Xerox has introduced the Automated Color Quality Suite Press Matching System for its iGen3 90 and 110 digital production presses that offers high performance and quality that match offset printing.
The new Automated Color Quality Suite enables faster press set-up, quicker time to production, greater colour stability and automated Pantone-colour matching.
Routine colour maintenance and adjustments associated with running a high-speed digital colour press now can be done with greater automation. The Automated Color Quality Suite reduces operator tasks - such as calibration and colour matching - traditionally done manually. With greater uptime and faster time to press, operators can expect to gain hours of extra productivity each week, which can translate into thousands of pages and additional revenue.
"Eight years ago, the iGen3 press started a revolution in graphic communications, helping print providers take on new kinds of work that brought in new revenue streams," says Paul Haglich, marketing manager production systems group at Bytes Document Solutions, authorised distributor of Xerox products and solutions to 24 African countries. "Print providers can now offer superior colour to their customers while achieving even more uptime to boost their profitability."
The new capabilities are made possible by integrating an in-line spectrophotometer, a device that measures the colour of sample prints, in the iGen3's paper path. Breakthrough improvements in profile creation technology yield accurate saturated colour, even and balanced neutrals, outstanding shadow detail and smooth highlight sweeps. Operators can accept a file designed for offset printing, send it to an iGen3 press and achieve the desired output with ease. By limiting human subjectivity through automation, accurate and consistent colour matching is achieved across multiple presses.
Other components of the Automated Color Quality Suite include:
* Advanced profiling - Enables greater colour consistency and realism in familiar objects like faces and skies, and will automatically adjust colours to closely match offset printing standards in minutes. It can accurately match the popular GRACoL (General Requirements for Applications in Commercial Offset Lithography) standard, and takes advantage of ICC (International Color Consortium) DeviceLink profiling for higher performance. A colour matching industry benchmark, GRACoL offers a new source profile option for the most demanding jobs. The ICC DeviceLink Profiling allows for faster processing and improved colour rendering.
* Automated colour check - Keeps the press production-ready by verifying colour quality through a quick check of the system to ensure colours are being reproduced correctly and eliminating unnecessary maintenance.
* Automated calibration - Eliminates the need for manual calibration and returns the print engine to a standard expected state - reducing inconsistencies in colour caused by temperature fluctuations, humidity changes and day-to-day use.
* Automated spot colour calibration - Ensures accuracy of Pantone-licensed colours across print engines and reduces the need for manual adjustments of colours by automatically reading colour values of printed patches, comparing them to reference values and modifying the CMYK formula for each spot colour.
These enhancements make the iGen3 ideal for printing full-colour applications that range from personalised direct mail and catalogues to marketing collateral and photo books.
iGen3 presses with the new Automated Color Quality Suite capabilities will be displayed at drupa until 11 June in D"usseldorf, Germany.
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Bytes Document Solutions, previously known as Xerox South Africa, is the authorised Xerox distributor to 24 sub-Saharan countries. Bytes Document Solutions is engaged in the marketing and servicing of the complete range of Xerox document equipment, software, solutions and services. The company operates through an extensive network of distributors, dealers, concessionaires and channel partners. Its products include printing and publishing systems; digital copiers; laser and solid ink printers; fax machines; digital multifunctional devices (MFDs), which can print, copy, scan and fax; document-management software; and supplies, such as toner, paper, and ink. The company also provides software and workflow solutions to businesses for printing books, creating personalised documents for customers, and scanning and routing digital information.
With black economic empowerment partner Kagiso Trust owning a 27% stake of the business, it is a wholly owned member of the Bytes Technology Group. For more information on Bytes Document Solutions and Xerox, visit www.xerox.com/news.
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