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Matchmycolor LLC and GMG have entered a cooperation agreement designed to enhance precision and efficiency in global color management.

The unique partnership connects all participants in the color supply chain, including brand owners, designers, printers and converters. Applying its own model, GMG uses unique spectral color data from matchmycolor to improve the accuracy and quality of color proofs.Suitable for all print processes, substrates and applications, the combined systems cover every stage from design, through specification, production, approval and certification, right to supply of the finished product. Fast, seamless data communication channels are now in place, allowing users everywhere in the world to manage color products and transmit information instantly.

GMG cyclist pedals his way to recognition

Matchmycolor and GMG announce partnership

GMG Germany employee Michael Herring has won a special award in the nationwide ‘Cycle to Work’ competition. He cycles 32 km in less than an hour from Stuttgart to Tubingen and in the 38 days of the campaign

travelled more than 2425 kilometers. Cycling is more than a way to get to work for Michael – he has cycled from Dresden to Finland and back and this year wants to ride 7000 km around the US.

GMG ColorProof now with

Windows 8 support

Version 5.4.2 of GMG ColorProof now supports the new Windows operating system.

Version 5.4.2, and thus Windows 8 support, is also available for GMG DotProof and GMG FlexoProof.

Customers with a maintenance agreement can download the new version for free from the GMG Web site.

IPEX 2014: GMG set for major London presence

GMG has committed itself to an enhanced presence at the world’s largest english-speaking print media and communications event - IPEX 2014. Michael Farkas, GMG’s

Marketing Director, says, “IPEX will be the largest event of its type in 2014 and offers a wealth of opportunities

for GMG, from connecting with our customers and partners through to building relationships in new markets and territories.” “We believe that its new London home will help IPEX attract even more visitors from new and emerging markets – a key focal point for GMG’s strategic growth plans in the near-term,” adds Farkas

More than 2,000 digital print professionals gathered at

Dscoop8: Spark, the 2013 Dscoop Annual Conference that ran

February 21-23 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, in America.

Attendee turnout marked a 30 percent increase in core

North American attendees from last year’s event and included

attendees from 38 countries around the world.

Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, in America.

Attendee turnout marked a 30 percent increase in core

North American attendees from last year’s event and included

attendees from 38 countries around the world.

GMG ProductionSuite Ignites a Spark at Dscoop8

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GMG Americas participated in the Solutions Showcase exhibition where ProductionSuite, a complete workflow solution for automated, standardized and color consistent wide-format production, was showcased and created a great deal of excitement for the large format sector. GMG OpenColor, a revolutionary spot color tool for labels and packaging greatly extends color control and repeatability, was also on display with demos and generated a lot of interest. Also shown were GMG ColorServer, GMG ColorProof, GMG FlexoProof, GMG InkOptimizer that provide one, integrated color solution for companies offering hybrid printing including offset, flexo, screen printing, and small and large format digital printing.

GMG also paired up with partner HP to drive various machines with GMG ProductionSuite including the (2) FB 700’s & LX 850 in the Scitex division and also used GMG FlexoProof, GMG OpenColor, and GMG ProductionSuite in the Designjet area.

“Dscoop8 was a huge success in every sense of the word,” said Chris Petro, Dscoop global chairman and president and CEO, GlobalSoft Digital Solutions. “The level of enthusiasm and energy at the conference exceeded our expectations. Our attendees heard a number exciting announcements from HP and Partners, inspiring presentations from industry leaders and received top-notch education from experts and peers. The ability for members to connect with each other while offering inspiration to take their business to the next level is a unique benefit that is only available through Dscoop.”

