Global Graphics PLC listed in FT Future 100 UK

Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) has been selected for the FT Future 100 UK ranking – the UK’s fast-growing businesses that are shaping the future of their sector and making a positive impact on business and society.  Global Graphics PLC, whose headquarters are in Cambridge, is a developer of platforms for digital inkjet printing and type design.

“We’re delighted to be included”, says Gary Fry, the CEO of Global Graphics PLC.  “2018 has been a year of milestones for us and this ranking adds to the accolades we have received. We are enjoying financial success from keeping our eye firmly on our strategy to provide solutions to the fast-growing inkjet market and we’ve just received a prestigious industry award from the Printing Industries of America for the impact we are making. Earlier this year we appeared in the 2018 London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000 companies to inspire Britain. None of this success would have been possible without our talented employees who go the extra mile to deliver first-class products and support to our customers.”

At the end of September Global Graphics Software, a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC, will collect a major industry accolade, the InterTech™ Technology Award, from the Printing Industries of America.  The award is for the software innovation that makes it possible to achieve high-quality at high-speed when printing on wide range of surfaces including textiles, packaging and ceramics.  In May 2018 Global Graphics PLC appeared in the 2018 London Stock Exchange Group’s 1000 companies to inspire Britain, an annual celebration of some of the fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.

As an FT Future 100 UK company, Global Graphics will be included in The Mishcon Leap programme. The Leap is an active network offering events for founders and management of innovative fast-growth businesses in the UK. The programme includes a series of workshops, briefings and opportunities to learn from and share experiences with fellow business leaders.

Global Graphics revenues for the financial year ended 2017 were Euros 20.5m compared with Euros 7.9m in 2013.  

Editors notes

About Global Graphics PLC
Through its operating subsidiaries, Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of platforms for digital inkjet printing and type design and development. Customers for digital inkjet technology include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Hymmen and Mark Andy.  Those for font design include numerous international brands, from manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz and Siemens, to digital media and epublishing companies.

Global Graphics PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK.  Its subsidiary companies are printing software developers Global Graphics Software; the type foundry, URW Type Foundry, and the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor Inkjet.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics
+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Graeme Huttley/Global Graphics
graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com

Mark Andy partners with Global Graphics Software to advance Digital Front End solutions

  • ScreenPro™ reduces process and RIP times on the Digital Series HD by 50%
  • First glimpse of the enhanced Digital Front End, Mark Andy ProWORX 2.0 with integration of Fundamentals at Label Expo Americas

Mark Andy has partnered with Global Graphics Software, launching solutions at Label Expo Americas (stand #319) that include a major update to the Digital Series HD introducing ScreenPro™  and a preview of a new Digital Front End based around the Fundamentals workflow developed by Global Graphics Software in collaboration with HYBRID Software.

The Mark Andy Digital Series HD is used in the manufacture of Pressure Sensitive (PS) Labels. It offers a digital hybrid solution, combining the advantages of digital workflows and digital printing, with the capabilities of fast-change flexography technologies including inline decoration and converting all in a single pass.

ScreenPro is an ultra-high-speed screening engine that mitigates artifacts in inkjet output. It streams data and variable color images at high-speed and has reduced process and RIP times on the Digital Series HD by as much as 50%.  

“The ScreenPro technology built in partnership with Global Graphics is a key development to provide streaming full color VDP options to meet the print speed requirements of today’s “next-generation” UV Inkjet production presses”, says Ray Dickinson, Mark Andy, Vice President.  “We were able to seamlessly integrate high-speed streaming variable data into the existing ProWORX digital front end”.

“For a workflow to be viable, it has to be able to process and send full color, fully variable work at a rate that supports the press printing, nearly continuously, at high speed to produce hundreds of thousands of linear feet or meters weekly,” comments Peter Rathje, senior manager of digital press solutions for Mark Andy. “This was previously a challenge with the industry leading production speeds of Digital Series HD at 240 fpm.”

ScreenPro supports full color variable printing on the Digital Series HD. There is no limit to the number of VDP elements on one imposition meaning every page is different.  It maximizes image print quality for high speed production inkjet printing, with no loss in performance even with additional print bars to support extended gamut colors.

