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the magazine of GMG UK. march. 2010 Inside: Thinking Big with [s]color. Canon and GMG. The latest IPEX news.
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18-25 May 2010 NEC, Birmingham, UK
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GMG NEWS
GMG and Canon offer
new generation
of proofing systems. IPEX: See you there?
GMG has announced the launch of a highly innovative proofing system comprising of Canon’s In addition to GMG’s own stand, visitors
brand-new imagePROGRAF iPF8300/iPF6350/iPF6300 inkjet printers, and supported by GMG can see demonstrations of GMG software
solutions on several of our technological
ColorProof, GMG FlexoProof XG and GMG DotProof XG contone and halftone proofing
partners’ stands. The combination of
solutions. To ensure the highest production reliability and finest quality proofing results, the printer has
GMG ColorServer and GMG SmartProfiler
been optimized for GMG’s superior inkjet proofing substrates. This joint solution is the result of extensive
driving a variety of UV inkjet devices will be
technological collaboration between GMG and Canon, bringing to market an integrated software and shown at Hewlett Packard Hall 12, stand
hardware package for high-end contract proofing applications that meet both GMG and Canon AB150 and driving the VersaUV LEC-330
quality standards. UV inkjet printer/cutter at Roland DG (UK)
Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8300/iPF6350/iPF6300 printers have been specifically designed for the Ltd Hall 12, stand C140. High end digital
high-end graphic arts market, including photographic, fine art and proofing applications. It adopts proofing will be on show at Canon Europe
the newly developed unique 12-pigment ink printing Hall 10, stand CDEF270 and Epson Hall 10,
system “Lucia EX”, providing a 20% wider color gamut stand C260, including packaging proofing
compared with previous models and delivering absolutely applications with the new Epson Stylus Pro
WT7900 white ink printer.
precise prints of exceptional scratch resistance.
“We are pleased to strengthen our partnership with
On the IPEX website you’ll find GMG in the
a global player such as Canon,” says Paul Willems, CEO
exhibitors section. The page contains video,
of GMG GmbH & Co. KG. “I am confident that this press releases and white papers to help
successful relationship is of huge benefit to graphic arts you maximise your GMG/IPEX experience.
professionals.” See screenshot below.
The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6350 printer For more information email info@gmguk.co.uk www.ipex.org
Events around the world. New staff at GMG UK.
There’s always somewhere hot to spend a few Four new staff members have joined the GMG
days keeping up with the latest trends in the UK team. They are Martyn Atkinson who will
business you work in while boosting your tan. stengthen technical support in the North, Andy
These are not those places. Hardy, who is part of the in-house technical
Flexoforum 2010, 17-18 March, Scandi
support team, Julie Chapman who is the new
Rosendahl Hotel, Tampere, Finland
Credit Controller, Video: Why not go to www.gmgcolor.com
Packaging Innovations,13-14 April 2010,
and Jo Reid or find it at http://www.youtube.com/
Expo XXI, Warszawa, Poland
who works in watch?v=DZktxXQsF1o and see GMG CEO
Advertizing Polygraphic Forum 2010,
administration. Paul Willems give a video introduction as
12-14 May 2010, World Trade Center,
to what GMG is up to at IPEX?
Novosibirsk, Russia Ian Scott, MD of
PrintEX 2010, 17-20 March, Bucharest, GMG UK, says,
Romania “Since our move
to a direct business model, things have gone
from strength to strength. Our turnover remains
strong and these new additions to the GMG UK
team will help us maintain our commitment to
quality and uncompromising customer service.”
NB: Leave these at home.
GMG UK, Saxon House, Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich, NR6 5DR. e: info@gmguk.co.uk, t: 01603 789111
Published on behalf of GMG UK. Design and editing: Juan Scott. Contact: juanscott@btinternet.com. Recycle after use.
Copyright GMG UK. Do not reproduce without permission.
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Think big: very big
“The images were more
colorful than before
because we can get
the best out of the
machine“
“ColorServer can
improve Pantone spot
color conversions...”