Marc Welch, Director of Strategic Accounts for GMG Americas, agreed, “This event is maturing into one of the ‘must attend’ shows in the graphic arts industry. In addition to an

excellent conference with high value content, the show floor provides a lot of opportunity to network with our partners, customers and potential customers too. Dscoop has made the transition from an Indigo event, to a much broader market. It is still a digital printing venue, but has expanded to include LFP and high speed digital too. These new digital printing systems have fostered all types of new software and finishing equipment that are focused on the new opportunities created by digital printing methods. HP is a critical component of Dscoop’s success. They are open and accessible at all levels of the company. All of us at GMG Americas appreciate their continued support of our solutions. Our relationship has grown and matured over the last 5 years. Dscoop and the open minded culture at HP has been vital in this continued close cooperation. This atmosphere of open communication and sharing is helping all of us to provide better solutions to the printing industry”.

Eric Hawkinson, Dscoop executive director and Chris Petro, Dscoop global chairman, jointly announced that Dscoop is launching two new efforts to enhance membership value and business growth worldwide, Dscoop University and the Dscoop Print Directory. The announcement of Dscoop University, powered by HP, is a community-driven training program available worldwide for print service providers to expand their knowledge of the digital print industry and drive business growth. The customized curriculum

will span multiple market segments and functional tracks that include marketing, sales, operations and technology-specific topics. The second annual Dscoop EMEA conference was announced for November 6-8, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Dscoop Asia 2013 will be held May 12-13 in Beijing, China in conjunction with China Print 2013.

and functional tracks that include marketing, sales, operations and technology-specific topics. The second annual Dscoop EMEA conference was announced for November 6-8, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Dscoop Asia 2013

“Dscoop8 was a big success for GMG,” says GMG’s Marc Welch.

“The excitement around our new solutions was incredible.”

Where the packaging is flexiblebut the color is notHuhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany is a member of the Finnish Huhtamaki Group, whose roughly 13,000 employees produce packaging materials at 62 locations in 31 countries.

The company’s locations in Germany and Italy print and finish a wide variety of films and papers, exclusively by gravure printing. The Ronsberg location of Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany offers its customers a full service, from repro to cylinder engraving, proofing, and printing. Printing data are processed using ArtPro, with the Esko Automation Engine ensuring an efficient workflow in the background. Huhtamaki in Ronsberg has been working with high-end inkjet printers since the technology came to market, and is a long-time user of GMG ColorProof.

In recent years, the jobs produced have shown a trend towards more complex designs, where the image data increasingly includes spot colors, or where technical elements are occasionally composed of overprinting spot colors.

This new trend poses a major challenge for proofing. The following approaches are currently available for handling spot colors in proofing:

Measuring of step wedges in the CIE L*a*b* color spaceThis is a time-proven technology for color-accurate simulation on the proof of the printing of the solid tone or screen tints of individual spot colors. However, the method reveals weaknesses when simulating the overprinting of combinations of spot colors, or of spot colors and CMYK process colors.

Measuring of Multicolor test chartsThis method involves the measuring of certain combinations of spot colors or of CMYK plus spot colors. However, the disadvantage is that profile creation takes quite a lot of time and effort, and that the profile is only valid for one particular combination of spot colors and/or CMYK colors. Depending on the software used, the number of color channels is limited, and they are restricted to reproducing measured color combinations, meaning that they are highly inflexible.

Spectral modeling of printing processesEvery combination of spot colors and/or CMYK colors has to be measured when measuring a Multicolor test chart, this easily resulting in thousands of patches. Both the quality of the color profiles generated by the individual methods, and also the time and effort required for profile creation, are highly dependent on the quality of the spectral modeling of a printing process.

GMG OpenColor at Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging GermanyBasically, two different solutions for spectral print modeling are available in the workflow: the Esko Automation Engine and GMG ColorProof. The profiling of printing and proofing processes has been done very successfully with GMG for many years under the care of Repro Manager Michael Jehl. In addition to GMG profiling tools, Michael Jehl intensively examines the Multicolor profiling solutions of other manufacturers, discussing his experience in-house with color scientists and developers from GMG.

As a result, Huhtamaki in Ronsberg was already able to voice its detailed practical requirements during the development phase of GMG OpenColor, and also participated in the beta test of the software.

