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Result of the General Meeting

Cambridge (UK) 8 January 2021: Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) announces the result of its General Meeting that was held today (the “Meeting”).

Further to the Company’s announcement on 10 December 2020 regarding the proposed acquisition of HYBRID Software Group S.à r.l. (“HYBRID”) from Congra Software S.à r.l (“Congra”), the Company is pleased to announce that at the Meeting held earlier today, the ordinary resolution proposed at the Meeting was passed without amendment, authorising the allotment of 21,074,030 ordinary shares to Congra in exchange for the entire issued share capital of HYBRID.

Full details of the resolution passed and the acquisition are available in the Notice of the General Meeting and other related documents, all of which are available on the Company’s website at https://investor.globalgraphics.com/investors/hybrid-software-acquisition.

Whilst Congra, in its capacity as the Company’s majority shareholder was entitled to vote and did vote at the Meeting, the Directors of the Company were pleased to see that the resolution held the support of the Company’s other shareholders as the resolution would have passed, with 76.5% of the votes cast in favour of the resolution, had Congra’s votes not been included.

Following the passing of the resolution at today’s meeting, it is expected that completion of the acquisition of HYBRID will occur in the next few days, after the required closing actions have been completed by all parties. A further announcement will be made at the time of completion of the acquisition.

About Global Graphics

Through its operating subsidiaries, Global Graphics PLC (Euronext Brussels: GLOG) is a leading developer of integrated hardware and software solutions for graphics and industrial inkjet printing. Customers include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Hymmen and Mark Andy. Global Graphics PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK. Its subsidiary companies are printing software developers Global Graphics Software; the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor Inkjet; and the pre-press software specialists Xitron.

Contacts

Jill Taylor
Corporate Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
Email: jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
Email: graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Financial reporting calendar 2021

Cambridge (UK) 5 January 2021: Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) expects to publish the following financial information before market opening on the following dates:

Date	Publication
11 March 2021	Annual report and accounts for the year ending 31 December 2020
28 July 2021	Condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ending 30 June 2021

Annual General Meeting

The Company expects to hold its annual general meeting on Friday 26 March 2021. The meeting’s timing, venue, and final agenda will be provided in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory provisions.

About Global Graphics

Contacts

Jill Taylor
Corporate Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
Email: jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
Email: graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics PLC: second shareholder Q & A conference call

Cambridge (UK), 4 January 2021: Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) announces a second shareholder question and answer conference call in advance of the General Meeting to be held on 8 January 2021.

The Q&A session will be recorded and made available on the Company’s website.

Shareholders are invited to attend the Q&A session via a Zoom conference call on Wednesday, 6 January 2021, at 15:00 CET. To register for this conference call, please email investor-relations@globalgraphics.com by 14:30 CET on Wednesday, 6 January 2021. Details of how to join the meeting will then be provided by email.

General Meeting on Friday, 8 January 2021 at 15:00 CET:

Whilst the shareholders’ meeting of Friday, 8 January 2021 will be a closed meeting the Board will make available video conference dial-in facilities so that shareholders can participate should they wish. Please email investor-relations@globalgraphics.com by 14:30 CET on Friday, 8 January 2021. Details of how to join the meeting will then be provided by email.

More information about HYBRID Software, the proposed acquisition and full details about the meeting and voting can be found in the Notice of General Meeting on the Company’s website at https://investor.globalgraphics.com/investors/hybrid-software-acquisition.

About Global Graphics

Contacts

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director, Global Graphics
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley, CFO, Global Graphics
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Notification of transactions in shares by persons discharging managerial responsibility (“PDMRs”)

Cambridge (UK) 29 December 2020: The Company makes the following announcement and notifications in respect of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	Michael Rottenborn
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CEO
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Global Graphics PLC
b)	LEI	213800ZFW446QIHAB654
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary share GB00BYN5BY03
b)	Nature of the transaction	Acquisition of shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price EUR 3.6600	Volume 900
d)	Aggregated information – Aggregated volume – Price	900 EUR 3,294.00
e)	Date of the transaction	28 December 2020
f)	Place of the transaction	Euronext Brussels

About Global Graphics

Contacts

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director

Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489

jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley, CFO

Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472

graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics PLC: shareholder Q & A conference call

Cambridge (UK), 14 December 2020: Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) confirms the following in connection with the conference call scheduled for today at 15:00 CET in the context of its contemplated acquisition of Hybrid Software:

All members of the board of directors of Global Graphics will attend the Q&A session and the slides of such presentation will be made available on our website after the meeting.
The Q&A session will be recorded and made available on the company’s website.
Shareholders are invited to submit written questions during the period between 14 December 2020 and 4 January 2021. Appropriate answers will then be published on the website prior to the shareholders’ meeting on 8 January 2021.
The board has requested permission from the independent valuation expert to make its independent valuation report (or at least extracts of the report) available to shareholders. As soon as such approval has been obtained, the report will be made available on the website.
A second Q&A session will be organized on 5 or 6 January 2021 (which, if the independent valuation expert agrees to the release of part or all of its report, should be after the disclosure of the valuation report as per item 4 above). The exact timing will be announced shortly.
Whilst the shareholders’ meeting of 8 January 2021 will be a closed meeting, we will make available video conference dial-in facilities so that shareholders can participate should they wish. Details will be announced at a later date.

More information about HYBRID Software, the proposed acquisition and full details about the meeting and voting can be found in the Notice of General Meeting on the Company’s website at https://investor.globalgraphics.com/investors/hybrid-software-acquisition.

Shareholders are invited to attend a Q&A session with the Board via a Zoom conference call on Monday, 14 December 2020, at 15:00 CET. We want to remind you that to register for this conference call, please email investor-relations@globalgraphics.com by 14:30 CET on Monday, 14 December 2020. Details of how to join the meeting will then be provided by email

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About Global Graphics

Contacts:

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director, Global Graphics

Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489

jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley, CFO, Global Graphics

Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472

graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics PLC: Proposed acquisition of HYBRID Software Group

Cambridge (UK), 10 December 2020 (08.00 CET): Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) announces today that it has entered into a binding conditional agreement with Congra Software S.à r.l. (“Congra”) for the proposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital of HYBRID Software Group S.à r.l. (“HYBRID Software”) from Congra.

HYBRID Software is a group of software development and marketing companies focused on enterprise software for the graphic arts industry, with a strong focus on labels and packaging. HYBRID Software is registered in Luxembourg and has subsidiaries in Belgium, Germany, Italy, France and the USA.

HYBRID Software’s two main product lines, CLOUDFLOW and PACKZ, offer a unique set of advantages that include native PDF workflow and editing, variable data linking and imposition, vendor-independent solutions based on industry standards, scalable technology and low total cost of ownership. These products are used by more than 1,000 customers worldwide in all areas of pre-press and printing, including labels and packaging, folding cartons, corrugated, and wide format.

Guido Van der Schueren, Chairman of Global Graphics PLC, explains the rationale behind the proposed acquisition. “Combining Global Graphics and HYBRID Software will create the foremost enterprise software supplier for digital printing, as well as for traditional label and packaging market segments and I’m proud to announce it to the industry. The DNA of both companies is similar – customer-focused innovation in graphic arts and industrial inkjet – and there’s a strong existing relationship and a great fit between HYBRID Software and the Global Graphics companies: Global Graphics Software, Meteor Inkjet, and Xitron.

“The combined company will total more than 250 dedicated employees with a wealth of experience in software and hardware development, but our mission will remain unchanged: developing innovative solutions for both end users and OEM suppliers. HYBRID Software has also established a successful recurring revenue model based on SaaS and subscription licensing, something that Global Graphics’ customers are asking for as well. I look forward to concluding the transaction at the beginning of 2021 and to a very bright future for the new company.”

Mike Rottenborn, Global Graphics’ CEO, adds: “This proposed acquisition is strategically important for our future growth. With HYBRID Software on board, Global Graphics will be able to offer premium products like packaging editors and production workflow solutions to end-users, in addition to continuing our focus on innovative solutions for our OEM partners. While Global Graphics already supplies technology to the labels and packaging market, we will be able to increase our focus on packaging with the acquisition; the labels and packaging segment is the fastest growing in the printing industry and an area in which HYBRID Software has specialized knowledge. It also has feet on the ground across Europe, Asia, and the Americas to facilitate OEM and end-user sales. And we recognize that the way in which we do business would benefit by introducing new models, including SaaS and subscriptions. These are business models that our existing customers have requested and that HYBRID Software offers to its customer base. Their expertise in this area will be valuable to us as we roll out these new initiatives across Global Graphics.”