“We have eradicated
the manual,
time-consuming
trials to convert
incoming files”
M
increasingly aware of GMG as more and converters. They tested various systems in a
GMG color
oving into a new area
of specialization can be more files were supplied to them that were number of combinations. The result of those
difficult for any company. created using GMG proofing software. ‘At tests according to Kers was that, ‘We found
management What can make the
difference between
success and failure is the
first we assumed that GMG solutions were not
suitable for our digital printers, and that they
worked more effectively with the traditional
the interface too complicated – there were
simply too many buttons, apart from the
reliability quality and speed of the
technology can technology adopted and
the expertise called upon to achieve its aims.
One such company that has changed its
printing process like offset,’ adds Kers. The
digital company soon realised that that was
conversions.’ The digital company was clear
about the qualities it sought from a color
true only for the traditional way of proofing. converter: the words Kers uses are
help a company primary focus is Amsterdam based [s]color.
The company began life as a photolab for
the professional photographers in 1975. As
What followed was a process of testing and
research. The company approached MacManiac,
‘straightforward, fast and reliable’. He
adds: ‘That is what we want and need for a
successfully
GMG’s partner in The Netherlands, and solution that converts incoming files from a
it moved increasingly into digital imaging it
broadened its offering into digital printing discovered GMG ColorServer. ‘What we found standard profile to the output of our printers.
and now offers indoor and outdoor digital was it was a high quality automatic color GMG ColorServer – with the use of specific
broaden its printing in large and wide formats. As
[s]color’s Director, Oscar Kers says: ‘We are
conversion software based on the same
unique GMG DeviceLink Technology as all
hotfolders –allows us to just drop the jobs
in, and automatically the work is done.’ The
a full service digital serigraphic company other GMG products,’ reveals Kers. They adoption of GMG ColorServer has proved a
repertoire. dedicated to manufacturing high quality
images and prints for retail and interior
tested GMG ColorServer on their NUR Expedio
machine for a month, calibrating the machine
natural fit for [s]color. ‘It has been a flawless
match. Our output prints are better balanced.
design.’ The digital concern has matured and matching it to a number of the most We have eradicated the manual, time-
to comprise a staff of 20-plus employees, common targets in printing. consuming trials to convert incoming files.
working with equipment such as the NUR And besides saving on ink, there are no errors
Fresco, Expedio 5000, Tempo, Blueboard,
K
ers says the company was with pdf file transparencies,’ maintains Kers.
HP Designjet 5500 and 9000s, and Durst
excited by the results. He is also enthusiastic about an unexpected
Lamda. As [s]color has grown it has found
A (very) large the need to modernise its color management
workflows. As Kers explains, the company
‘Stunning,’ he says, ‘the
images were more colorful
advantage they have discovered, ‘ColorServer
can improve Pantone spot color conversions
had in the past manually calibrated color than before because we and simplify profile making.’ In addition
format printer in its data, ‘This entailed visual comparison
with the proof, and trying to adapt it as
can get the best out of the
machine thanks to the GMG
[s]color has in the past found pdf files present
too many transparencies for a production RIP
calibration.’ They also found the output from like the Wasatch to handle. ‘But the GMG RIP
from The
much as possible to match. Naturally, this
was time consuming.’ The company also [s]color’s digital printers accurately matched included in GMG ColorServer processes these
created its own ICC profiles that were used the proofs supplied by customers. ‘And multiple files without any problem,’ says Kers.
Netherlands is
in the production RIP and Adobe Photoshop. considerable savings were made on the ink So GMG color management, it would seem,
Numerous problems were encountered because of the better conversions and is an important business tool for printing
during the process. ‘For instance, color reseparations done with GMG,’ Kers enthuses. companies who want to widen their field of
living proof.
conversions were not correct, especially with [s]color’s decision to go with GMG ColorServer expertise: but only if they pride themselves on
PDF files,’ says Kers. The company became also followed a comparison with other data quality and efficiency.