The technology behind GMG OpenColorGMG OpenColor is based on internal basic models for wet-on-wet sheet-fed offset printing, wet-on-dry UV offset printing, flexo printing and gravure printing. These models can be refined by using different numbers of patches. The basic measurement always consists of a spectral measurement of both the printing medium and the solid tones of the spot colors. The combination of the

selected basic model and the measurements for the solid tones, together with the printing medium, already makes it possible to far better simulate the overprinting properties of the spot colors on each other than was possible with previous proofing solutions, such as GMG ColorProof.

The more patches that are available, the more accurately the GMG OpenColor model is adapted to the real printing process. The next step to improve results would be to supplement the data with spectral measurement of step wedges of the spot colors, followed by addition of overprinting solid tones and complete Multicolor test charts for the highest quality results.So, Huhtamaki has the following options at its disposal for profiling:• Measurementofstepwedgesthatare

printed during production printing• Measurementofextensivetestchartson

the production press• Measurementoftestchartsonthe

proofing press for gravure printing• Measurementofstepwedgescreatedon

a laboratory proofing press

Following a number of tests, Huhtamaki decided on the following procedure:CMYK profiling was performed on the

production press, and is supplemented by additional spot color wedges on the proofing press. Color measuring equipment from X-Rite is used for both tasks.

According to Repro Manager Michael Jehl, the results obtained with GMG OpenColor meet the high expectations formulated for the test. In particular, there has been a major improvement in the simulation of the overprinting of spot colors, in combination with each other or with CMYK process colors. Profile creation requires far less time and effort, saving time and money.GMG OpenColor is currently being used successfully on a wide variety of materials printed on one side. Excellent results have been obtained on white OPP, in particular.

The profiling of further media, such as metalized films with pre-printed white, is in preparation.

Aerial Photo, Huhtamaki Ronsberg (Bottom left)The Ronsberg location of Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging Germany offers a full service, comprising repro, cylinder engraving, and gravure printing.

Gravure Press (Top left)The latest gravure presses with up to 11 printing units at the Ronsberg location make it possible to realize even the most demanding customer requirements.

The results obtained with GMG OpenColor meet the high expectations

formulated for the test.

GMG ColorMaster is a unique concept in color workflows; a late-binding RGB image-to-print solution that guarantees the quality and consitency of a color at every stage of the process. By eliminating the variables in your color process you’ll soon see the difference it makes to the efficiency of your business.For more information go to www.gmgcolor.com or start a discussion on facebook.com/gmgcolor.EN

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Phil Brown (left), Director of UK-based YRG Group is maximising flexo and

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Group, a full-service packaging print solutions provider headquartered in York, has

invested in the GMG FlexoProof proofing solution. Founded in 1974 with 65 employees across four locations, YRG has deployed FlexoProof as a digital front-end that drives their Epson Stylus Pro 4900 17-inch and Epson Stylus Pro 9900 44-inch printers, along with a newly-installed 24-inch Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 printer, a wide gamut nine-color device that includes the ability to proof using white ink. The company services printers, retailers and well-known FMCG brands by offering a complete print services solution – artwork, repro and flexographic platemaking. “Accurate and consistent proofing has become the more crucial aspect of our services,” says Commercial Director Steve Buxton. “Printers and end-users expect proofs to be precisely representative of what, ultimately, ends up on

the shelf – regardless of the printing process involved. We need to proof on a wide variety of different substrates from increasingly complex jobs that often include spot colors, white inks, and metalics.”

“We have made sizeable investment in both resources and technology to ensure our proofs are what we term “Press Predictable” – proofs that accurately reflect the production output. Today, clients expect proofs to give an accurate representation of how a job will appear when printed – regardless of the color space, substrate or inks that are used.”

Having used a variety of proofing systems in the past, YRG searched for a solution that would both strengthen their current proofing capabilities as well as address the evolving requirements of their customers. “We wanted to be able to send a job through and have the confidence of achieving “right-first-time”

results regardless of the complexity of the job. We were well aware of GMG’s reputation as an industry standard and decided to invest in FlexoProof as the best solution out there to handle the majority of our work,” continues Steve. “We looked at our current offering and felt that FlexoProof would enhance what we were doing.”

