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Gimlé announces
the release of
ABSOLUTE PROOF® 5.0 product line.
The POWER TOOL OF COLOR
Christchurch, New Zealand, September
9, 2007: Gimlé, developers of AbsoluteProof®
digital inkjet proofing software, today announce a release of
AbsoluteProof 5.0 with revolutionary new color tools and Intel Mac
support.
AbsoluteProof® is
designed to deal with the most challenging
issues in the packaging sector and was wolds first digital inkjet
proofing system to offer true support for HiFi color workflows such
as Hexachrome® and other multicolor systems via the advanced
Intelligent MultiColor Engine®.
AbsoluteProof ships with
the latest PANTONE® Color libraries and Colorport® from X-Rite. It
is a high quality Mac OSX low cost, digital proofing application
that delivers Rip integrity and color integrity; it can take input
files directly from the Plate or Imagesetter Rips. AbsoluteProof
then recombines and color manages the information before sending the
output file to an Ink Jet printer. AbsoluteProof gives a precise
simulation of how the job will reproduce on the press, showing
trapping, halftones, true colors, overprints, fonts, etc. In fact
every file attribute that is matchable on a press. AbsoluteProof is
capable of turning a low end Ink Jet printer to a specialized
high-end proofer
AbsoluteProof technology integrates easily into existing packaging
and printing workflows and allows printers to proof difficult color
jobs. AbsoluteProof’s cost savings over traditional analog proofs
can be well over 60% when taking into account turnaround time,
materials, and labor. When you consider that remote proofing, spot
color editing and Halftone proofing capabilities are included in the
application’s base price, the system becomes a feasible investment
for most companies
“This release of AbsoluteProof is our response to the market, not
only to the powerful multicore Apple Intel machines but also greatly
improved user interface, color matching accuracy up to, or actually
above the highest expectations today. We have responded to our
clients’ feedback and included tools, which enable them to navigate
the world of color with more ease than ever before. It gives us a
great pleasure to offer our clients the POWER TOOL OF COLOR.” said
Hugo Kristinsson, CEO of Gimle.
About Gimlé Ltd. / AbsoluteProof®: AbsoluteProof® is a Mac OS
X based digital proofing solution that turns your inkjet printer
into a cost effective contract proofing system. The built-in
Intelligent Multicolor Engine® expands the printer’s color
capabilities using standard ICC profiles to achieve accurate color
match for CMYK, spot colors, & HIFI workflows (with AbsoluteProof®
Extrachrome®). The basic version price includes all components for
separated 1bit tiff and remote proofing while driving multiple
output devices of the same printer make/model.
Gimlé Ltd., is the developer of AbsoluteProof digital proofing
solutions for the printing industry. The Gimlé team includes
professionals with over 27 years experience in the pre-press and
printing industry whose knowledge, experience, and partnerships
deliver world-class proofing at an affordable price.
Availability
AbsoluteProof
solutions are available exclusively through authorized AbsoluteProof
dealers worldwide.
AbsoluteProof EXTRACHROME® now Simulates Opaltone®
plus other N-Color processes
Christchurch, New Zealand, May 23, 2006:
Gimle announces AbsoluteProof EXTRACHROME, an inkjet proofing system
capable of simulating Opaltone and other N-Color processes. Ever
sincethe Opaltone process was introduced to the printing industry,
proofing has been a major problem —only achievable with the most
expensive and time consuming specialized proofing solutions. Finall,
using AbsoluteProof EXTRACHROME, the industry can rely on affordable
Opaltone proofing with InkJet printers.
The Packaging industry is rapidly moving
into multicolor printing processes such as Opaltone(CMYK+RGB),
Hexachrome(CMYK+OG) and other ink combinations, which generate huge
savings. Affordable InkJet proofing has not been available for these
customers because their workflow commonly requires the use of
special colors that are outside the gamut of standard ink jet
printers. AbsoluteProof’s unique multicolor engine with an
EXTRACHROME® ink set was developed to deliver the
brilliant and saturated hues demanded by the packaging industry.
AbsoluteProof EXTRACHROME exponentially expands the
capabilityof standard EPSON Stylus® Pro wide-format professional
printers, enabling them to achieve accurate simulation of multicolor
workflows cost effectively and efficiently.
Opaltone and Hexachrome are only two of the
possible combinations, however multiples of other combinations
exist. AbsoluteProof now offers support for up to 10 color
combinations using N-Color ICC profiles.
For the third time,
AbsoluteProof raises the bar and sets the worldwide industry
standard for multicolor digital inkjet proofing
GImle developed the world’s first practical
Hexachrome ink jet proofing solution in 2002,developed the world’s
first inkjet Proofing solution to match over 93% of Pantone colors
in 2004, and now
offer the first InkJet solution to achieve
accurate color representation of the Opaltone and other multicolor
printing processes!
