Offset Printing
Precision Press-Side Soft Proofing at Fogra Symposium
Monday 18. February 2008 - Serendipiy Software unveils certified press softproofing with touch screen console at Fogra Symposium
Press minders embrace softproofing with touch screen console
Printer now set to save on labour, time & inkjet consumables
Serendipity Software introduces a new level of “Certified” softproofiing technology to the pressroom using 30inch displays combined with a dynamic “touch” screen console.
Working from CTP single bit tiffs, CT/LW formats or PDF files with spot plates, jobs are processed at high speed and linked with a publication name. Jobs then immediately appear on the press operators touch screen console with a thumbnail image for easy identification and instant display.
Included is a built-in ICC monitor calibrator, with a reminder and instant identification of certified pass / fail conditions providing tight control over all international and ISO print standards. Colour accuracy, speed of display, automation and simplicity of operation are key features of this new software.
A new Calcheck creator enables printers, agencies, publishers to import and create their own ICC certification “pass / fail” charts from any in-house or industry standard profile. This ensures all parties are viewing the same pages under certified conditions using any free Blackmagic networked client.
The dynamic touch screen navigator with interactive thumbnails, instantly displays any section of the sheet or web ribbon within a fraction of a second. Pre-programmed tabs provide fast viewing at: print size, fit height and fit width and also back-to-back softproofing with precise reverse page viewing with transparency control and paper background simulation.
Side-by-side reader spreads are displayed from single pages or from any imposed section. Mr Peter Skarpetis says, ” this is what the printers asked for, so they could check the colour balance of double page ads covering read-over sections.
Softproof tabs may contain their own press pre-sets with different ink & paper colour, dot gains, number of ink keys, transparency factors and also wet on wet conditions. All display functions use ICC profiles and take place on the fly without need for processing.
The software is server based and runs on Mac OSX / Windows and Linux with unlimited GUI clients, allowing printers with multiple press lines to take advantage of this technology.