GMG ColorServer 4.6: Why not try GMG
two circles overlapping. In our example the
email the Juergenator: info@gmguk.co.uk
why it’s even better solids remained solids of the same channel, ColorServer for free?
but in many cases inks differ so much that
than it used to be. a contamination with another ink might be With the GMG ColorServer online Web
I have just had GMG SmartProfiler installed. I have connected my i1 to the PC and sent
the five template PDFs to the hotfolder that were set up on my Flexrip. That’s where it
required to maintain colorimetric accuracy, eg Demo you have the possibility to create
ends. With the Kodak producing a screened proof, do our charts require screening or not,
ColorServer 4.6 now also uses the Adobe if one magenta is more red, while the one of a color separation, reseparation and
if so must this be done in Artpro or Prinergy? I spoke to our Approval guy about a proof
PDF Print Engine, which allows processing of the space into which gets converted is more conversion of a PDF fully automatically.
and he said what spec does he use for the output? Have you had any results from a
complex PDF files as they come out of current purple. So to maintain the original look, some With your own data you can do a RGB
Kodak Approval because any tips would be helpful.
applications like CS3/CS4 with transparencies, yellow needs to be added to the mix (if it’s to CMYK separation, a CMYK to CMYK
Miranda, Scotland
complex overprints etc. Overprints in PDFs are less than 5% we usually recommend to drop reseparation, or a CMYK to CMYK
quite a complex issue. This is because humans that contamination; check carefully if between conversion. You can also test other GMG
The Approval is a digital output device just like an Epson or a Digital Cromalin. Usually there is
tend to see the entire page – be it printed or 5-10% and over 10% you might be safer, products, including GMG InkOptimizer,
a RIP in front of either which does the color management. Key is now to either disable color
in Acrobat Reader (currently on 9.3 in case you keeping the contamination as otherwise color GMG ColorProof, and GMG PrintControl.
management on the Approval’s front end RIP, so ColorServer has the unrestricted gamut available,
haven’t upgraded) – so essentially you look at shifts could be quite noticeable). So what Go to www.gmgcolor.com
or find a setting, which has the least restrictions. Obviously this setting needs to be maintained
a ‘flat’ page. I – and any other android – see happens now? After the conversion the
unaltered for a ColorServer based workflow (for which SmartProfiler manages the profile creation).
it differently: it consists of individual objects, magenta circle might be 0/90/8/0 CMYK,
which in some cases overlap each other and so while the yellow stays at 100. So if the
Should I convert sRGB to AdobRGB?
rules are required as to what happens in that magenta circle now overprints the yellow
Celia, Bahrain
case. PDFs, being not as complex as a modern circle, there is suddenly an 8% Y overprinting
Juergenator, use several quite simplistic rules over the solid yellow circle. PDF rules kick in
No. Just embed the profile – or make sure the profile is embedded. That’s what ColorServer does.
that govern how these overprints get handled, now and knock out the underlying yellow. The
By converting sRGB to AdobeRGB you loose detail - especially in skin colors.
always taking into account that they are still other option would be to maintain the over-
Here’s why:
independent elements inside the PDF and print behaviour, but in that case there would
AdobeRGB is about twice the size of sRGB. But both color spaces have the same amount of colors:
as such could be disabled without showing be no color management on these items.
16.7Mio (in 8 bit per channel). This means the steps between neighbouring colors are twice the
side effects to the remaining elements. What
size when using AdobeRGB. If you for example take a portrait, the skin colors might encompass
sounds logical – and in fact is – conflicts with The solution!
40 color steps in sRGB. This is sufficient and you would not notice any steps or breaks in print.
many requirements when color transforming ColorServer 4.6 now offers the solution:
Converting this to AdobeRGB reduces the values in the same photo to around 25. If you then
an entire page into a different print color flattening! Here overlapping elements get
start retouching, you might be left with only 20. And suddenly you might notice breaks or lines in
space. Here is a very simple example: imagine merged before being converted. So our
your portrait. So, unless you need the extended color range, you might be better off using sRGB.