Consideration for the acquisition is EUR 80 million which will be satisfied in full by issuing 21,074,030 Global Graphics shares to Congra (the “Consideration Shares”). The number of Consideration Shares to be issued to Congra has been calculated based on the volume-weighted average of the closing price per Global Graphics share for each of the last 30 trading days prior to the date of signing the conditional agreement, and represents an implied price per Consideration Share of EUR 3.80. Assuming successful completion of the acquisition and following the issue of the Consideration Shares to Congra, Congra’s aggregate shareholding in Global Graphics will amount to 82.16 per cent of the enlarged issued share capital of Global Graphics (excluding shares held in treasury). The acquisition remains conditional upon, amongst other customary conditions, the passing of a shareholder resolution at a forthcoming general meeting of Global Graphics to be held on 8 January 2021.

Shareholders are also invited to attend a Q&A session with Mike Rottenborn and Graeme Huttley via a Zoom conference call on Monday, 14 December 2020, at 15:00 CET. To register for this conference call, please email investor-relations@globalgraphics.com by 14:30 CET on Monday, 14 December 2020. Details of how to join the meeting will then be provided by email.

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About Global Graphics

Contacts
Jill Taylor
Corporate Communications Director
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926489
Email: jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926472
Email: graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics companies showcase innovation at Printing Expo online

Cambridge, UK, 30^th November 2020: Global Graphics companies, Meteor Inkjet, Xitron and Global Graphics Software, are among the first wave of exhibitors at Printing Expo online, a new virtual exhibition that opens today where exhibition stands are rendered out to real physical dimensions to give visitors an immersive experience 365 days of the year.

Global Graphics CEO Mike Rottenborn says, “Trade shows have always been close to our heart as a way to connect with customers and prospects, but COVID has changed many things in the world, and the “new normal” won’t be the same as it was before COVID. Virtual trade shows will be another tool in our sales and marketing toolbox, and we’re excited to participate in the first real virtual show that looks and feels like a trade show. Kudos to the team that has introduced this modern solution to our industry.”

The visitor experience mimics a real exhibition: visitors register at the entrance, navigate down the aisles and walk onto exhibition stands where they can watch video, download data sheets and request a meeting with the exhibitor.

Meteor will showcase its complete portfolio of industrial inkjet electronics, software, tools and services including:

robust and scalable printhead drive electronics for all leading industrial inkjet printheads;
extensive suite of off-the-shelf and bespoke software including software development kits, digital front ends (DFEs), industrial RIPs and print quality tools;
complete line of DropWatcher systems and waveform development services for ink characterization, print reliability analysis and printhead evaluation.

On display at the Xitron stand will be workflow solutions for every segment of the printing market; flexography, commercial offset, screen printing, and DFE solutions for the desktop inkjet and short to mid-run digital segments. Each workflow features the powerful Harlequin^® RIP core with additional tools specific to the prepress needs of the corresponding market.

Of primary interest to high-speed inkjet press manufacturers will be Xitron’s Navigator DFE. Designed to help get these presses to market faster, Navigator DFE drives printheads from Memjet, HP, Epson, Konica-Minolta and others with incredible color accuracy and spot color matching ability. Recently recognized with the InterTech™ 2020 Technology award, Navigator DFE can be packaged as a complete solution including engine controls, or as an API for systems with existing software.

Global Graphics Software will be exhibiting its full product range including:

Harlequin RIP, the industry’s fastest RIP to power digital workflows;
Direct™, a fully integrated graphics pipeline that sends data directly to the printhead electronics instead of writing to disk, winner of a 2021 Buyers Lab (BLI) Outstanding Innovation award in Production Print from Keypoint Intelligence;
Fundamentals™, a flexible Digital Front End (DFE) for label and packaging workflows developed jointly with HYBRID Software;
Mako™, a multi-purpose software development kit used for a variety of functions in document workflows such analysis, conversion, optimization, cloud and mobile app development;
PrintFlat™ uniformity correction software to remove artifacts from inkjet printing such as streaking, mottling and banding, recipient of a 2019 InterTech Technology Award.

Visit all three stands at:

https://www.printing-expo.online/show/meteor/

https://www.printing-expo.online/show/xitron/

https://www.printing-expo.online/show/global-graphics-software/

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About Global Graphics PLC

Through its operating subsidiaries, Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of integrated software and hardware solutions for graphics and industrial inkjet printing. Customers include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Hymmen and Mark Andy.