“The benefits that Mark Andy are experiencing are precisely why we developed this technology for inkjet press manufacturers”, comments Tom Mooney, Global Graphics’ product manager for ScreenPro. “Supporting full VDP at press speed and scalable from 5 colors to 8 without loss of quality is what the customer has demanded. ScreenPro will meet their speed and quality requirements now and into the future. “

ScreenPro is a recipient of a 2018 Printing Industries of America InterTech™ Technology Award. ScreenPro adds the final polish to output produced on inkjet presses by smoothing out imperfections caused by the physics of jetting ink onto substrate at high speed,  defects that are often difficult and expensive to correct mechanically. It can be applied to any inkjet technology and print industry workflow, and can be added to presses already on the market, or incorporated into an inkjet press that’s still on the drawing board.

Global Graphics has a long history in screening innovation dating back to its patented FM or stochastic screening technology of the 1990s. In the age of digital printing, and inkjet in particular, Global Graphics has developed new screening technologies from the ground up in response to press manufacturers’ concerns about image quality in single pass inkjet applications.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals 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. Global Graphics Software is a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG). Global Graphics and ScreenPro, 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.

Contact

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director Global Graphics Software
Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com
Tel +44 (0)1223 926489
US Tel: +1 978 631 0414

Tom Mooney, ScreenPro Product Manager
Global Graphics Software
tom.mooney@globalgraphics.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926043
Cell: +44 (0)7985 323327

ScreenPro receives coveted InterTech Award for innovation

ScreenPro™, Global Graphics Software’s ultra-high-speed screening engine that smooths out imperfections in inkjet printing, has been awarded a Printing Industries of America InterTech™ Technology Award.

ScreenPro adds the final polish to output produced on inkjet presses by smoothing out imperfections caused by the physics of jetting ink onto substrate, defects that are often difficult and expensive to correct mechanically.

It can be applied to any inkjet technology and print industry workflow, can be added to presses already on the market, or incorporated into an inkjet press that’s still on the drawing board.

“Not many technologies meet the standard for an InterTech Technology Award—being truly innovative and expected to have a significant impact on our industry,” said James Workman, vice president for Printing Industries of America’s Center for Technology and Research. “ScreenPro was one of them, however, because it was both a difficult engineering feat and makes high-speed inkjet a better print solution.”


ScreenPro applies Advanced Inkjet Screens™ to deal with the challenges of substrate absorbency: the Pearl screen addresses chaining and streaking artifacts and produces a very natural effect on more or less absorbent substrates; the Mirror screen addresses the orange peel effect and is ideal for non-absorbent and poorly-wetting surfaces such as tin cans and flexible packaging, and also areas of dense metallic ink.

“Tom Mooney, ScreenPro product manager explains. “ScreenPro will revolutionize the inkjet market by opening up opportunities for print service providers to produce higher value new products that could not be printed with previous solutions because the quality was simply not good enough. We are delighted to receive this recognition from the PIA and grateful for the support of press vendors who supported our submission.”

 Gary Fry, CEO of Global Graphics said,  “ScreenPro is significant because it makes available for the first time, a solution to improve inkjet output quality that works for any inkjet press, with any workflow, any type of ink or substrate and any combination of printhead and electronics.  The benefits are widely available to any vendor building an inkjet press and will can make the difference between a press that can ship because it has met the necessary quality and speed thresholds, and one that can’t. “

ScreenPro is supplied to press vendors either as a cross-platform development component or with a full branded user interface.  As a development component ScreenPro integrates seamlessly into a workflow solution. Multiple ScreenPro engines can be run on the same server or offloaded onto separate computers. This parallel processing of screens leads to blistering speeds, especially with dedicated ScreenPro engines sending print data at press speed directly to the drive electronics driving individual print bars for each color.

Global Graphics has a long history in screening innovation dating back to its patented FM or stochastic screening technology of the 1990s. In the age of digital printing, and inkjet in particular, Global Graphics has developed new screening technologies from the ground up in response to press manufacturers’ concerns about image quality in single pass inkjet applications.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals 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 there. Global Graphics Software is a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).

Global Graphics, ScreenPro, 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.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com
Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software

+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics publishes 2018 half year financial report

Cambridge (UK), 25 July 2018 (18.00 CEST): Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) announces it has published its half year report and condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2018.  The full document is available for download from the investors section of the Company’s website at:  http://www.globalgraphics.com/investors/financial-reports

Financial highlights of the six months ended 30 June 2018

  • Revenue for the period was €11.36 million, compared with €10.17 million for the same period in 2017, an increase of 11.8%.
  • The IFRS pre-tax result was a profit of €1.53 million for the period, compared with a profit of €0.16 million for the same period in 2017.
  • EBITDA for the period was €2.92 million, compared with €1.75 million for the same period in 2017.
  • Cash was valued at €5.00 million at 30 June 2018.
  • The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit showed a profit of €2.27 million for the period, compared to a profit of €1.03 million for the same period in 2017.