“The practices in the packaging sector are
changing rapidly world wide. Multicolor tools such as CREO Spotless,
Esko InkWizard, Gretag Macbeth and X-Rite’s support of Multicolor,
and the opportunity to increase profitability, there is no wonder
why this is taking place ” comments Hugo Kristinsson, CEO of Gimle.
“We work very closely with the Packaging sector and they
appreciate our development efforts in providing
cost-effective solutions to meet their needs. We are very
pleased to deliver this much needed solution to the market.”
Lida Jalali Marschke,
founder of the Color Management Group and ColorManagement.com
states, "Our packaging customers using N-Color and 7 color profiles
would not be able to match the colors of their Approval on an InkJet
printer without using AbsoluteProof with Extrachrome inks. The
industry has needed an affordable solution that will provide the
gamut necessary for customers routinely using a multitude of
"special" spot and Pantone colors formerly "out of gamut" for inkjet
proofers. AbsoluteProof is easily added to a packaging customer's
portfolio of proofing tools. Companies using the AbsoluteProof +
Extrachrome Epson solution will have an edge on competitors who
continue to use time consuming and very expensive proofing systems.
AbsoluteProof is a high quality Mac OSX low
cost, digital proofing application with licensed PANTONE®
color libraries that delivers Rip integrity and color integrity, It
can take input files directly from the Plate or Imagesetter Rips as
well as design applications. AbsoluteProof then recombines and color
manages the information before sending the output file to the
printer. In a multicolor workflow AbsoluteProof gives a precise
simulation of how the job will reproduce on the press, showing
trapping, halftones, brilliant saturated colors, overprints, fonts,
etc. In fact every file attribute that is matchable on a press.
AbsoluteProof solutions are available
exclusively through authorized AbsoluteProof dealers worldwide
including the world renouned thinktank for color management
solutions, the Color Management Group.(www.colormanagementgroup.com)
About AbsoluteProof®: AbsoluteProof’s
advanced features include; 6-channel linearization feature allowing
individual inks to be ‘tuned’ for optimizing proofer output,
Halftone proofing with full control of Dot Gain. Out of the box
capable of Remote Proofing without any extra license. With an
optional color verification system consistency of remote locations
can be compared with set standards. AbsoluteProof fully supports
N-Color Profiles, software and hardware from X-rite and
GretagMacbeth.
About Gimle Ltd.:
Gimlé Ltd., is the developer of
AbsoluteProof digital proofing solutions for the printing industry.
The Gimlé team includes professionals with over 25 years experience
in the pre-press and printing industry whose knowledge, experience,
and partnerships deliver world-class proofing at an affordable
price.
About The Color Management Group: The
Color Management Group, founded in 2003 is a "think tank" consortium
of consultants who share technical information/knowledge and work
together to conduct co-marketing activites. Admission to the group
is by peer sponsorship. Members are listed as premier level
consultants on the ColorManagement.com website. Lida Jalali Marschke
provides management of and marketing services for the group
including news releases, mailing lists, events and sponsorship of
ColorManagementGroup.com. For more information go to
www.colormanagement.com <http://www.colormanagement.com>
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ABSOLUTEPROOF®
and EXTRACHROME trademarks are the property of Gimle Ltd.
PANTONEÒ
and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc.
Opaltone® is a
trademark and is the property of Opaltone Inc.
X-Rite® and Gimlé
announce inclusion of COLORPORT® with the ABSOLUTE PROOF® product
line
Grandville, MI – March
8, 2006: X-Rite, Incorporated (Nasdaq: XRIT) a leading provider of
color measurement solutions and Gimlé, developers of AbsoluteProof®
digital inkjet proofing software, today announce the inclusion of
X-Rite ColorPort® with the AbsoluteProof software.
ColorPort was built to expand the capabilities of color workflows
and offer designers, graphic artists, and prepress users an easy to
use tool for creating and measuring color charts. ColorPort works
seamlessly with X-Rite’s premier ICC profiling solution –
MonacoPROFILER – and extends its range of capabilities by allowing
greater flexibility in target formatting and support for additional
measurement devices. ColorPort also exports data into a variety of
formats allowing users to take full advantage of their color
measurement data.
“X-Rite is excited
about the opportunity to work with Gimlé and extend the
functionality of AbsoluteProof. This product’s flexibility to handle
color simulation in a true n-color workflow make it a great fit for
the flexible color chart generation and measurement capabilities of
ColorPort,” said Marc Levine, worldwide product manager for X-Rite’s
premedia imaging products.