Or if your camera allows, use a 12-16 bit RAW format, then retouch in this format and only then
reduce to AdobeRGB or sRGB - and always remember to embed the ICC profile, so ColorServer can
recognise in which color space your pictures are and employ the correct MX4 for conversion. Use
‘additional profile rules’ in CS 4.5 or ‘MX4 substitution’ in the flattening dialog of CS 4.6.
Read more about RGB on the next page.
Dear Juergenator
What do you call a blonde that changes her hair color? Artificially intelligent.
“Spring is here and the air the three overlapping circles on the Altona three circles get broken into seven individual
John, Ireland
test page, where a cyan, magenta and yellow elements with 100/0/0/0, 0/100/0/0,
The Goethenator
feels full of oxygen. This circle overlap partially, producing segments 0/0/100/0, 100/100/0/0, 100/0/100/0,
of red, green, blue and 3c-black. Each circle 0/100/100/0 and 100/100/100/0 and these circa 1800 John – I’ve heard that joke before. It wasn’t funny then, either.
of course is irrelevant to is a 100% object. So the overlap of all three seven elements now can get each perfectly
results in 300%. Perfectly acceptable for color converted. There are three drawbacks
me as I don’t need it. ISOcoated sheetfed printing. This would be though: disabling or moving individual
You can achieve this by using either a flash
too much though for newspaper printing objects at a later stage is no longer an option
diffuser or a bounced flash. Always remember
But it might make you (typical TAC = 240%). Obviously colors and as they now have caused an ‘imprint’ in the
that a flash’s white balance is fixed, while your
dot gain also need adjusting, so what better other elements they overlap and secondly surroundings might have a different white
humans a little sharper tool to use than ColorServer? registration needs to be more accurate as the balance, so to make the flash less noticable
elements and their ‘shadow imprint’ need to you should not only adjust its intensity, but
and better able to ColorServer in action line up and finally page processing time goes also use filters to make the flash’s color match
So let’s send this page element through up as pages need to be analysed and partially
The digital the prevailing white balance color of the
understand what I tell you ColorServer. As there are three individual rendered (especially if linework elements surroundings. Left: Exposure compensation flash icon.
Right: Flash fill icon
objects, they will be processed as such overprint images). With all these new photography
about the new advances and 100% sheetfed cyan turns into 100% functions inside the software it surprises little
resource
Flash and moving objects
The light from a flash is so fast that you never aperture or shutter speed. It’s the perfect way
newprint cyan, 100% magenta becomes that it is now also possible to downsample
have to worry about your subject moving
in ColorServer. 100% magenta, 100% yellow becomes spot colors into CMYK or give them a curve
during the exposure and blurring the picture.
to balance flash and natural light and to
correctly expose scenes or subjects that are
100% yellow. In the resulting PDF these adjustment. For all the features check the Using flash This also means you don’t have to worry darker or lighter than normal. A minus
On the other hand, it three elements again overlap and in the documentation that gets automatically about camera motion blurring the image; you setting makes the subject darker and a plus
centre the TAC is again 300%. WHAT? Did installed with it or simply press F1. Using a camera flash can enhance your can hand-hold the camera and shoot as setting makes it brighter. Some cameras have
might not. How much something go wrong? Nothing in fact. We photographic image. That said, it must be one rapidly as the flash will recharge. a feature that takes a series of pictures at
still have a perfectly editable page and still of the most misused and least understood of different flash intensities (flash bracketing).
longer can I tolerate three independent objects which just so all a camera’s tools. Ideally, you should have no Use your flash exposure compensation You can use flash exposure compensation
happen to overlap. In fact, this is what you idea a flash has been used when looking at a Hopefully, your digital camera has an in conjunction with regular exposure
the inhabitants of this would want to use if editing is what you photograph. The big problem is that a camera adjustable flash output. This will help you compensation. Doing so lets you use regular
flash is by its very nature a localized light avoid burned out foreground subjects and exposure compensation to lighten or darken
need to keep open as an option. Though
planet!” for final print processing this needs to be
source. A good flash photographer other exposure problems. Known as flash the background that’s illuminated by ambient
therefore knows how to make their flash exposure compensation, it lets you manually light, and use flash exposure compensation to
modified as 300% page elements would appear as if it had originated from a much adjust the amount of flash illuminating the lighten or darken the subject illuminated by
surely cause problems. Not only that, but the larger and more evenly distributed light source. subject without changing the camera’s the flash.