Gary Fry, Global Graphics CEO comments, “A solid performance in the first half of the year keeps us on plan.  It is very pleasing to see that all three operating segments have put in a strong performance and made key wins in strategic accounts.

“This achievement comes from maintaining focus on our strategy, notably the fast-growing market for inkjet solutions and for digital font technology.  Innovative breakthroughs in printing software, such as our ScreenPro screening engine, make it possible for press vendors to meet the challenge of achieving high-quality at high-speed with inkjet.  We have seen this particularly in the labels and packaging market.  As a Group we can offer a powerful combination of software and printhead driver solutions which has opened up new relationships.

“URW continues to develop its digital font library with new releases and enhancements to existing fonts.  It is delivering on its plan to expand its geographical footprint, notably into Japan and the UK and is making inroads to the US market, working with major brands on their corporate identity and with printer OEMs.

“We expect a very busy second half of the year with attendance at key industry gatherings such as the ceramics exhibition Tecnargilla in Italy, the type conference ATypI in Amsterdam, Label Expo Americas in Chicago, the Inkjet Conference in Dusseldorf, and the industrial print show InPrint in Milan.”

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Through its operating subsidiaries, Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of platforms for digital inkjet printing and type design and development. Customers for digital inkjet technology include press manufacturers such as HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Hymmen and Mark Andy.  Those for font design include numerous international brands, from manufacturers such as Mercedes Benz and Siemens, to digital media and epublishing companies.

Global Graphics PLC is headquartered in Cambridge UK.  Its subsidiary companies are printing software developers Global Graphics Software; the type foundry, URW Type Foundry, and the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor Inkjet.

Contact

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

Una innovación de software corrige el efecto sonrisa

·        ScreenPro versión 2 incluye PrintFlat™ para suavizar la falta de uniformidad

·        Procesamiento rápido de imágenes de alta calidad

·        Se puede utilizar con cualquier flujo de trabajo con software RIP y cualquier combinación de tintas, sustratos, cabezales de impresión y sistemas electrónicos

Global Graphics Software ha lanzado hoy una nueva versión de ScreenPro™, el motor de tramado de alta velocidad diseñado para suavizar las imperfecciones en las impresiones de inyección de tinta, que presenta una innovadora tecnología para reducir la falta de uniformidad, o lo que también se conoce como efecto sonrisa.  

ScreenPro versión 2.0 incorpora la tecnología PrintFlat™ para mitigar las irregularidades que causan las variaciones en un cabezal, entre varios cabezales o el desgaste del propio cabezal. Lo logra al tratar cada inyector por separado en cualquier combinación de cabezales y sistemas electrónicos, para alcanzar una granularidad muy fina.

ScreenPro va a revolucionar el mercado de la inyección de tinta gracias a las nuevas oportunidades para que los proveedores de servicios de impresión produzcan resultados de mayor valor que no podían imprimirse con las soluciones anteriores, debido a una calidad insuficiente.

ScreenPro puede aplicarse en cualquier tecnología de inyección de tinta y cualquier flujo de trabajo del sector de la impresión, y se puede añadir a las prensas actuales del mercado o incorporar en una prensa de inyección de tinta que aún se encuentre en fase de diseño.

“Nuestros clientes deseaban una tecnología con la que hacer frente al efecto de banda que aparece con frecuencia en las barras de impresión con inyección de tinta”, explica Tom Mooney, director de productos de ScreenPro. “Los cabezales de impresión no tienen una distribución uniforme de la densidad, lo que produce la aparición de bandas visibles. Los distintos cabezales de impresión tienen diferentes densidades de base y aunque puede corregirse “retocando” los voltajes, se tarda bastante y puede afectar a la vida útil de los cabezales.

“PrintFlat proporciona una calibración que corrige estos defectos y ofrece una distribución de la densidad plana y uniforme en las barras de impresión. Además de mejorar la calidad, ScreenPro 2.0 ofrece mejoras notables en el rendimiento y la capacidad de que el tramado “en tiempo real” envíe los datos a la prensa a toda velocidad”.