AbsoluteProof® is
designed to deal with the most challenging issues in the packaging
sectors and was the first digital inkjet proofing system to offer
true support for HiFi color workflows such as Hexachrome® via the
advanced Intelligent MultiColor Engine®.
The AbsoluteProof
product line includes the most affordable Halftone proofing system
available and the Extrachrome® wide gamut proofing system designed
to deliver matching of over 90% of the Pantone colors. The core
technology of the system is the Intelligent MultiColor Engine®.
AbsoluteProof
technology integrates easily into existing packaging workflows and
allows printers to proof difficult color jobs. Absoluteproof’s cost
savings over traditional analog proofs can be well over 60% when
taking into account turnaround time, materials, and labor. When you
consider that remote proofing and Halftone proofing capabilities are
included in the application’s base price, the system becomes a
feasible investment for most companies
“The inclusion of
Colorport enables us to provide full support for the latest devices
from X-Rite such as the DTP20 (Pulse) and the DTP 70. Colorport also
provides support for HiFi/multi-color workflows as well as our
Extrachrome® system. It enhances AbsoluteProof’s ability to
communicate with ease with most color measuring devices available.
It gives us a great pleasure to team up with X-Rite and offer our
clients added flexibility by including Colorport with
AbsoluteProof.” said Hugo Kristinsson, CEO of Gimle.
About X-Rite / Colorport®X-Rite is a leading provider of color
measurement solutions comprised of hardware, software and services
for the verification and communication of color data. The Company
serves a broad range of industries, including graphic arts, digital
imaging, industrial, retail color matching, and medical. X-Rite is
global, with 20 offices throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas,
serving customers in over 100 countries.
ColorPort is a cross-platform utility for building and measuring
digital color targets, for use with design, color management, and
process control applications. ColorPort also allows users of
third-party hardware and software solutions to better integrate
X-Rite technologies – such as X-Rite’s latest Pulse and DTP70
measurement devices – into their workflow.
About Gimlé Ltd. / AbsoluteProof®: AbsoluteProof® is a Mac OS X
based digital proofing solution that turns your inkjet printer into
a cost effective contract proofing system. The built-in Intelligent
Multicolor Engine® expands the printer’s color capabilities using
standard ICC profiles to achieve accurate color match for CMYK, spot
colors, & HIFI workflows (with AbsoluteProof® Extrachrome®). The
basic version price includes all components for separated 1bit tiff
and remote proofing while driving multiple output devices of the
same printer make/model.
Gimlé Ltd., is the developer of AbsoluteProof digital proofing
solutions for the printing industry. The Gimlé team includes
professionals with over 26 years experience in the pre-press and
printing industry whose knowledge, experience, and partnerships
deliver world-class proofing at an affordable price.
Availability AbsoluteProof solutions are available exclusively
through authorized AbsoluteProof dealers worldwide. ColorPort is a
free utility that can be downloaded directly from the X-Rite website
at www.xrite.com.
AbsoluteProof® Extrachrome® DELIVERS EXPANDED GAMUT
PROOFING CAPABILITIES FOR PACKAGING MARKET
Christchurch, New Zealand, September 7, 2005: Gimlé, developers
of AbsoluteProof® digital inkjet proofing software, today announce
enhanced support for expanded gamut inkjet proofing designed to meet
the needs of Flexo/Packaging markets with AbsoluteProof® PRO and
Extrachrome® technologies.
AbsoluteProof®
was the first digital inkjet proofing system to offer true support
for HiFi color workflows such as Hexachrome via the advanced
Intelligent MultiColor Engine® and after extensive field testing
with high-end packaging companies worldwide, expands their offering
to include support for N-color, Opaltone®, Spotless X®, Esko-Graphics
InkWizard, and other non-CYMK color applications.
“HiFi color
workflows are now a cost-effective reality for packaging companies
wishing to implement digital proofing in their production
environments. AbsoluteProof PRO and Extrachrome inks make it
possible to quickly and easily proof expanded gamut jobs for a range
of multi-color applications,” states Hugo Kristinsson, Gimle’s CEO.
“Our Intelligent MultiColor Engine maintains the integrity of the
files and achieves the highest quality color and halftone match
available in the market today.”
AbsoluteProof
technology integrates easily into existing packaging workflows and
allows printers to proof difficult color jobs. The cost savings of
traditional analog proofs to AbsoluteProofs can be well over 60% in
turnaround time, materials, and labor. When you consider that the
halftone and remote proofing capabilities are included in the
application’s base price of $7,995, the system becomes a feasible
investment for most companies.
