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Press Preset & Closed Loop (inline
measurement of colourbar during printing)
Established in 1990 by Mr. Michael Haenni and
Christoph Bugs in Zurich, Switzerland, Digital Information is a pioneer
and leader in it's field with thousands of installations of their
legendary DI PLOT software and consequently hundreds of installations of
the InkZone solution which is built on top of DI PLOT worldwide.
Spot-Nordic has been dealer for Digital Information in
Iceland since it's foundation in 2015.
If you are looking to ensure a consistent colour from all your printing presses, for all papertypes you work with, the InkZone Preset and Open or Closed Loop is exactly what you need.
Your printers will love this system as well since it shows them the
state of their press, the dotgain/TVI for each unit and how close the ink
series they are using is to their ISO 12647 standard, be it Fogra or G7.
The InkZone workflow -
overview
Don't need a
Preset - your printers are that good? Already have a
Preset? Already have an inline measuring device
on your press(es)? If your colourbar reader does not measure reliably anymore then it may be less expensive for you to get a brand new state of the art InkZoneMove software with a new colourbar reader, than it would cost you to replace parts in your old inline measuring instrument. Last but not least, where do the density targets used for your inline measuring instrument come from? Do they belong to a standard like the ISO 12647 - or are they just approximate densities set by your printer? A good Ink Preset is where you safe the most - in the form of paper and time during make ready. The Open or Closed Loop / Inline measuring of colourbar / colourbar reader v.s. a handheld device has the main role of quickly getting to OK Sheet and then maintaining the ink balance and consistent density in all colours throughout the run - which is of course a must if your printing company is working or wants to print according to a standard like ISO 12647-2 or G7, as an obligation to your more demanding customers. Printers that are interested in having their
print process formally certified to Ugra PSO, Fogra PSO or G7 standards, are obliged
to install an automated colourbar measuring device with on-screen readings as a condition (an offline
version - i.e. Open Loop may do but an online/ Closed Loop solution is highly
recommended). Contact info@spot-nordic.com if you are interested. Please include the name and age of your printing presses, serial numbers and operating system on each press, along with the name of your workflow and it's current features. We can log on to your workflow via Teamviewer to see if it has the necessary hardware components for InkZone and then send you a quote for a recommended solution for your press(es). The InkZone system consists of the following components: You can add components over time without additional cost apart from installation cost at your own discretion:
The DI PLOT software runs on the workflow server and automatically grabs all ripped files ready for platesetting in the workflow, calculates the inkzone settings from the ripped data and then converts them into CIP4 files that are sent to the InkZone Perfect software running on the press PC.
DI PLOT can also be used for printing out a proof from the already ripped data to ensure that layout and content are as they should be - a sort of a blueprint - final check before outputting the job to plate.
You can also "Print to PDF" if you prefer not to waste your ink.
More info about DI PLOT here: http://digiinfo.com/products/di-plot.
The same DI PLOT software can be set up to send data to as many devices
as needed, - so this is a one time investment.
Here, the preset of all ink zones takes about one minute and the presetting should be accurate enough to start printing as soon as the job is in register.
This v.s. spending 10 - 15 minutes or more pr. run in pre-adjusting and the re-adjusting the ink zones for all colours, wasting 100-150 sheets of virgin paper or so before printing can begin with an OK SHEET.
InkZone PERFECT can be set up to send presetting to up to 3 presses from a centralized hub/PC. In that case you only need the hardware that connects the presses to the InkZone PERFECT PC.
InkZone MOVE with a single measuring device is available to be set up to measure and send data to as many as 4 presses.
Additionally you might want to consider:
InkZone REPORT is the perfect tool for Production and Quality Managers to keep track of how each press doing - how closely it is printing to the target standard. Demanding customers can also be offered to get a printout of their job to see for themselves that the job was in fact printed within his standards.
Contact info@spot-nordic.com for more information on InkZone. |
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Spot-Nordic
Spoaholum 4
111 Reykjavik, Iceland
Phone: +354 896 9790
E-mail:
info@spot-nordic.com