ScreenPro mejora de forma significativa la calidad de impresión de los cabezales inyección de tinta al enfrentarse a muchos defectos de calidad, así como al efecto de banda, como las rayas o el efecto moteado, que son difíciles y caros de corregir de forma mecánica.  

Se suministra a los proveedores de prensas como componente de desarrollo de plataforma cruzada o provisto de una completa interfaz de usuario de marca.  Como componente de desarrollo, ScreenPro se integra a la perfección en cualquier solución de flujo de trabajo. Se pueden ejecutar varios motores ScreenPro en el mismo servidor o descargados en ordenadores independientes. Este procesamiento paralelo de las pantallas aumenta la velocidad en gran medida, especialmente con los motores ScreenPro específicos que envían datos de impresión a la velocidad de la prensa y directamente a los sistemas electrónicos que controlan las barras de impresión de cada color.

Global Graphics cuenta con un largo historial en innovación del tramado que se remonta a su patentada tecnología de tramado estocástico o FM de la década de los noventa. En la era de la impresión digital, y de la inyección de tinta en particular, Global Graphics ha desarrollado nuevas tecnologías de tramado desde cero en respuesta a las preocupaciones de los fabricantes de prensas con respecto a la calidad de la imagen en aplicaciones de inyección de tinta de una sola pasada.

Editors notes

Acerca de Global Graphics
Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com es un desarrollador líder de plataformas de impresión digital, incluidas Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals y Mako. Entre sus clientes se incluyen HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Kodak y Agfa. La compañía data del año 1986 y sus orígenes remiten a la icónica ciudad universitaria de Cambridge. En la actualidad, la mayoría de los equipos de I+D tienen aún su sede en los alrededores de esa ciudad. Global Graphics Software es una filial de Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).
  Global Graphics, ScreenPro, Advanced Inkjet Screens y PrintFlat son marcas comerciales de Global Graphics Software Limited que pueden estar registradas en ciertas jurisdicciones. Global Graphics es una marca comercial de Global Graphics PLC y puede estar registrada en ciertas jurisdicciones. Las demás marcas o nombres de productos son marcas registradas o marcas comerciales de sus respectivos titulares.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software

+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Un software all’avanguardia corregge il cosiddetto fenomeno ‘Inkjet Smile’!

· ScreenPro Versione 2 introduce PrintFlat™ per ottenere maggiore uniformità

·        Elaborazione rapida dell’immagine con alta qualità

·        Utilizzare in qualsiasi flusso di lavoro con qualsiasi software RIP e combinazione di inchiostri, substrati, testine e componenti elettronici

Global Graphics Software lancia oggi una nuova versione di ScreenPro™, il motore di screening ultraveloce per uniformare le imperfezioni nella stampa a getto d’inchiostro, introducendo una tecnologia innovativa che riduce la disuniformità, comunemente nota come "inkjet smile".  

ScreenPro Versione 2.0 introduce la tecnologia PrintFlat™ che riduce gli artefatti causati dalla variazione all’interno di una testina, tra le testine o dall’usura sulla testina stessa. Questo risultato viene ottenuto affrontando ciascun ugello separatamente su qualsiasi combinazione di testina e componente elettronico, al fine di raggiungere una granularità molto fine.

ScreenPro rivoluziona il mercato della stampa a getto d’inchiostro offrendo ai fornitori di servizi di stampa l’opportunità di produrre nuovi prodotti di maggior valore, impossibili da stampare con le precedenti soluzioni la cui qualità non era sufficientemente alta.

ScreenPro può essere applicato a qualsiasi tecnologia a getto d’inchiostro e workflow di stampa industriale e può essere aggiunto alle stampanti già presenti sul mercato o incorporato in una stampante a getto d’inchiostro ancora in corso di definizione.

"I nostri clienti volevano una tecnologia in grado di risolvere il fenomeno del banding che si verifica comunemente nella stampa a getto d’inchiostro", spiega Tom Mooney, Product Manager di ScreenPro. "Le testine di stampa non hanno una distribuzione della densità uniforme, e questo determina un banding visibile. Testine di stampa diverse hanno densità diverse; sebbene queste possano essere corrette "ritoccando" le tensioni, questa operazione richiede tempo e può influenzare la durata delle testine stesse.

"PrintFlat fornisce una calibrazione che corregge tali difetti fornendo una distribuzione della densità uniforme sulle barre di stampa. Oltre ad apportare miglioramenti in termini di qualità, ScreenPro 2.0 offre significativi miglioramenti in termini di prestazioni e la possibilità di screening "in tempo reale" dei dati inviati alla macchina da stampa alla massima velocità".

