Prepress
Color-compliant Softproof with printnet
Wednesday 19. March 2008 - Highly-automated print simulation in newspaper printing
Press Proof TC (True Color) from MAN Roland brings color-compliant simulation of print results into newspaper pressrooms. This new system is integrated in the press control console and provides simulations very quickly.
Softproof technology is already being successfully used outside the pressroom but very high requirements are involved in using it on a press. All quality-relevant parameters must be taken into account in order to achieve exact conformity between the print result and what is seen on the softproof monitor. Therefore Press Proof TC has for instance a device with a sensor that measures the intensity of the standardised light used and adapts it to the brightness of the monitor. Modular shielding devices also help to minimise ambient light irradiation and thus ensure that the print simulation is color-compliant.
Integrated system accelerates the processes
Press Proof TC is fully integrated in the newspaper publishers workflow. Ideally, high-resolution image data for plate exposure are taken over on a proof server, descreened and edited for color-compliant print simulation on the monitor. As opposed to other systems, selection of the color profiles needed is not done manually but instead fully automatically via the presettings at PressManager. This ensures maximum
security – for content and color. When the job is loaded, the necessary image data is transferred to the control console of the press to be used and by selecting the page the operator can see the image data virtually immediately on the softproof monitor.
In newspaper production metrologically evaluable control elements are often lacking. Press Proof TC offers a precise production quality target and is thus an ideal tool for achieving standard-compliant print results. One of the first users of the system is the Verlagsgruppe Passau (VGP) in Germany.