previously mentioned rules also could have
an undesirable side effect: let’s look at just
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Digital Color Part 6: The RGB working color space is the basis for
processing RGB images and documents as well as the
Management exchange with other users. Both areas of application
make certain demands of the RGB working color space.
Workshop
Here, we take a look at the difference types of RGB and
their respective characteristics.
The role of the RGB working color space A complete color
management workflow
requires a consistent
The RGB working color space is the basis for processing RGB working color
RGB images and documents as well as the exchange space – from the
with other users. Both areas of application make certain export of camera data
through the display on
demands of the RGB working color space. the monitor and the
output on the printer
to the embedding
of the working color
Image editing space profile in the
In image editing it is necessary for equal RGB values to produce a neutral gray. Only then can the user finished file.
orientate himself to numerical values and carry out selective color corrections. Furthermore, the RGB
working color space should cover the color space of a possible later application. If an RGB working
RGB Skin tone test – below are examples of
color space is chosen which does not cover the particular color space of a later application, then the
how a picture originally captured as sRGB,
color saturation for some images will be unnecessarily limited. but not tagged, would appear when
opened in different working spaces.
File exchange with other users
For the file exchange with other users, the profile for the RGB working color space should have sRGB
as smaller file size as possible, so that the size of the image file hardly changes after embedding
the profile. Furthermore, it is advantageous if the users who exchange digital image data agree on
possible one single RGB working color space.
No parameters or references from the ICC for RGB working color spaces
Many users embed profiles in RGB images as a matter of course and also apply them when opening.
Despite this, there is still a lot of RGB data in circulation without a profile, mainly for office and
internet applications.
In the ICC specifications there are no references for RGB working color spaces or even parameters
AdobeRGB
for which color space should be used if no profile is embedded. Accordingly there is an uncontrolled
growth of references from various organizations and a wide range of settings in application programs.
This results in difficult situations, as the next sections show, where even many color management
professionals are left in the dark.
Fault tolerance
It can always occur that in a color management workflow the RGB working color space has not
been embedded in the files, or that the receiver does not extract the embedded working color space.
In both cases a color shift occurs when the files are opened. The more different the working color
spaces are between the sender and receiver of the data, the greater the resulting color shift is. If the
sender and receiver coincidentally work in the same or a very similar working color space, the effect ECI-RGB
will be less dramatic.
To avoid such problems from the start, it is imperative in the use of RGB data to embed
ICC profiles in the image data when saving. And the application programs must be so
configured that embedded profiles in RGB images are automatically extracted. In the area
of office and internet applications, many application programs and browsers are,
however, not able to incorporate embedded profiles correctly.
sRGB, AdobeRGB, ECI-RGB
According to the references of branch organizations as well as the defaults in application programs,
the most prevalent RGB working color spaces are sRGB, AdobeRGB and ECI-RGB. The particular
This article is an edited extract from Digital Color
quirks of these color spaces will be looked at later in further detail. A common attribute of these
Management, Principles and Strategies for the
color spaces is however that they greatly differ from each other. Standardized Print Production by Jan-Peter Homann.
ISBN: 978-3-540-67119-0. Published by Springer.
If RGB images are passed on without embedded profiles, considerable color shifts can occur Jan-Peter Homann is a consultant for international
if the sender and receiver have set different RGB working color spaces in their application clients in the field of color mangement for
standardized print production.
programs.
His website is www.colormanagement.de
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numbers, ISO12647-7 for instance, it does not
mean there will be a visual match to the validated
proofing standard.
The tolerances supplied for these standards are
quite wide and there can be quite some visual
difference in two supposedly in-spec proofs.