ScreenPro migliora in modo significativo la qualità di stampa da testine di stampa a getto d’inchiostro  risolvendo molti difetti di qualità, come concatenamento e chiazze, che sono difficili e costosi da correggere meccanicamente.  

Questa soluzione viene messa a disposizione dei fornitori di macchine da stampa come componente di sviluppo multipiattaforma o interfaccia utente completamente di marca.  Come componente di sviluppo, ScreenPro si integra perfettamente con una soluzione di workflow. Molteplici motori ScreenPro possono operare sullo stesso server o essere trasferiti su computer separati. Questa elaborazione parallela delle schermate permette di ottenere velocità straordinarie, soprattutto con motori ScreenPro dedicati che inviano i dati di stampa a grande velocità direttamente ai componenti elettronici che azionano barre di stampa individuali per ciascun colore.

Global Graphics vanta una lunga storia nell’innovazione dello screening risalente alla sua tecnologia di screening FM brevettata o stocastica degli anni ’90. Nell’epoca della stampa digitale e, in particolare, della stampa a getto d’inchiostro, Global Graphics ha sviluppato nuove tecnologie di screening da zero in risposta alle preoccupazioni dei produttori di macchine da stampa sulla qualità delle immagini in applicazioni con getto d’inchiostro a passo singolo.

Editors notes

À propos de Global Graphics
Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com est l’un des principaux développeurs de plates-formes logicielles pour l’impression numérique, notamment RIP Harlequin ®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals et Mako. Nous comptons parmi nos clients HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Kodak et Agfa. L’entreprise a été créée en 1986 dans la ville universitaire emblématique de Cambridge. Aujourd’hui encore, la majorité de l’équipe R&D est basée dans cette région. Global Graphics Software est une filiale de Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).
Global Graphics, ScreenPro, Advanced Inkjet Screens et PrintFlat sont des marques commerciales de Global Graphics Software Limited qui peuvent être déposées dans certaines juridictions. Global Graphics est une marque commerciale de Global Graphics, qui peut être déposée dans certaines juridictions. Les autres noms de marque et de produit sont les marques commerciales ou les marques déposées de leurs détenteurs respectifs.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software

+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Un logiciel révolutionnaire corrige le sourire d’encre!

·        ScreenPro Version 2 intègre la technologie PrintFlat™ pour corriger les problèmes de qualité non uniforme

·        Traitement de l’image rapide et haute qualité

·        Utilisation dans n’importe quel workflow avec tout logiciel de RIP, quelle que soit la combinaison d’encres, de substrats, de têtes d’impression et de composants électroniques

Une nouvelle version de ScreenPro™, moteur de tramage ultra-haute vitesse visant à épurer les imperfections dans l’impression jet d’encre, est lancé aujourd’hui par Global Graphics Software. Sa technologie novatrice et inédite réduit les problèmes de qualité non uniforme, plus connue sous le nom de sourire d’encre.

La version 2.0 de ScreenPro™ intègre la technologie PrintFlat™, qui atténue les artefacts causés par les variations au sein d’une tête et entre les têtes, ou par l’usure sur la tête elle-même. Pour ce faire, elle traite chaque injecteur séparément, quelle que soit la combinaison de têtes et de composants électronique. Le résultat ? Une granularité d’une finesse exceptionnelle.

ScreenPro va révolutionner le marché de l’impression jet d’encre en permettant aux fournisseurs de services d’impression de réaliser des nouveaux produits de plus grande valeur, ce qui était impossible avec les solutions précédentes parce que la qualité n’était tout simplement pas à la hauteur.

ScreenPro peut être appliqué à toute technologie de jet d’encre et à tout workflow du secteur de l’impression. Il peut en outre être ajouté aux presses déjà sur le marché, ou intégré à une presse jet d’encre toujours en cours de conception.

« Nos clients veulent une technologie permettant de résoudre les problèmes d’alignement vertical touchant souvent les barres d’impression à jet d’encre », explique Tom Mooney, directeur produit pour ScreenPro. « Les têtes d’impression n’assurent pas une distribution uniforme de la densité, d’où les problèmes d’alignement vertical. La densité de référence varie d’une tête d’impression à l’autre. Or, même si cette variation peut être corrigée en ajustant la tension, cette opération est chronophage et peut affecter la durée de vie des têtes.