GMG FlexoProof is a color proofing and calibration application designed for the specific requirements of the packaging and label printing industry. Featuring halftone digital proofing of flexographic and packaging print jobs, FlexoProof ensures accurate and consistent proofing output regardless of print device, color space or substrate. FlexoProof includes the GMG SpotColor Editor for precise and repeatable color matching of spot colors.

“Since installing GMG FlexoProof, the feedback that we’re getting has been extremely

positive, both from our staff as well as from our customers,” says YRG Director Phil Brown. “We’ve been providing “Press Predicable” proofs for some time, but FlexoProof has been a more efficient and consistent way of providing that service to our customers.” Toby Burnett, Sales Director GMG UK, comments: “GMG FlexoProof has been designed from the outset to address the complex and specialist requirements of flexographic and packaging proofing. Offering powerful functionality in terms of spot color handling, substrate simulation and enhanced integration with third-party production workflows, GMG FlexoProof offers the most accurate, consistent and flexible proofing solution for even the most demanding packaging, carton, box and label jobs.”

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Flexographic platemaker V&W Graphics, based in Alford, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. has recently invested in GMG OpenColor proofing software to increase proofing accuracy for its corrugated, preprint and flexible packaging work. Established in 1978, V&W’s 52 employees work with printers around the country who produce packaging for various blue-chip brands and retailers.

“Over recent years increasing job complexity and a greater use of spot color inks has placed increased importance on the production of accurate and consistent proofs,” says Gareth Heward, Graphics and Production Director. “The issue that we found with most proofing software was that they were based on a CMYK proofing model. Since more and more of our packaging work falls outside of a four-color process gamut, we needed a solution that could both calibrate and reproduce the increasingly diverse range of work that our customers produce.

“Spot colors have very different color characteristics to process inks, and the result can be affected by the sequence that the inks are laid down when printed,” continues Heward. “Being able to profile more than process colors was becoming more and more of a requirement.

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“Spot colors have very different color characteristics to process inks, and the result can be affected by the sequence that the inks are laid down when printed,” continues Heward. “Being able to profile more than process colors was becoming more and more of a requirement.

“We showed the job to GMG who ran it through OpenColor and shipped the proof back to us the next day. Considering the time that we normally take on profiling and calibration, the fact that GMG could turn around a proof so quickly, that was so close to the final result was astounding.”

GMG OpenColor is the industry’s first application to offer precise and predictable spot color simulation by analysing ink behaviour in relation to the substrate’s colorimetric properties. The result is a profiling and calibration application that delivers accurate spot color overprint

simulation as well as the interplay between spot colors and process inks. V&W’s solution was GMG OpenColor driving a 44 inch (111cms) Epson Stylus Pro 9900 complete with inline spectrophotometer for automated color measurement and calibration. “Installation was fast and pain free. GMG came in and set everything up, and gave us two days of comprehensive training. What we’ve seen from OpenColor since its installation has been very impressive. OpenColor delivers fast and extremely accurate proofing data from even the most complex jobs. We’re much more confident in the proofs that we’re sending out now.

“Previously we could be spending quite alot of time with creating a number of iterations of the proof, tweaking it manually to give the best result

possible for our customers. Today, the process is alot simpler and the resulting proof is more accurate to boot.”

Toby Burnett, Sales Director GMG UK, comments: “With OpenColor we have developed specific spectral modelling algorithms for flexo, gravure and offset printing as opposed to a ‘one size fits all’approach. This enables us to deliver more precise and consistent spot color simulations for a wide range of print technologies and media substrates. As the packaging market continues to evolve and client expectations increase regardless of the underlying print process, GMG OpenColor allows service providers to deliver faster, more accurate proofing results time after time.”

from even the most complex jobs. We’re much more confident in the proofs that we’re sending out now.