Color
Management Group to sell and offer coast-to-coast training and
support for AbsoluteProof Products in Continental US
San
Jose, CA (September 7, 2004) ˆ Strengthening their product mix,
Color Management.com LLC has signed a Master Dealer Agreement with
AbsoluteProof USA to sell and provide services for AbsoluteProof
branded products. Under this agreement, the Color Management Group
will introduce AbsoluteProof proofing solutions to U.S. companies
involved in prepress and printing as well as graphic arts,
photography and advertising. Several group members have been
certified and are ready to sell, install and provide training on
AbsoluteProof systems nationwide.
Our accomplished growing group of color experts includes
integrators,
instructors, programmers, testers, and service and support
professionals who consider AbsoluteProof an exceptional color
management software proofing system. Our customers require a system
that can deliver consistent, contract-quality proofs from digital
printers," comments Lida Jalali Marschke, co founder of the Color
Management Group. „Our consultants offer an unsurpassed level of
expertise in each area of color management, and AbsoluteProof should
represent a significant piece of the comprehensive color workflow
solutions they install, troubleshoot and manage. „Color Management
delivers AbsoluteProof USA an existing network of resellers prepared
to sell AbsoluteProof solutions throughout the states", says
Jerry Huffman, AbsoluteProof USA President. „Their focus on
professional color management tools for photographers, ad agencies
and printers is a terrific fit for AbsoluteProof.
The Printing industry can now rely on accurate PANTONE Color
representations on affordable ink jet printers with AbsoluteProof‚s
unique Multicolor engine and Extrachrome® ink set which expands the
color gamut and capability of standard Epson Stylus PRO 4000, 7600
or 9600 printers to achieve accurate simulations of over 90% of the
PANTONE color library. Dan Reid of RPimaging, Color Management.com
Premier Color Consultant, states,
"Absolute Proof is a veteran solution for proofing Hexachrome
separations on inkjets. For years AbsoluteProof has been the only
solution for taking press Hexachrome separations and correctly
proofing them on a Roland Hexachrome inkjet. Now Gimle's Extrachrome
inks enable others to quickly move into Hexachrome proofing with
minimal investment."
Gimlé offers full range of digital proofing solutions for all
segments of
the market, ranging from laser printers to Hexachrome ink Jet
printers and has the support of manufacturers including Pantone,
GretagMacbeth, Roland, Epson and Hewlett-Packard, as well as Color
Management.com Premier Consultants, notably Hexachrome certified and
more than 4 color expert, Dan Reid of RPimaging.
„We appreciate Absolute Proof USA‚s confidence in Color Management‚s
pool of expertise," remarks Lida Jalali Marschke, founder of Color
Management.
„We have tremendous respect for their products and look forward to
configuring proofing systems for Packaging, Remote Proofing and
Color
Verification so that customers will maintain accurate color
throughout the entire printing process."
AbsoluteProof® PARTNERS WITH TWP INTERNATIONAL TO DELIVER
PRESS MATCH PROOFS FOR PACKAGING COMPANIES
Christchurch, New Zealand, September 7, 2005: Gimlé, developers
of AbsoluteProof® digital inkjet proofing software, today announce
their partnership with The Whole Proof (TWP International) to
deliver accurate press match proofs for corrugated packaging and
folding carton printing companies.
“Now printing
companies can produce accurate halftone digital inkjet proofs on the
same substrates that will be used on the printing press”, says Hugo
Kristinsson, Gimle’s CEO. “We are excited at the opportunity to
offer this market the ability to see their prototypes proofed on the
same grade stock from top manufacturers such as Smurf-it Stone,
International Paper, and MeadWest Vaco.”
Pierre Ferland,
CEO of The Whole Proof, states that “AbsoluteProof’s Intelligent
MultiColor Engine provides the perfect digital inkjet proofing
system to partner with our new line of inkjet media. We can now
clearly demonstrate that the semi-gloss coating on our paper can
imitate the poly-coated look and feel of popular beverage grade
stock including inkload capacity and take advantage of the wide
color gamut supported by AbsoluteProof.”
The new media
is compatible with a range of inkjet proofing devices including
Epson. Live samples can be seen at Print ’05 in the wide-format
pavilion, Booth #8351.
About AbsoluteProof®:
AbsoluteProof® is a Mac OS X based digital proofing solution that
turns your inkjet printer into a cost effective contract proofing
system. The built-in Intelligent Multicolor Engine® expands the
printer’s color capabilities using standard ICC profiles to achieve
accurate color match for CMYK, spot colors, & HIFI workflows (with
AbsoluteProof® Extrachrome®). The basic price includes all
components for digital halftone color and remote proofing driving
multiple output devices of the same printer make/model.
About Gimlé Ltd.:
Gimlé
Ltd., is the developer of AbsoluteProof digital proofing solutions
for the printing industry. The Gimlé team includes professionals
with over 20 years experience in the pre-press and printing industry
whose knowledge, experience, and partnerships deliver world-class
proofing at an affordable price.