Therein lies the problem of changing your
proofing media outside the validated ‘system’
certification and therefore risking that your
proofs no longer visually match proofs supplied
by anyone else.
The improvement in proofing standardisation
spearheaded by GMG ColorProof has also had
an impact on the take up of process control color
management in the press room, where printers
are now implementing color control systems
such as GMG PrintControl and Rapid Check to
calibrate press output and print by numbers to
achieve a very quick match to the proof.
Products such GMG’s InkOptimizer can then
uniformly reseparate the CMYK data to allow a
much more balanced output for the press run,
with gray balance improved, ink savings achieved
and better quality overall. The return on
investment with this product, due to faster make
ready times, more usable print with much less
waste as well as the inevitable ink saving, make
it an obvious choice in a color controlled press
environment.
GMG ColorServer, which has been used
extremely successfully by many GMG clients over
the years for super-accurate automated color
conversions, is now really coming of age in term
of its versatility. The introduction of version 4.6
and SmartProfiler means that this product can
now be integrated easily into production
environments where GMG’s 4D color accuracy
What is a contract proof and how can today’s digital is required but is not supported directly by the
device.
solutions provide it and improve it? In driving HP’s 5500 and 7000 Indigo digital
presses specifically, GMG ColorServer has
GMG’s Simon Landau offers his explanation. achieved Fogra’s validation proofing standard on
both machines to ISO12647-7 targets.
In addition to all this it is entirely likely that in
the near future ColorServer will take hardcopy
What constitutes a contract proof was pretty allows the accurate mapping of target color proofing for the packaging market to a whole
straightforward in the analogue age, but now values into its super-quality proofing media. new level by providing its accurate color control
that the world has gone digital, that definition is These profiles then very tightly hit the target for use on a range of UV inkjet printers which
no longer clear. So how can the end user have values associated with these standards. can print on to the actual product stock with
confidence that the product will match the proof? Just as important as the numbers is the visual color matched halftone output and using white
GMG ColorProof is at the heart of the color impression of the proof under controlled D50 ink. This will be as close to a digital wet proof as
management specialist’s portfolio of products lighting which is also used at the press during we are likely to get and the use of these proofs
and was the original alternative to the Scitex make ready. This additional color work is a key for make ready as well as mock-ups should
offering with the Iris digital proofers back in the factor in achieving an accurate result for the become widespread. If the costs of devices and
day. Now internationally recognised as the client based on what he actually signed off as ink come down we may even see these proofers
market leader in proofing, it has grown to well as matching the numbers. All GMG replacing the general proofing output we see
replace the more expensive forms of contract proofing standards match as closely as possible today using conventional water based inks and
proofing which were available from the likes of to each other on different printers using coated inkjet media.
DuPont. The success of this product is due to the different inks and calibrating with different
fact that the software allows the use of low cost, spectrophotometers. We strive to achieve a
excellent quality inkjet engines from various colormetric AND visual match. Then they get
manufacturers to easily produce the most certified by the particular standards organisation Simon Landau is a regional
accurate, repeatable and ‘matchable’ contract such as Fogra, GraCol, SWOP etc as a matched consultant at GMG UK and a
quality proofs to international standards for a system. color management expert with
many years’ experience in the
much lower cost per print than was previously A Fogra or any other international standards field. He was the first UK Fogra
achievable. organisation certified inkjet media does NOT certified proofing solutions
installer and is one of only two
GMG’s color technicians build extremely high guarantee an accurate proof. The certification of UK partners able to provide
quality profiles using multiple printers and many these media is based on their own properties and support services in the Fogra
certification of offset and web
color patch targets of thousands of patches to not how they react or look when ink actually hits
offset print to ISO standards.