“Previously we could be spending quite alot of time with creating a number of iterations of the proof, tweaking it manually to give the best result

packaging market continues to evolve and client expectations increase regardless of the underlying print process, GMG OpenColor allows service providers to deliver faster, more accurate proofing results time after time.”

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“The process is alot simpler and the resulting proof is more accurate to boot”

Right: Gareth Heward, Graphics and Production DirectorLeft: Shaun Mettam, Studio Manger

ColorMaster is a virtual color space used as a preview profile for Photoshop or softproofing applications. By viewing an image in the ColorMaster color space the content originator, typically a photographer, can detect problems in the light or tonal range early on, and make adjustments – for example, changing the light setting or applying color corrections – before storing the image file into the database. Once the image has been retouched within the ColorMaster color space, the ‘master’ RGB file can be output many times to any industry standard with confidence of its color accuracy.

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ColorMaster is process-neutral and therefore an extremely flexible form of data storage. The workflow concept relies on the interlinking of GMG ColorServer for color conversions, GMG ColorProof for the output of hard proofs, and GMG ProofControl for proof verification according to print standards. GMG ColorMaster supplies predefined settings and optimized profiles, making it very easy for the user to set up an automated workflow to convert images and pages from the ColorMaster standard to any international output standard. It offers a high degree of automation, where prepress departments can experience up to 50% time savings.

Many repro houses and brand owners are still bound to CMYK workflows. There are a number of disadvantages. CMYK databases do not allow for sufficient repurposing of images, nor is multi-channel use of images (for web and print)

Correction and approval on the basis of a single, all-encompassing standard, with the confidence of always obtaining the same appearance – even before defining where and on what substrate the image will be printed.

possible. Committing early to CMYK does not provide a quick way of rebuilding an image if the printing standard or substrate changes. On press, images built from CMYK databases can produce unbalanced ink trapping throughout the press sheet, while early-applied GCR negatively influences grey balance and ink control on press.

ColorMaster offers the traditional benefits of an RGB file format workflow – consistency of separations for press, more consistent grey balance, and total ink coverage and GCR that does not create color-correction issues. However, unlike other RGB workflows, GMG ColorMaster offers viewing done on a virtual CMYK color space, which guarantees WYSIWYG for print. The file is either previewed on a monitor with help of the ColorMaster.icc profile, or a GMG ColorMaster hard proof is output by simply dropping the file into a GMG hotfolder.2 REPRO

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Once an image or page file has been edited, approved, and stored, with the help of ColorMaster, in the RGB color space, it is available to be quickly converted to any popular global print standard. This is done with GMG ColorServer.

GMG ColorServer makes it possible to put the advantages of process-neutral data storage to practical use. It automatically converts pages or images from the earlier approved RGB file to any industry standard. Expensive, manual work steps are eliminated as a result of automatic color separations and the ability to simultaneously resize RGB images during processing, while sharpening them as a function of the image size.

To guarantee consistent results, the requirements of every printing condition (black composition, total area coverage, UCR/GCR) are taken into consideration in GMG color profiles. In

Creation of final data at the press of a button: Fully automatic RGb to CMYK conversions meeting all standards – and for a wide variety of papers – without the need to manually alter each individual file.

addition, GMG has developed an innovative gamut mapping method that calculates the optimum substitute for those colors that cannot be reproduced exactly into the destination color space. And, while vector and pixel data can be converted differently by ICC transformations depending on the rendering intent used, GMG ColorServer ensures uniform conversion of vector and pixel data. RGB-to-CMYK conversion results in separations that are much smoother than those made with ICC profiles.

The result is standardized and simplified color management, consistent results in all printing processes, easy handling—no need for extensive operator expertise and, most important, up to 50% savings on prepress time and money.