GIMLE EXPANDS PRODUCT LINE
INTRODUCING ABSOLUTEPROOF® PRO
Christchurch,
New Zealand, September 7, 2005: Gimlé, developers of
AbsoluteProof® digital inkjet proofing software, today introduce
their latest version as AbsoluteProof PRO. The new version not only
supports the latest models of inkjet devices but also offers
enhanced support for HiFi/multi-color workflows.
“Our customers
appreciate our development efforts in providing a cost-effective,
press match accurate solution on a Mac OS X platform”, says Hugo
Kristinsson, Gimle’s CEO. “We have opted to offer our system
according to the format size of their output device. The new version
has no hidden costs or per-seat licensing fees and includes full
support for most popular inkjet models. The base price of $7,995
also includes halftone dot and remote proofing capabilities.”
AbsoluteProof
PRO is designed to take full advantage of the expanded color gamut
provided by Gimlé’s Extrachrome® orange & green inks but the
Intelligent MultiColor Engine® which is the core technology of the
system promises to deliver the highest quality color gamut control
for any inkjet device. Now clients can proof CMYK, spot colors,
N-color, Hexachrome®, duotones, and tints easily and accurately.
AbsoluteProof
PRO meets the proofing and output needs of printers, designers,
agencies, service bureaus and their clients. The easy to use system
with enhanced color controls also provides vivid color output for
photographers, fine art printers, poster and sign shops.
AbsoluteProof
solutions can be seen live at Print ’05 in the Wide Format Pavillion
in Booth #8351 and are available exclusively through authorized
AbsoluteProof dealers worldwide.
About AbsoluteProof®:
AbsoluteProof® is a Mac OS X based digital proofing solution that
turns your inkjet printer into a cost effective contract proofing
system. The built-in Intelligent Multicolor Engine® expands the
printer’s color capabilities using standard ICC profiles to achieve
accurate color match for CMYK, spot colors, & HIFI workflows (with
AbsoluteProof® Extrachrome®). The basic price includes all
components for digital halftone color and remote proofing driving
multiple output devices of the same printer make/model.
About Gimlé Ltd.:
Gimlé
Ltd., is the developer of AbsoluteProof digital proofing solutions
for the printing industry. The Gimlé team includes professionals
with over 20 years experience in the pre-press and printing industry
whose knowledge, experience, and partnerships deliver world-class
proofing at an affordable price.
Gimle
announces ink jet proofing BREAKTROUGH,
Absolute-Proof EXTRACHROME®
System Capable of Accurately Simulating over 90% of PANTONE® colors
Christchurch, New Zealand, December 1,
2004: The Printing industry can now finally rely on accurate
PANTONE Color representations on affordable ink jet printers.
AbsoluteProof’s unique Multicolor engine with the Extrachrome® ink
set now expands the color gamut and capability of standard Epson
Stylus PRO 4000, 7600 or 9600 printers to achieve accurate
simulations of over 90% of the PANTONE color library.
For the second time AbsoluteProof sets the
worldwide industry benchmark.
The company developed the world’s first
practical Hexachrome ink jet proofing solution in 2002.
Now they offer the first and only solution
to achieve an accurate color representation of over 90% of the
PANTONE color library in a proofing workflow.
“The issue of PANTONE color matching in
digital proofing workflows has been a significant hurdle for the
printing industry from Day One” said Hugo Kristinsson, CEO of Gimle.
“It is evident from the IPA Proofing Roundup (http://www.ipa.org/proofing)
earlier this year where 26 proofing systems attempted to
match ONLY 11 PANTONE colors, results varied from DeltaE 2.9 to
20.59, returning an disappointing average DeltaE of 9.57. We are
pleased to be able to offer our clients a solution that can
accurately reproduce the WHOLE 1114 PANTONE colors with average
DeltaE as low as 1.87. The Printing Industry and Design
Professionals have never had more color and control available at
their fingertips, they can now reproduce PANTONE colors with ease.”
Field-testing of the AbsoluteProof
Extrachrome system has demonstrated accurate PANTONE color
simulations for over 93% of the PANTONE colors under a DeltaE 3, the
system has proofed it self to be robust and reliable and capable of
processing over 100 special colors in the same job. Even with
standard inks this system can simulate over 85% of the PANTONE
colors below DeltaE 3.
AbsoluteProof is a high quality, low cost,
digital proofing application with licensed PANTONE®
color libraries that delivers Rip integrity and color integrity, It
can take input files directly from the Plate or Imagesetter Rips as
well as design applications. AbsoluteProof then recombines and color
manages the information before sending the output file to the
printer. In an imagesetter workflow AbsoluteProof gives an extremely
precise simulation of how the job will reproduce on the press,
showing PANTONE colors, halftones, all traps, overprints, fonts,
etc. In fact every file attribute that is matchable on a press.