Global Graphics PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK. Its subsidiary companies are printing software developers Global Graphics Software; the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor Inkjet; and, pre-press workflow developers Xitron.

Media contacts

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director, Global Graphics Software

Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Tel +44 (0)1223 926489 or US Tel: +1 978 631 0414

Mobile: +44 (0)7714 410598

Tracey Brown, Direct of Strategy and Marketing, Meteor Inkjet

Tracey.brown@meteorinkjet.com

Tel: +44 34 584 40012

Bret Farrah, VP of Business Development, Xitron

Bret.farrah@xitron.com

Tel: +1 734.794.1334

Mobile: +1 517-673-0715

Mimaki creates new, improved RIP “Rasterlink™7” with Harlequin

Cambridge, UK, 4 November, 2020: Global Graphics^® Software has licensed the Harlequin RIP to Mimaki Engineering, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and 3D modeling machines, to create the new RIP software RasterLink7 that will be available with Mimaki printers worldwide from December 2020.

Mimaki printers are used by sign and graphics, textile and apparel, and industrial printing professionals around the globe. RasterLink7 improves performance and enhances quality as well as introducing new features such as variable data printing for applications such as sports apparel, card printing, name tags stickers and labels. Shipments are expected to be in the region of 10,000 Units a year.

RasterLink7 was announced by Mimaki on 4 November at the launch of their new JV100-160 and UJV100-160 presses for sign and graphics.

“Our objective in choosing Harlequin as the core of our genuine Mimaki RIP is to improve the performance of our products,” says Satoshi Kaneko, General Manager of software design department, MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.. “Customers will see that the RIP processing time for PDF files is considerably shortened. There are significant quality improvements too; PDF transparency processes correctly and we have found that the expression of thin lines is improved.”

Global Graphics’ local office in Tokyo provided responsive technical support to Mimaki. They worked closely with Mimaki engineers in a number of areas to introduce unique functionality for Mimaki customers. These included multi-layer printing, the replacement of colors in graduated tints, exporting contours for cutters, and the addition of texts and graphics to submitted jobs for variable data printing. The variable data feature was implemented using the dynamic overlays in Harlequin which are specifically designed for those printing applications that require a simple form of VDP support. It combines a single background page with overlay graphics, such as text and images, that are selected using data from a file supplied in CSV format.

Harlequin is a Raster Image Processor, or RIP. A RIP is a tool for converting a page description language such as PostScript^® or PDF into a format that a printing device such as an inkjet printhead, toner marking engine or laser platesetter can understand. The format that it outputs may be a raster file format such as TIFF™, or it may be a stream of raster data that is delivered more or less directly to the printing device. The exact format delivered may be tuned for each integration.

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About Global Graphics Software

Global Graphics Software www.globalgraphics.com develops innovative core technology for digital print, including the Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro™, the Direct™ product range, and Mako™. Customers include HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. The US office is in Sarasota, Florida. Global Graphics Software is a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).

About MIMAKI ENGINEERING

Mimaki is a global industry leader of wide-format inkjet printers, cutting plotters, 3D modeling machines, software, hardware and associated consumable items, such as inks and cutting blades. The company engineers and manufactures a complete range of products that attain the total workflow solution for sign/graphics, textile/apparel and industrial printing professionals. Mimaki excels in offering superior quality and reliable products, based upon its aqueous solvent and UV curable inkjet technology. As an innovator and strategic partner, Mimaki is committed to always providing “something new, something different” in the marketplace. Visit website at https://mimaki.com/

Harlequin, the Harlequin RIP and Harlequin Host Renderer are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics PLC which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts

Jill Taylor, Global Graphics
Tel: + 44 (0) 1223 926489 | Mobile: +44 (0)7714 410598 | Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com

Paula Halpin, Global Graphics
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926017 | paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

MUTOH creates new generation RIP based on Harlequin technology

Agreement covers all major inkjet models

Cambridge, UK 28 Oct, 2020: Global Graphics^® Software has licensed the Harlequin Host Renderer to MUTOH, the Japanese manufacturer of wide format inkjet printers and sign cutting plotters, in a contract spread over multiple years. The agreement includes licensing Global Graphics’ new Opal Advanced Inkjet Screens™ to provide high-quality half-tone screening specially developed for inkjet printing.