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FESPA Brasil took

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dedicated to the wide format and textile printing sectors. Co-located with ExpoPrint Digital and

co-organized with APS Fairs & Events, this trade show brought print solution providers a comprehensive display of wide format print

technologies, textile printing, garment decoration, screen printing, signage and digital signage. GMG Americas was in the center of the action showcasing GMG ProductionSuite, the

complete production workflow for wide format printing, drawing a great deal of attention. Paulo Monteiro, GMG’s Business Director of Latin America, said “The response to ProductionSuite was phenomenal. It is truly a

revolutionary product, that changes the way the WFP companies look into their production, since they can have full control of the production process, and cut time consuming costs at same time” Also on display were GMG ColorServer and GMG SmartProfiler,

color management tools that have helped Digital and wide format printers maintain accurate color using various print devices on the print shop floor. In addition, GMG also highlighted its other software systems such as, GMG ColorProof, GMG FlexoProof, GMG InkOptimizer, and GMG

OpenColor that provide one, integrated color solution for companies offering hybrid printing including offset, flexo, screen printing, and small and large format digital printing. GMG also sponsored the International Conference on Visual Communication

and Digital Printing. Bart Fret, GMG Americas Director of Large Format sales, and Paulo Monteiro presented ‘Optimizing the workflow in large format digital printing.’ Monteiro and Fret discussed the limitations of

manual and RIP-centered workflows. They discussed how to implement an efficient workflow, enabling the optimization of hardware and software in production, resulting in a

more productive and profitable business. If you weren’t able to attend and are interested in learning more, email Paulo at paulo.

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GMG ColorProof latest v5.4.2.85Changes in this version:LogoSync 3.0.12.11 removedThe Logo ICC engine has been removed from thesoftware and will no longer be available for use inthis and future releases of GMG ColorProof. During theupdate installation current users of the Logo ICC enginewill be switched to the GMG ICC engine automaticallywithout loss of functionality.Announcement: ColorProof 5.5 – End of Life ofcertain functionsThe following functions will be discontinued with therelease of ColorProof 5.5 (Summer 2013) and will nolonger be part of the software:• “Heidelberg Deltalists” as input file type (Delta SDK 6.0)• OKI Laser Printers C9500, C9600, C9650.• X-Rite spectrophotometers DTP70 and DTP20• The following Barbieri Spectrophotometers will beavailable exclusively for the 32bit version: SpectroLFP,SpectroSwing, SpectroPadRead more here.

GMG FlexoProof / FlexoProof XG v5.4.2.85Operating system Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server, XP Professional, Vista, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)Supported output devices Epson Stylus Pro 4000, x400, x450, x800, x880, x600, x900; HP Designjet 130, 1050,1055, 4000, 5000, 5500, Z3100, Z3200, Z6100; Canon imagePROGRAF W6400, W8400 and other inkjet and laser printersSupported profilesProof Standards and calibration sets, incl. MXC, MX3, MX4, MX5 and ICC profiles, support of ICC specification V2 and V4. Read more here.

GMG DotProof module of ColorProof latest v5.4.2.85Features Reproduction of the original screen ruling, screen angle and dot shape of the image setter RIP; incorporation of the tone reproduction curve and dot gain; special computer algorithms for dot-for-dot reproduction; high throughput due to optimised adaptation of the image setter data to the resolution of inkjet printers; Supported formats PS, PDF, PDF/X, TIFF (LZW/Packbits), TIFF-IT (CT/LW composite and separated), TIFF- Bitmap (LZW/Packbits), Scitex CT/LW and Assign (Kodak), Bitmap LEN and ArtPro AIF, Delta Documents and Lists, Presstek, Photoshop DCS/EPS, JPEG. DotProof function-

ality only supported with 1bit formats or PDF/PS/EPS using built-in DotCreatorSupported profiles MX3, MX4, MX5, ICC profiles Read more here.