AbsoluteProof’s advanced features include;
6-channel linearization feature allowing individual inks to be
‘tuned’ for optimizing proofer output, Halftone proofing with full
control of Dot Gain, Remote proofing and consistency checking via
support provided for GretagMacbeth's ProfileMaker MeasureTool.
For
detailed IPA proofing report.
http://www.ipa.org/proofing
AbsoluteProof Extrachrome®
pre- launched at GraphExpo, 10th October 2004
This
totally revolutionary proofing system is more capable of matching
Pantone and other spot colors than any other proofing system
(digital or analogue) on the market. It is capable of matching the
whole Pantone library with accuracy of an average of below 2 Delta E,
that is an average of 1109 colors. 90% of the Pantone colors totals. This
is a performance no other current proofing system can repeat.
We actually offered visitors at
the show to give them a full system if they could find any solution
at the show that could match our capabilities in matching Pantone
colors. It goes without saying that we did not have to give away any
systems at the show.
This unique system is a
combination of our AbsoluteProof software and Extrachrome inks that
replace two of the Epson Ultrachrome®
inks. This system is suitable for the Epson Stylus PRO 4000, 7600 and 9600
devices. Any of these devices can be converted to a Extrachrome
proofing device.
Extrachrome Colorgamut.
Hexachrome proofing resolved, June 25, 2004
An innovative pre-press software that
simulates Hexachrome printing on an inkjet printer using ICC
profiles is reducing two day proofing jobs to thirty minutes for
multinational metal printer Kian Joo.
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The largest packaging company in the Asia-Pacific region, Kian Joo
Can produces all types of tin cans and containers, two-piece
aluminum beverage cans, corrugated carton boxes, PET bottles and
other plastic products. It currently has a staff strength of over
2,000 people with 15 factories in Malaysia and Singapore.
Kian Joo chose AbsoluteProof as the digital proofing solution to
proof its Hexachrome workflow after extensive evaluation of options.
In the past Kian Joo had been proofing Hexachrome jobs directly on
press and the process had taken up to two days.
For an operation the size of Kian Joo’s, the cost and time involved
in providing proofs on presses worth up to $2 million was
excruciatingly high. It was obvious to management that to remove
such a cost represented an obvious saving and productivity gain.
Managers were drawn to AbsoluteProof’s ability to predict the press
using an ICC profile and outputting to a Roland Hexachrome proofing
device and Epson 9600 – costing substantially less than the presses
Kian Joo previously used for proofing.
From days to minutes
After installation of AbsoluteProof Kian Joo is proofing its
Hexachrome jobs in a matter of minutes instead of days.
Kian Joo is an example of many packaging print companies utilizing
Hexachrome to gain major savings in make-ready time and ink
stocking. With Hexachrome, it is possible to reproduce rich, vibrant
solid colors, realistic skin tones and elegant pastels. The
Hexachrome color gamut exceeds that of CMYK, allowing the printer to
achieve the same bright, vibrant colors as were originally designed
on the computer monitor.
AbsoluteProof provides support for a range of Epson, HP and Roland
Inkjet printers and offers a digital Hexachrome proofing workflow
with full ICC support.
Until recently, there was no proofing solution that has offered a
true digital Hexachrome proofing workflow. AbsoluteProof is now
providing a complete ICC proofing workflow solution. By utilizing
the ProfileMaker Professional Multicolor Module from GretagMacbeth,
AbsoluteProof from Gimlé, and an Extended colorgamut printer, the
packaging industry is able to achieve true Hexachrome-In,
Hexachrome-Out proofing. It is now possible to match up to 97% of
Pantone colors with true integrity of the imagesetter rip,
interpreting traps, overprints and all other file issues to
accurately match what the final printing press will produce.
“AbsoluteProof is an important workflow component that enhances the
Hexachrome pre-press process and makes it possible to simulate
Hexachrome output on inkjet printers,” states Andy Hatkoff, vice
president of Pantone’s Electronic Color Systems. “The versatility of
AbsoluteProof will make Hexachrome proofing easier and more
accessible. This is a solution our customers have been looking for.”
AbsoluteProof is able to simulate PANTONE Colors; interpreting
traps, overprints and all other file issues to represent what the
final printing press will produce. Processing files from the
imagesetter Rip, AbsoluteProof offers Rip integrity and color
integrity.
AbsoluteProof accepts a range of files from imagesetter RIPs, CMYK,
or RGB TIFF and utilizes the full color gamut of the printer for
matching spot colors that are outside the source color space. As the
source files come from the imagesetter, the results are exactly the
same interpretation of traps, overprints and fonts that will be seen
on the press.
