gimle.
Absoluteproof's features allow individual inks to be 'tuned' for optimising proofer output.
It also provides six-channel linearisation and support for GretagMacbeth's Profilemaker Measure Tool.
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