GMG ProofControl latest v2.0Features:Verification of Spot color stripsMeasure and verify spot color strips printed by GMGColorProof.Verification of OpenColor profilesProofs using GMG OpenColor MulticolorProofStandards can be verified with ProofControl 2.0Link to ColorProof for even faster evaluationAll jobs with measurements in GMG ColorProof cannow be visualized in GMG ProofControl in a Jobs andHistory list (regardless of whether you are using anintegrated or external measuring device).Create print standards from MX4/MX5 profilesEasy generation of custom GMG ProofControl standardscalculated on-the-fly by importing target values of anMX color profile from GMG ColorProof.New, redesigned user interfaceWindows 8 SupportTips & Tricks: Measurement of spot color controlstrips. During measurement of spot color control stripsyou may notice that the strip has been designed withlots of spot colors in mind. This does not mean that youhave to measure the entire strip. Just measuring rows‘with content’ provides ProofControl with enough datafor proof verification. Empty rows can be skipped.Read more here.

GMG ColorServer latest v4.7.3.92 SP3Features:Updated Adobe PDF LibraryAll Suite products (InkOptimizer, ColorServer andSmartProfiler) will use the updated Adobe PDF Library10.1.24368 for PDF2PDF conversion.DownloadService pack 3 can be downloaded here.

GMG ProductionSuite v1.1.5New features:Support of new printers and cutting systemsSupport of the following output devices has beenadded to this and future versions of ProductionSuite1.1.5: Inca Onset S20, Onset S40, Spyder V

Summa S class 2nd Generation (“Summa S2”)ProductionSuite 1.1.5 – Tips and TricksHowTo documents describing specific use cases ingreater detail:GMG-ProductionSuite_HowTo_XML_Structure.pdfcontaining information on the XML parameters used forintegration of ProductionSuite in XML based workflowsolutions.GMG-ProductionSuite_HowTo_Install_Inca.pdfcontaining details on setting up ProductionSuite with anInca printing system.GMG-ProductionSuite_HowTo_Customize_job_tickets.pdf containing a list of parameters to use when creatingyour own custom job tickets and labels.See knowledge base for more tips and tricks:support.gmgcolor.com

GMG InkOptimizer latest v4.7.3.92Operating system Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server, XP Professional, Vista, 7 (32-bit, 64-bit)Input formats PDF (to 1.4), PostScript, Tiff, Tiff IT JPEG, CT/LW, EPS (Photoshop pixel data) Output format PDF (with PDF-to-PDF), TIFF, TIFF/IT, JPEG, CT/LW; EPS (Photoshop pixel data) Supplied profiles ISO Fogra 29L, 39L, GRACoL7Read more here.

GMG SmartProfiler v1.5.3Operating system Microsoft Windows 2003 Server, 2008 Server, XP Professional, VistaProfile support GMG MX3, MX4 and ICC import profiles, support of ICC specification V2 and V4 GMG releases frequently new profiles. A PDF listing profiles installed with your software version is located in Color-Proof\Reference Profiles\. Read more here.

GMG RIP Server Standalone v4.7.0.14Requirements As ColorProof 5.3.1Hardware requirements We recommend at least the following computer hardware for running GMG RIP Server Standalone: Intel Core i5 processor4 GB RAM, 250 GB HD, Videocard / Display min. 1024 x 768 dpi resolution, 32-Bit, DirectX 10 support, 256 MB RAM, DVD-ROM, min. 2 x USB 2.0, Network adapter, internet access

GMG OpenColor v1.0.1.5New features:Printer Support Support of the following printers hasbeen added. ColorProof 5.4.2.40 or newer is requiredfor this function: Epson Stylus Pro , WT7900 with EpsonClearProof Film in manual jobs (channels using white inkhave to be managed through spot color sets) Canon:ImagePROGRAF x3x0, iPF6300, iPF6350, iPF8300, iPF8310More new features:• Creation of profiles without substrate tint simulation• Optimized run time behavior for improved stabilityand use of ressources• Optimized Balanced search mode• Addition of comments to processes, media andmeasurements• Search function for processes, media and measurements• Improved support of measurement devices that donot measure in a range of 380-730nmRead more here.