The Harlequin Host Renderer is being integrated into VerteLith™, MUTOH’s RIP software, and will be available to MUTOH customers via a download service from the beginning of November this year, initially for the UV machines VJ-1638UR/UH and XPJ-461/661UF and ultimately for all the major models sold, including the eco-solvent machines.

“By making extensive use of the Harlequin Host Renderer features,” says MUTOH’s Mr. Norishige Kakuno, Executive Engineer, “VerteLith™ delivers advanced features that conventional RIP software does not offer such as avoiding printing jobs incorrectly by displaying a soft proof and ripped image preview, and ink cost calculation before printing.”

“Additionally, while conventional RIP software mainly targets roll media, VerteLith™ is the new all-in-one RIP software covering most features required for roll media printing as well as integrating a jig layout tool to improve usability for UV flatbed printers. It saves a lot of time and effort by enabling auto-image positioning of the printing material on the flatbed table or auto-page layout on each individual jig slot. The jig layout tool is just one example of the new features being offered to improve customer’s efficiency and to develop new markets.”

With the Harlequin Host Renderer MUTOH has experienced significantly improved RIP processing times for both PDF and PostScript^® files as well as improved accuracy in printing PDF files with live transparency and spot colors. Features such as soft proof were easy to implement with Harlequin’s in-RIP color management and the ease of use of the Harlequin core technology shortened the development time of new features and functions.

Global Graphics’ Japanese office in Tokyo provided responsive technical support to MUTOH; they worked closely with MUTOH engineers, often with daily contact.

MUTOH expects VerteLith™ to lead to the development of new markets as well as being made available to existing customers. It will drive the VJ-1638UR/UH and the XPJ-461/661UF initially. The VJ-1638UR/UH printer is designed for in-store promotion prints & deco graphics, floor & window graphics, customized structured wallpapers, event banners and exhibition graphics whereas the XPJ-461/661UF produces added value personalized prints and bespoke small-lot production of commercial and industrial print applications such as printing on phone covers, promotional items, small signs, and small series production or prototyping of packaging samples, or decorative tiles.

The Harlequin Host Renderer is a Raster Image Processor, or RIP. A RIP is a tool for converting a page description language such as PostScript or PDF into a format that a printing device such as an inkjet printhead, toner marking engine or laser platesetter can understand. The format that it outputs may be a raster file format such as TIFF™, or it may be a stream of raster data that is delivered more or less directly to the printing device. The exact format delivered may be tuned for each integration.

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About Global Graphics Software

Global Graphics Software www.globalgraphics.com develops innovative core technology for digital print, including the Direct™ product range, the Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro™, and Mako™. Customers include HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Kodak and Agfa. The roots of the company go back to 1986 and to the iconic university town of Cambridge, and, today the majority of the R&D team is still based near here. The US office is in Sarasota, Florida. Global Graphics Software is a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).

About MUTOH

MUTOH INDUSTRIES LTD. delivers the optimal proposals and maximum value to customers through the activities such as development, manufacturing, sales, supply and maintenance of large-format inkjet printers, 3D printers, Design and measurement equipment and CAD software.

Harlequin Host Renderer, Harlequin, the Harlequin RIP and Advanced Inkjet Screens are trademarks of Global Graphics Software Limited which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Global Graphics is a trademark of Global Graphics PLC which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Contacts

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director, Global Graphics Software
Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com | Tel +44 (0)1223 926489
Mobile: +44 (0)7714 410598

Paula Halpin, PR & Marketing Executive, Global Graphics Software
Paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com | Tel: +44 (0)1223 926017

武藤工業株式会社、Harlequin技術をベースに新世代のRIPを構築

契約はすべての主要なインクジェットモデルをカバー

英国ケンブリッジ 2020年10月28日：Global Graphics® Softwareは、Harlequin Host Rendererを、大判インクジェットプリンタとサインカッティングプロッタのメーカーである武藤工業株式会社（以後、武藤工業と呼ぶ）に、複数年契約のライセンスを供与しました。この契約には、Global Graphicsの新しいOpal　Advanced Inkjet Screens™のライセンスが含まれており、インクジェット印刷用に特別に開発された高品質なハーフトーンスクリーニングも提供されます。