« PrintFlat assure un étalonnage qui corrige ces défauts, d’où une distribution de la densité plate et uniforme sur l’ensemble des têtes d’impression. Outre une qualité accrue, ScreenPro 2.0 permet des améliorations sensibles des performances et un tramage en temps réel pour transmettre les données à la presse à pleine vitesse. »

ScreenPro améliore considérablement la qualité d’impression des têtes d’impression jet d’encre en corrigeant les nombreux problèmes de qualité et d’alignement vertical (trainées et effet moucheté), qui sont difficiles et coûteux à corriger mécaniquement.

Il est fourni aux distributeurs de presses en tant que composante de développement inter-plate-forme, ou comme interface utilisateur complète de la marque.  En tant que composante de développement ScreenPro s’intègre parfaitement à une solution de workflow. Plusieurs moteurs ScreenPro peuvent être exécutés sur le même serveur ou déchargés sur des ordinateurs distincts. Ce traitement en parallèle d’écrans se traduit par des vitesses époustouflantes, particulièrement avec les moteurs dédiés ScreenPro. Ces derniers envoient les données à vitesse de presse, directement aux composants électroniques du disque gérant les barres d’impression pour chaque couleur.

Global Graphics est à l’origine d’un grand nombre d’innovations dans le domaine du tramage, en commençant par sa technologie FM brevetée ou sa technologie de trame stochastique dans les années 1990. À l’ère de l’impression numérique, et de l’impression à jet d’encre en particulier, Global Graphics a mis au point de nouvelles technologies de tramage en réponse aux préoccupations des fabricants de presses concernant la qualité d’image des applications jet d’encre à un seul passage.

Editors notes

À propos de Global Graphics
Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com est l’un des principaux développeurs de plates-formes logicielles pour l’impression numérique, notamment RIP Harlequin ®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals et Mako. Nous comptons parmi nos clients HP, Canon, Durst, Roland,  Kodak et Agfa. L’entreprise a été créée en 1986 dans la ville universitaire emblématique de Cambridge. Aujourd’hui encore, la majorité de l’équipe R&D est basée dans cette région. Global Graphics Software est une filiale de Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).

Global Graphics, ScreenPro, Advanced Inkjet Screens et PrintFlat sont des marques commerciales de Global Graphics Software Limited qui peuvent être déposées dans certaines juridictions. Global Graphics est une marque commerciale de Global Graphics, qui peut être déposée dans certaines juridictions. Les autres noms de marque et de produit sont les marques commerciales ou les marques déposées de leurs détenteurs respectifs.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software

+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Software breakthrough corrects the inkjet smile!

·        ScreenPro Version 2 introduces PrintFlat™ to smooth out non-uniformity

·        Fast image processing with high-quality

·        Use in any workflow with any RIP software and combination of inks, substrates, printheads and electronics

A new version of ScreenPro™, the ultra-high-speed screening engine tuned to smooth out imperfections in inkjet printing, is launched today by Global Graphics Software, introducing an innovative technology that reduces non-uniformity, commonly known as the inkjet smile.  

ScreenPro Version 2.0 introduces PrintFlat™ technology that mitigates the artifacts caused by variation within a head, between heads or wear on the head itself. It does this by being able to address every nozzle separately on any combination of head and electronics, to achieve very fine granularity.

ScreenPro will revolutionize the inkjet market by opening up opportunities for print service providers to produce higher value new products that could not be printed with previous solutions because the quality was simply not good enough.

ScreenPro can be applied to any inkjet technology and print industry workflow and can be added to presses already on the market, or incorporated into an inkjet press that’s still on the drawing board.

“Our customers wanted a technology to address the banding that inkjet print bars commonly display,” explains Tom Mooney, ScreenPro product manager. “Print heads don’t have a uniform density distribution across the head resulting in visible banding. Different print heads will have different baseline densities and while these can be corrected by “tweaking” voltages this is time consuming and can affect the life of the heads.

“PrintFlat provides a calibration that corrects for these defects providing a flat, uniform density distribution across print bars. In addition to making improvements in quality ScreenPro 2.0 provides significant performance improvements and the ability for “Real Time” screening driving data to the press at full speed.”

ScreenPro significantly improves the print quality from inkjet print heads by addressing many quality defects, as well as banding, such as chaining and mottling, that are difficult and expensive to correct mechanically.  