GMG ColorMaster v2.0Release Date: March 21, 2013.Content ColorServer Hotfolder, ColorProof Hotfolder,ProofControl Standards, Adobe ColorSettings, GMGSwatchBook, ICC-Profiles, ColorServer AppServiceSupported printers: Epson: Stylus Pro 4900, 7900,9900, 7890, 9890, 4880, 7880, 9880, 4800, 7800, 9800HP: Designjet Z5200-44”, Z3200-24”, Z3200-44”, Z2100-24”, Z2100-44”Canon: imagePROGRAF iPF 6300S, 8300S, 6400, 6450,8400, 6300, 6350, 8300Supported substrates GMG ProofPaper semimatte250, GMG ProofPaper semimatte light, GMG ProofPapergloss 250, GMG NewsProof 76ColorMaster 2.0 is compatible with the followingsoftware: GMG ColorProof 5.4.2.x or newer, GMGColorServer Suite 4.7.x or newer, GMG ProofControl2.0.0.148 or newer, Adobe Creative Suite 4 or newerSupported standards ISO coatedv2 39, PSO CoatedNPscreen 43L, PSO INP 48L, PSO LWC Improved 45L,PSO LWC Standard 46L, PSO MFC 41L, PSO SNP 42L,PSO Uncoated 47L, PSO Uncoated NPscreen 44L, SCpaper 40L, PSR LWCplus v2, PSR LWC STD v2, PSR SCplusv2, PSR SC STD v2, PSR MF v1, ISO newspaper 26v4GRACoL 2006 coated commercial sheet1, SNAP 2007,SWOP groundwood5, SWOP publication sheet3, JapanColor 2011 Coated, 3DAPv3-PT1-2 39L, 3DAPv3-PT345L, 3DAPv3-PT4 47L.

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What is your favorite color? GreenWhy? It looks greenish?!So it’s going to be one of those interviews, is it? What color best describes your personality? Multiple tints of grey trueColors resident physcologist – Dr. Amber Brown – says this means you like to be in control of your emotions and avoid experiencing emotional pain by shutting off. What books are you reading right now? John Niven – The second Coming and Patrick Rothfuss – The name of the windTell us something about you that will shock and amaze the readers of trueColors? Oysters can change gender back and forthAre you implying that you can too? When you’re not working what do you do? Try to keep myself busy enough not change my daughters diapersWho would you most like to have over for dinner? Jamie Oliver, I would do the dishesWho would play you in a movie about yourself? Bruce Willis – “Collaborate Hard” Cat or dog? Cat! If you could work for GMG in another country, which would it be and why? Japan, I think it would be a very challenging and rewarding experienceWhat’s your favourite GMG product and why? ColorProof: It made all the other products ‘possible’If you weren’t at GMG what would you want to be? Waiter preferable in an Italian restaurantWhat was the last movie that made you cry? TwilightOkay, now for the tedious, but relevant, questions containing a color: What do you like to do once in a blue moon? 12 months in South America, no phone, no mail and no visits from my mother-in-lawWhat or who makes you green with envy?Luke Skywalker, unfortunately I am too old for the Jedi training Red or white wine? WhiteWhat’s the last white lie you told? I really enjoy doing interviewsThe Stones’ Brown Sugar or Beatles Yellow Submarine? The Stones

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Apple’s first iMac was an original shade of blue, which they christened Bondi Blue. Here are some more Apple facts:

An original Apple 1 sold for $50,000 at auction in 1999.

The USA has a cash balance of $73.8 billion. Apple’s is approx. $76 billion.

In 1994 Apple launched the first mass-market color digital camera: the Apple QuickTake 100.

Apple is more profitable than Microsoft, Oracle Google, Facebook and eBay. Combined!

Apple’s market cap is larger than the GDP of Switzerland.

Despite launching the first mainstream laptop Apple only has 10% share of the laptop sales.

Apple were the first company to introduced a mouse and track pad for computers.

At $486,616 the Macbook Air Platinum is the most expensive Mac laptop ever.

1980, Japan: refridgerated trucks used to deliver Apple goods ... thought they were fruit.

In 2009, Apple sold 76 iPhones a minute.

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