Ink Optimizer Modul
The probably most uncomplicated way for optimum
process conditions in offset printing
The probably most uncomplicated way for optimum
process conditions in offset printing
This option will effectively optimize the printing process. It can be commercial/job or newspaper printing, ISOcoated or uncoated, the Ink Optimizer Module makes it easy and fast to reach perfect conditions to reach a stable print process. Colour reduction, as yet a pretty expensive proposition, from now on fits also into the small budget.
The advantages of colour optimization are quite obvious:
- Colour optimization will reduce the complete ink coating
- thus leading to shorter drying times
- faster processing (cutting, folding, etc.)
- reduced waiting times for reprints
- less powder, by this fewer cleaning needs
- better gray balance, therefore low colour variation
- reduced adjustments/correction during a running print process
- lowering of production costs
- Colour optimization will reduce the complete ink coating
- thus leading to shorter drying times
- faster processing (cutting, folding, etc.)
- reduced waiting times for reprints
- less powder, by this fewer cleaning needs
- better gray balance, therefore low colour variation
- reduced adjustments/correction during a running print process
- lowering of production costs
With the Ink Optimizer Module of Print Production Server all these advantages can be utilized. It will optimize the colours of any element in PDF & PS documents. The document may simply be loaded to the queue by drag & drop, printer driver or hotfolder and within shortest time the new, optimized PDF or PS file is available for the following printing process.
The example above clearly shows, how the same visual result with and without reduction can be reached although the chromatic colours (CMY) were extremely reduced. In this context gray component replacement (= GCR) is the magical process. In other words, certain parts of CMY will be replaced by black.To be able to reach a reproducible result Ink Optimizer Module uses so-called device link profiles. This enables to exactly define which CMY parts of an image will be reduced and replaced by which amount of black. The Ink Optimizer Module contains device link profiles for ISOcoated_v2, ISOuncoated and ISOnewspaper, each of them in three different levels of reduction. With a simple selection the target colour space and the strength of colour reduction may to be fixed, the rest is handled by the Ink Optimizer. Thus, it is not necessary to possess knowledge in colour management.
the right mixture makes the difference ...