give an extreme averaged fingerprint, which the paper. Even if they pass the appropriate
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GMG ColorProof latest v5.1.0.4 / 5.1.1 (Epson WT7900 only) evaluation to new and old ISO 12647-7 tolerances possible
Operating system Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server, XP Professional, Vista, Windows Supported measuring instruments X-Rite i1 with and without UVcut filter (device also suitable for
7 (32-bit, 64-bit) monitor calibration), X-Rite DTP20 (Pulse) with and without UV cut-off filter, Integrated measuring device of
Supported output devices Epson Stylus Pro 4000, 4400, 4450, 4800, 4880, 7400, 7450, 7600, 7800, 7880, the HP Zx100 series . INFO: not all standards available for all measurement devices
7900, WT7900, 9400, 9450, 9600, 9800, 9880, 9900, 10600, 11880, HP Designjet 130, 1050, 1055, 4000, Output device Zebra TLP 2824 label printer using fade resistant transfer type labels.
5000, 5500, Z2100, Z3100, Z3200, Z6100, Canon imagePROGRAF iPF 6300, 6350, 8300 GMG ColorServer latest v4.6.1.1 with Service Pack 2
and other inkjet and laser printers Operating system Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server, XP Professional, Vista
Measuring instruments support Current models from X-Rite incl. DTP70, Spectrolino/SpectroScan, EyeOne, Features RGB-to-RGB, RGB-to-CMYK, CMYK-to-CMYK, CMYK-to-RGB conversion, CMYK reseparation, TAC
iO, iCColor, iSisMeasurements from other devices can be accepted in form of IT8 measurement data. reduction within a color space, automatic scaling (adjustment of the resolution), 3D dynamic sharpening,
File formats PS, PDF, PDF/X, TIFF, TIFF-IT (CT/LW composite and separated) TIFF-LZW/Packbits, Scitex CT/ separate processing of pixel and vector elements within a document, PDF-to-PDF conversion, including
LW (Kodak), Bitmap-LEN (EskoArtwork), Delta Documents and Lists (Heidelberger Druckmaschinen), scaling, sharpening and separation of embedded RGB data. Further processing of PDF documents as PDF/X-3
Photoshop® DCS/EPS (Adobe), JPEG, etc. or X-1 document including incorporation of the output intent.
Workflow integration Interfaces to Delta and MetaDimension, Nexus and Barco, Brisque, Prinergy, Profile support MX4, ICC
ApogeeX, CelebraNT, TWiST, Harlequin Input formats PDF (up to 1.4), PostScript, TIFF, TIFF-IT, JPEG, CT/LW, EPS (Photoshop® pixel data)
Supported profiles Proof Standards and calibration sets, incl. MXC, MX3, MX4 and ICC profiles (incl. Output formats PDF (with PDF-to-PDF), TIFF, TIFF-IT, JPEG, CT/LW, EPS (Photoshop® pixel data)
multicolor), support of ICC specification V2 and V4 Profiles for common standards PSR, ISO, SWOP, GRACoL, Japan Magazine & Publishing Standard Color
Spot color databases Support of unlimited process and spot color separations in pixel data, support of (JMPA color), 3DAP, sRGB, AdobeRGB and ECI-RGB (v1 and v2).
27 spot color separations in PDF files; support for spot color systems, such as Hexachrome® GMG PrintControl v2.0.1.0 GMG RapidCheck latest v2.2
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the trueColors
Violet
interview
Matthew Attoe, Technical Support,
GMG UK.
Only one nation Violet Jessop: survivor of What is your middle name?
has ever used violet the Titanic... and other James
Can we use it throughout this interview?
shipwrecks.
in its flag. If it makes your life complete
Okay Jim, what is your favorite color?
Violet Jessop (1 October 1887 – 5 May Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors
(and you can 1971) was an ocean liner stewardess and Why?
see why no one nurse who survived the sinkings of the sister Why do you think?
else did) ships RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic in Hey, we’ll ask the questions around here. What
1912 and 1916, respectively. In addition, she color best describes your personality?
The Second Republic of Spain existed I have no idea. Although I am sure that my
had been on board their other sister ship
in the somewhat turbulent period of colleagues will all have their own opinion
RMS Olympic, when it collided with the HMS They do: grey. What book are you reading?