Harlequin Host Rendererは、武藤工業製RIPソフトウェアであるVerteLith™に統合され、本年11月初旬から、UV機であるVJ-1638UR/UHおよびXPJ-461/661UFを皮切りに、最終的にはエコソルベント機を含む販売するすべての主要モデルに対応し、武藤工業のお客様にダウンロードサービスを通して提供されます。

武藤工業のLFP事業部開発センター技監の角野徳重氏は、「VerteLith™は、Harlequin Host Renderer の機能を最大限に活用し、ディスプレイ上でのソフトプルーフおよびRIP後のプレビュー表示による誤印刷防止機能、印刷前のインクコスト計算など、従来のRIPソフトウェアにはない機能を備えた先進的なRIPです。」

「また、従来のRIPソフトウェアは主に長尺のロール紙を対象としていましたが、VerteLith™は長尺ロール紙の印刷に必要とされる機能をほぼカバーした上で、UVフラットベッドプリンタの使いやすさ向上を目指して、冶具レイアウトツールを統合したオールインワンRIPソフトウェアです。フラットベッドテーブル上の印刷物への自動画像配置、個々の冶具スロットの自動ページレイアウトを可能にすることで、お客様の時間と労力を大幅に節約します。冶具レイアウトツールは一つの例であり、今後もお客様の業務効率の改善に向けて、様々な新機能を継続して提供します。」

Harlequin Host Rendererの採用により、武藤工業は、PDFファイルおよびPostScript®ファイルのRIP処理時間を大幅に短縮でき、ライブ透明とスポットカラーを含むPDFファイル印刷時の精度が向上しました。ソフトプルーフなどの機能は、HarlequinのIn-RIPカラーマネジメントを用いることで簡単に実装でき、Harlequin技術の使いやすさにより、新機能の開発期間が短縮されました。

東京にオフィスを構えるグローバルグラフィックス株式会社は、迅速な技術サポートを提供するために武藤工業のエンジニアと緊密に協業しました。

武藤工業は、VerteLith™を既存の顧客に提供するのはもちろんのこと、この投入により新規市場の開拓を目指します。当初はUV機であるVJ-1638UR/UHおよびXPJ-461/661UFをサポートします。 VJ-1638UR/UHプリンタは、壁紙、ウィンドウ用グラフィックスをはじめとする室内装飾グラフィックス、屋内外広告、展示用グラフィックスなど幅広いアプリケーションに対応。一方XPJ-461/661UFは、スマートフォンケース、販促品、景品など付加価値を与えるパーソナライズ印刷から、パッケージサンプル、装飾タイルなどの商業・工業用印刷アプリケーションにおける少ロット印刷に対応しています。

Harlequin Host Rendererは、ラスターイメージプロセッサー（RIP）です。 RIPは、PostScriptやPDFなどのページ記述言語を、インクジェットプリントヘッド、トナーマーキングエンジン、レーザープレートセッターなどの印刷デバイスが理解できる形式に変換するためのツールです。出力される形式は、TIFF™などのラスターファイル形式の場合もあれば、印刷デバイスに直接配信されるラスターデータのストリームの場合もあります。提供される形式は、統合ごとに調整できます。

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Global Graphics Software について

Global Graphics Software (www.globalgraphics.com)は、Direct™製品レンジ、Harlequin RIP®、ScreenPro™、Mako™など、デジタル印刷用の革新的なコアテクノロジーを開発しています。顧客には、HP、Canon、Durst、Roland、Kodak、Agfaが含まれます。　英国ケンブリッジに1986 年に創設され、現在でもR&D チームの大多数は有名な大学街の近くにあります。 Global Graphics Software は、Global Graphics PLC（Euronext：GLOG）の子会社です。

武藤工業株式会社について

武藤工業株式会社は、大判インクジェットプリンタ、3Dプリンタ、設計・計測機器、CADソフトウェアの開発、製造、販売、供給、保守などの活動を通じて、お客様に最適な提案と最大の価値をお届けします。

Harlequin Host Renderer、Harlequin、Harlequin RIP、およびAdvanced Inkjet Screensは、Global Graphics Software Limitedの商標であり、特定の法域で登録されている場合があります。 Global Graphicsは、Global Graphics PLCの商標であり、特定の法域で登録されている場合があります。その他すべてのブランド名および製品名は、それぞれの所有者の登録商標または商標です。

連絡先:

グローバルグラフィックス株式会社
info@globalgraphics.co.jp
電話: 03-6273-3198