AbsoluteProof’s advanced features allow individual inks to be
‘tuned’ for optimizing proofer output. It also provides 6-channel
linearization and support for GretagMacbeth's ProfileMaker
MeasureTool.
Distribution signed up in India, May 20,
2004
Gimle
announced distribution in India at Drupa. Venus Infotech has been
assigned distribution rights in India. We are very pleased to
welcome Venus Infotech to our world wide team. Teaming up with a
company of such excellence and success history is a pleasure to us.
The Indian market is a very
booming economy and we have high hopes for this market. Achieving
the fist sales within hours of taking on the distribution we are
convinced of continuing success in this market.
About Venus Infotech.
Venus Infotech is owned by Hemanshu Desai who has over 20 years of
experience in Graphic Art Industry. He has been actively involved in
rendering services and delivering System Integration and Software
Solutions to the Graphic Art Industry. His technical expertise to
understand the emerging technology and to integrate them for
providing the most beneficial solutions to the end users, has been
his forte. The Constantly evolving technology today springs up very
unique and cost effective solutions. Venus Infotech is alert to
identify the emerging solutions. It is committed to bring only those
solutions into India, which it thinks will benefit its customers
AbsoluteProof version 4.0 Launched at Drupa,
May 16, 2004
Gimle announced the launch of
AbsoluteProof 4.0 at Drupa.
Amongst new features in this version 4 are;
Linearization wizard
Postscript Rip capable of
processing PDF files, separated Postscript, composite RGB and CMYK.
Dot Gain Control over individual channels and spot
colors.
Tiff out, for converting images between colorspaces.
PDF out, for remote proofing using the full colorgamut
of the proofer for matching Pantone and other spot colors.
Driver added for the Epson 4000
AbsoluteProof was selected for the
innovation hall at Drupa where young and innovative companies have
been selected to expose their solutions. "Feedback from the industry
was absolutely fantastic" says Hugo Kristinsson CEO of Gimle.
"It was a pleasure for us to be able to proof
to the industry that we can live up to our big statements. It is not
easy to compare colors in an e-mail but for the industry to see what
we have achieved certainly makes a huge impact. In general the
feedback form the industry was "The best we have ever seen".
This was a high value to us as one of our biggest problems is that
our high end users in the packaging and flexography sectors refuse
us of referrals as they consider the use of AbsoluteProof to be a
competitive advantage and they do not want their competitors to know
how they are achieving these results.
As we come
from the industry we concentrate on simplicity, functionality and
flexibility. We know that prepress people today need to know 10-30
complicated applications by hart to be in control in the pre-press
environment, they do not want something that is totally
incomprehensible for them. Therefore we have introduced easy to use
controls that the pre-press people are familiar with and put them in
control of their color reproduction.
Simplicity is a complicated thing but we have
acchieved it and the feedback has been fantastic, this solution is
easy to understand and use."
” This is a
solution our customers have been looking for.”
Andy Hatkoff, vice
president of Pantone’s Electronic Color Systems.
Gimlé
announces a LicensING agreement with
Pantone for a solution for Hexachrome® ink jet
proofing workflow with full ICC support
Christchurch, New
Zealand, June 6, 2003: Gimlé, developers
of AbsoluteProof Software, announce a Pantone license of the first
true Hexachrome-In and Hexachrome-Out proofing workflow with ICC
support. AbsoluteProof is a high quality, low cost digital proofing
application with licensed PANTONE®
Color libraries. AbsoluteProof is not only capable of proofing
Hexachrome on Hexachrome capable printers, but also on CMYK Ink Jet
printers. Hexachrome files are taken from the imagesetter Rip or
Hexachrome separated images through an ICC profile, and AbsoluteProof
then recombines and color manages the information and sends the file
to the proofer. The only limitations are within the color gamut of the
proofing device itself.
The packaging industry has
been steadily adopting Hexachrome printing to gain major savings in
make-ready time and ink stocking. With Hexachrome, it is possible to
reproduce rich, vibrant solid colors, realistic skin tones and elegant
pastels. The Hexachrome color gamut exceeds that of CMYK, allowing the
printer to achieve the same bright, vibrant colors as were originally
designed on the computer monitor.
AbsoluteProof provides
support for a range of Epson, HP and Roland Inkjet printers and offers
a digital Hexachrome proofing workflow with full ICC support.
AbsoluteProof makes it easy
to proof Hexachrome jobs on inkjet printers. Using programs such as
PANTONE HexWare®
and AbsoluteProof, the user can now take jobs that have been separated
for Hexachrome and proof them on their inkjet printer.