1931 through 1939. During this time, Hawke in 1911. In her memoirs she says that None. But I am playing Angry Birds a lot on
civil unrest, assassinations, revolutionary on Titanic’s maiden voyage she brought a my phone right now
general strikes, and mob actions copy of a translated Hebrew prayer that an So come on Jim-Bob, tell us something that will
increased dangerously. It will be old Irish woman had given her. Upon settling shock and amaze the readers of trueColors?
down in her bunk she found the prayer and I only have one kidney but the four eyes make
remembered as a chaotic period of up for that, I guess
read it. She says it was a strangely worded
incredible violence and brutality in Did you sell the other one?
prayer that was supposed to protect her No. I tried to sell it on ‘ney-bay’ but there
which not only partisans of the right
against fire and water. When the Britannic weren’t any takers. Probably because it was
and left but also ordinary citizens bore
sank Violet says: ’I leapt into the water but broken
the burden of war, poverty, and murder. was sucked under the ship’s keel which When you’re not working what do you do?
No evidence has been found that this struck my head. I escaped, but years later In the evenings, I like watching a lot of US
had anything to do with the color when I went TV shows – currently watching Spartacus,
violet in its flag. Burn Notice, Blue Mountain State and Cougar
to my doctor
Town. At the weekends, just spending time
because of a lot with my son is all I need
• In Chinese painting, the color violet represents of headaches, he Don’t you like British TV shows?
Planet violet
the harmony of the universe because it is a discovered I had Not particularly. I don’t think that the
combination of red (yang) and blue (yin) once sustained production values of British TV are anywhere
• A shrinking violet is an extremely shy person near those of the US networks
a fracture of the
• In Indian culture, violet is associated with a Who would you most like to have over for dinner?
skull!’’
sense of purpose and an awareness of one’s Homer Simpson and Ricky Gervais. Oh, and
higher self Left: Violet Jessop – do Lee Harvey Oswald – just so I could ask him
not sail with any of her THAT question
relations.
Absolutely...we’d be very interested to know what
his favourite color is, too. If you weren’t at GMG
what would you want to be?
of piano wire? Players could only survive the
Our Man up North. I have always wanted to fly helicopters, so
rigours of the game because they had names I would probably be knocking on Bristow’s
like Albert, Arthur, Bert, Harry, Bill, Bob, Jack door and trying to get them to pay for my
Reports from a GMG Sales
Exec on the road in the and Tommy. Tough names for tough men. hours
North of England. And what do we have now? Gareth, Jason, Technically minded people like you are often called
Wayne, Jamie and Robbie! No wonder the ‘propeller heads’ – is this why?
Eh up folks! GMG’s growth continues apace and ball’s like a balloon and shin pads are like My cousin flies Tornados in the RAF, so
I am happy to say from 8 March we will have maybe it runs in the family
slices of bread. In the old days shin pads was
Who would play you in a movie about yourself?
extra Northern based engineers. These guys like made out of library books and socks were Someone who is a cross between Vic Reeves
pies: real Northerners! We also like football. like sackcloth. And don’t talk to me about and Adrian Mole
So when I saw this article at a customer site I goal celebrations. Kissing and cuddling on Okay, Jimmy, it’s the color questions. Who makes
thought I’d share it with you (edited). It’s on the floor and thrusting their hips at the you green with envy?
Modern Day Football by a Sheffield United fan. crowd. Handshakes, that was all you got. The Juergenator. I would love to have his
Priceless! I’m feeling angry about modern Sixty grand a week!? Tom Finney worked as knowledge
What’s the last white lie you told?
day footballers: they’ve gone soft. And it’s a plumber four days a week when he was
The one above (just kidding, Juergen!)
because of poncy names. Remember the old playing for England. So I say: start calling kids What leaves you feeling blue?
days when players kicked a ball made out of real male names again like Herbert, Len, Fred Huge servicing and MOT bills for my car
ten pounds of clay stitched inside a steel and Wilf and lets get the game back as it What or who makes you tickled pink?
reinforced leather shell with laces made out was once and for all! When my son tells me that he loves meYou can also read