It is supplied to press vendors either as a cross-platform development component or with a full branded user interface.  As a development component ScreenPro integrates seamlessly into a workflow solution. Multiple ScreenPro engines can be run on the same server or offloaded onto separate computers. This parallel processing of screens leads to blistering speeds, especially with dedicated ScreenPro engines sending print data at press speed directly to the drive electronics driving individual print bars for each color.


Global Graphics has a long history in screening innovation dating back to its patented FM or stochastic screening technology of the 1990s. In the age of digital printing, and inkjet in particular, Global Graphics has developed new screening technologies from the ground up in response to press manufacturers’ concerns about image quality in single pass inkjet applications.

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Editors notes

Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals 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 there. Global Graphics Software is a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).
Global Graphics, ScreenPro, Advanced Inkjet Screens and PrintFlat 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.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software

+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Neu: Software korrigiert fehler beim Tintenstrahldruck

·        ScreenPro Version 2 umfasst PrintFlat™ zur Behebung von Ungleichförmigkeit

·        Schnelle Bildverarbeitung mit hoher Qualität

·        Für jeden Workflow mit jeder beliebigen RIP-Software sowie für beliebige Kombinationen aus Tinten, Substraten, Druckköpfen und Elektronik

Eine neue, für die Behebung von Mängeln beim Tintenstrahldruck optimierte Version von ScreenPro™ wird heute von Global Graphics Software vorgestellt. Mit dieser innovativen Technologie lassen sich allgemein als Tintenstrahllächeln bekannte Ungleichförmigkeiten reduzieren.  

ScreenPro Version 2.0 umfasst erstmals die PrintFlat™-Technologie, welche die Artefakte reduziert, die durch Unterschiede bei und zwischen Köpfen sowie durch Verschleiß an den Köpfen selbst verursacht werden. Hierfür werden die einzelnen Düsen bei jeder Kombination aus Druckkopf und Elektronik separat angesteuert, um eine besonders feine Granularität zu erzielen.

ScreenPro wird den Tintenstrahlmarkt revolutionieren und Anbietern von Druckdienstleistungen ermöglichen, hochwertigere neue Produkte zu erstellen, die sich aufgrund der unzureichenden Qualität mit früheren Lösungen nicht realisieren ließen.

ScreenPro kann für jede beliebige Tintenstrahltechnologie und jeden Workflow in der Druckbranche angewendet und zu bereits vorhandenen Drucksystemen hinzugefügt werden. Ebenso lässt es sich problemlos in Tintenstrahl-Drucksysteme integrieren, die gerade konzipiert werden.

„Unsere Kunden waren an einer Technologie interessiert, mit der sich die Streifenbildung vermeiden lässt, die bei Tintenstrahl-Druckleisten häufig auftreten“, erläutert Tom Mooney, der für ScreenPro verantwortliche Produktmanager. „Die ungleichmäßige Dichteverteilung führt bei Druckköpfen zu sichtbarer Streifenbildung. Die verschiedenen Druckköpfe weisen eine unterschiedliche Basisdichte auf. Dieses Problem lässt sich zwar durch Optimierung der Spannung korrigieren, dies ist jedoch zeitaufwendig und kann die Lebensdauer der Köpfe beeinträchtigen.

„PrintFlat bietet eine Kalibrierung, die diese Fehler korrigiert und eine flache, gleichmäßige Dichteverteilung über Druckleisten ermöglicht. Neben diesen Qualitätsverbesserungen bietet ScreenPro 2.0 erhebliche Leistungsverbesserungen sowie die Möglichkeit zum Echtzeit-Screening, wodurch Daten mit Höchstgeschwindigkeit an die Drucksysteme übertragen werden.“

ScreenPro sorgt durch Behebung von Defekten wie Streifen- und Fleckenbildung, deren mechanische Korrektur kompliziert und teuer ist, für eine deutliche Verbesserung der Druckqualität von Tintenstrahl-Druckköpfen.  

ScreenPro wird für Anbieter von Drucksystemen entweder als plattformübergreifende Entwicklungskomponente oder als vollwertige Benutzeroberfläche zur Verfügung gestellt.  Als Entwicklungskomponente lässt sich ScreenPro nahtlos in eine Workflow-Lösung integrieren. Mehrere ScreenPro-Engines können auf demselben Server ausgeführt oder auf separate Computer ausgelagert werden. Diese parallele Rasterverarbeitung ermöglicht enorme Geschwindigkeiten, insbesondere bei spezifischen ScreenPro-Engines für den direkten Versand von Druckdaten an die Antriebselektronik zur Steuerung der individuellen Druckleisten für die jeweiligen Farben.