“AbsoluteProof is an
important workflow component that enhances the Hexachrome pre-press
process and makes it possible to simulate Hexachrome output on inkjet
printers,” states Andy Hatkoff, vice president of Pantone’s Electronic
Color Systems. “The versatility of AbsoluteProof will make Hexachrome
proofing easier and more accessible. This is a solution our customers
have been looking for.”
AbsoluteProof is able to
simulate PANTONE Colors; interpreting traps, overprints and all other
file issues to represent what the final printing press will produce.
Processing files from the imagesetter Rip, AbsoluteProof offers Rip
integrity and color integrity.
AbsoluteProof accepts a
range of CMYK or RGB TIFF files from imagesetter RIPs and utilizes the
full color gamut of the printer for matching spot colors that are
outside the source color space. As the source files come from the
imagesetter, the results are exactly the same interpretation of traps,
overprints and fonts that will be seen on the press.
AbsoluteProof’s advanced
features allow individual inks to be ‘tuned’ for optimizing proofer
output. It also provides 6-channel linearization and support for
GretagMacbeth's ProfileMaker MeasureTool.
Quote from Hugo.
“Gimlé is committed to
providing a fully automated color managed workflow to all sectors of
the printing industry. In 1999 we set out to develop a robust flexible
digital proofing application, we are very proud to announce the
release of AbsoluteProof 2.3 with PANTONE Hexachrome®
and PANTONE Color support.
We also came across the
specific need in the packaging industry for Hexachrome support for
AbsoluteProof. The Hexachrome proofing workflow is extremely color
critical, requiring precision color matching. It gives me great
pleasure to say that we now offer a unique solution that enables fully
automated color managed ICC Hexachrome proofing on Ink Jet printers.
About Gimlé Ltd.,Gimlé Ltd., is the developer of AbsoluteProof
digital proofing solutions for the printing industry. The Gimlé team
includes professionals with over 20 years experience in the pre-press
and printing industry. It is because of the knowledge and experience
of the team with the support from leading manufacturers that Gimlé has
been able to develop AbsoluteProof and achieve the high standard that
it has today.
Gimlé offers full range of
digital proofing solutions for all segments of the market, ranging
from laser printers to Hexachrome ink Jet printers. Gimlé has the
support of companies such as Pantone, GretagMacbeth, Roland, Epson and
Hewlett-Packard, and leading color management consultants such as Don
Hutcheson.
About
Pantone, Inc.
Pantone, Inc., developer of
the globally accepted PANTONE Color Systems, is the leading source of
traditional and electronic products for the selection and accurate
communication of color. With 40 years of experience, Pantone is
recognized as the worldwide market leader in color communication and
color technology for the graphic design, printing, publishing, textile
and plastics industries. More information is available at
www.pantone.com.
PANTONEÒ
and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc.
Absolute Proof Asia founded – May 10, 2003.
Gimlé is proud to announce its first subsidiary,
AbsoluteProof Asia Sdn Bhd based in Malaysia as a
center of excellence and support operation for Absolute Proof and to
actively promote its color management solutions. It is yet another
step by Absolute Proof to further its interests in Asia.
Our competitive advantage is our ability to provide color management
solutions through new printing technologies across a range of selected
growth markets.
We have put in place our infrastructure and manpower planning to ready
ourselves to serve the Asia countries. In essence AbsoluteProof Asia
shall be the "regional center of excellence" to provide:
Market know-how
Demo and training facilities
Marketing support
Technical support
Distributor appointed – March 10, 2003.
Gimlé is proud to announce the recent appointment
of its first nation wide American distributor,
Pre-Press consultants , which will be covering
the whole of USA. Jerry Huffman
(President) is the principal
of Pre-Press Consultants which is based in
Orange California and operates throughout USA.
PrePress Consultants has long been the leader
in prepress integration and training. They are known worldwide for
their highly trained staff & their extensive knowledge base.
September 2002 - Gimle, GretagMacbeth and Roland announce
Hexachrome proofing.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Gimlé, GretagMacbeth, and Roland Digital Group announce a complete
solution for A Hexachrome-In and Hexachrome-Out proofing workflow.
Christchurch, New Zealand, Regensdorf, Switzerland, and Sydney,
Australia – September 20, 2002— The packaging industry has been
steadily adopting Hexachrome printing to gain major savings in
make-ready time and ink stocking. With Hexachrome, you can reproduce
rich, vibrant solid colors, realistic skin tones and elegant pastels.
The Hexachrome color gamut exceeds that of CMYK, allowing the
printer to achieve the same bright, vibrant colors as what was
originally designed on the computer.
Until now, there has not been a proofing solution that has offered a
true digital Hexachrome proofing workflow. Gimlé, developers of the
AbsoluteProof software solution, announced today the availability of
AbsoluteProof bundled together with GretagMacbeth solutions (and
Roland DG’s HI-FI Jet printers),
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