Global Graphics blickt auf eine lange Geschichte von Screening-Innovationen zurück, die in den 1990er Jahren mit der patentierten FM- bzw. stochastischen Rasterungstechnologie begann. Im Zeitalter von Digital- und Tintenstrahldruck hat Global Graphics von Grund auf neue Screening-Technologien entwickelt, mit denen Druckmaschinenhersteller die Bildqualität bei Anwendungen mit Single-Pass-Inkjet-Druckmaschinen verbessern können.

Editors notes

Über Global Graphics
Global Graphics Software http://www.globalgraphics.com ist ein führender Entwickler von Softwareplattformen für digitalen Druck, darunter Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals und Mako. Zu unseren Kunden zählen HP, Canon, Durst, Roland, Kodak und Agfa. Die Ursprünge des Unternehmens reichen bis ins Jahr 1986 in der berühmten englischen Universitätsstadt Cambridge zurück, und auch heute noch hat der Großteil des F&E-Teams seinen Sitz in dieser Gegend. Global Graphics Software ist eine Tochter von Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).
Global Graphics, ScreenPro, Advanced Inkjet Screens und PrintFlat sind Marken von Global Graphics Software Limited, die unter Umständen in einigen Ländern eingetragen sind. Global Graphics ist in einigen Ländern eine eingetragene Marke von Global Graphics Software PLC. Alle anderen Marken und Produktbezeichnungen sind eingetragene Marken oder Marken ihrer jeweiligen Inhaber.

Contact

Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software

+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Global Graphics Software licenses Rampage LLC patents

Global Graphics Software is licensing three patents covering inventions by Mitchell J. Bogart, the inventor and managing member of Rampage LLC.  

The Company plans to utilize the methods alongside its own software solutions for inkjet and to pass on the benefits exclusively to its OEM customers.

The three patents are U.S. Patent Nos. 9,053,410, 9,734,440, and 9,278,566 which cover the Quantone™ processing methods of screening and compensation for multiple gray-level digital presses and automatic print head registration.

“We think the inkjet industry will welcome these inventions and that is why we are adding them to our portfolio,” says Gary Fry, the CEO of Global Graphics.  “They will sit well alongside our own inventions in screening and calibration technology and are an important consideration for anyone looking at high-speed inkjet technology. We decided to license them so that our OEM customers will benefit exclusively.  As a result, we really do have this sector covered in relation to using software to improve the quality of inkjet output.”

Mitch Bogart, managing member of Rampage LLC, comments, “Rampage LLC is proud to be licensing these patents to Global Graphics Software, a prestigious first to value our breakthroughs.  The Rampage solution provides improved smoothness, higher image quality, and accurate, stable calibration and compensation for any digital press whose specifications include the terms ‘variable dot size’ or ‘2 or more bits per pixel.’ Our simplified registration method works for any digital press making use of multiple print heads both down and/or across the page.  We look ahead to further collaboration with Global Graphics Software to further enable them to provide the highest features, qualities, and speeds to their digital printer and digital press OEM customers.”

Editors notes

About Global Graphics Software
Global Graphics Software https://www.globalgraphics.com/globalgraphics-software  is a leading developer of platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®, ScreenPro, Fundamentals, 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. Global Graphics Software is a subsidiary of Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG).

Global Graphics, Harlequin, the Harlequin logo, the Harlequin RIP, 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. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

About Rampage LLC

The CTO of Rampage LLC ( www.rampage-llc.com ) helped develop the Rampage Ripping System, one of the most advanced pre-press systems for traditional lithographic and web offset presses.  The newly launched Rampage LLC Quantone™ system provides significant improvement for production inkjet presses, surpassing even offset quality.  Scalably implemented on single CPU systems up to today’s incredible GPUs, Quantone™ can keep up with today’s fastest digital presses.

Contact

Media contact:

Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director Global Graphics Software
Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com
Tel +44 (0)1223 926489
US Tel: +1 978 631 0414

Licensing contact:

Robert D. Katz Esq., Corporate IP Counsel
1-347.589.8507
rkatz@offitkurman.com

Robert A. Modansky, Acting Chief Financial Officer
Tel: 212.697.1000 x6348
rmodansky@citrincooperman.com