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.

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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

Global Graphics PLC in top 1000 inspirational UK companies

Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) has 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. Global Graphics is a developer of platforms for digital inkjet printing and type design, supplying technology globally to leading manufacturing brands such as HP, Canon, Mercedes Benz and Siemens.


As well as identifying 1000 companies, the annual report examines in detail the opportunities and challenges facing SMEs and looks at the sectors and trends that will shape the future of the UK economy.


Gary Fry, Global Graphics CEO comments, “Global Graphics feels like an inspirational company to work for due to the amazing talent we employ in Cambridge and around the world.  It is gratifying to see that reflected in a report of this stature.”


To build the list the financial technology company DueDil combined key financial performance indicators and sector benchmarks that are available in its online tool.

Each company’s average annual turnover growth rate is calculated over a three-year period (based on four sets of accounts, where four sets of accounts are available). The calculations are weighted to favour latest-year growth.

Having identified the long list, the eligible companies are then separated into their Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) groupings. Within each SIC sector, the companies are ranked by their individual growth rates, and those that have most outperformed their sector averages are identified.

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.      
 
Global Graphics also has offices in: Florida, USA; Tokyo, Japan; and Hamburg, Germany.

Contact

Mr Graeme Huttley/Global Graphics

graeme.huttley@globalgraphics.com
Jill Taylor/Global Graphics

+44 1223 926489
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com

New developer kit gives complete control over prepress files

Powerful Mako™ SDK enables document components to be taken apart to create custom features

A new software development kit for preparing documents for print is available today from Global Graphics Software, the developers of the Harlequin RIP® and ScreenPro™.

Mako™ is a multi-platform technology for prepress, document conversion and manipulation. Aimed at developers and system integrators it can be used upstream of the Harlequin RIP to prepare documents for printing or can be used on its own to create custom print workflow components, such as imposing pages or combining documents into one job. It is compatible with Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iOS, Android and Windows 10 IoT (Internet of Things), meaning that documents destined for print can be processed and previewed on any device.

David Stevenson, Mako product manager, comments: “Mako is a versatile SDK that developers can use to interrogate, modify or visualize documents, primarily in PDF, but other page description languages such as XPS are also supported. Mako can be used to build custom print workflow components to preflight – interrogating font or color information, for example – or to create active components that change or create new content, by imposing or combining existing documents. Mako can also be used to visualize documents on screen, in a web browser or on different devices such as tablets or smart phones.”

Develop custom pre-press processes
The control that Mako provides over source documents makes it an ideal choice for building custom workflow components. Developers can use Mako to split or combine files, convert colors, and add new content such as 2D barcodes, to ensure that the job is properly prepared to produce the desired output before passing it on for processing through any RIP including the Harlequin RIP.

Color space transformation
Mako incorporates a color management engine that ensures color integrity by referencing input and output ICC profiles that are embedded into a document, supplied locally, or built into Mako itself.

Imposition: excels at wide format and wallpaper
Mako can handle PDFs created at actual size, for example, a wide format banner or 10m wallpaper roll. Developers can impose any size of job using Mako – booklet, n-up or ganging or nesting – to make the best use of the print substrate.

Re-order pages
Use Mako to create dedicated workflow components to reorder pages, split jobs into smaller files by page count or an internal marker such as a bookmark, or combine files into larger jobs. Mako ensures all the resources needed to print the job will be present however the job is divided, joined or restructured, for example by reorganizing fonts to avoid multiple instances and by merging font subsets.

PDF analysis
Before committing a job to production there is often a need to discover information about it. Page count, page dimensions and orientation and document metadata are easily obtained using Mako. Workflow developers can use Mako to discover the spot color channels present in the job, or perform more detailed analysis to find which spot colors are used and by how much.

Visualization
A common requirement of prepress workflows is to preview a file. With Mako developers can build fast, high-quality visualization, performance-tuned to the platform. For example, Mako can generate SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) of a PDF page, complete with overprint simulation, for preview in an HTML5 browser.

Further information is at https://www.globalgraphics.com/globalgraphics-software/products/mako-sdk

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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.

Contact

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

Paula Halpin/Global Graphics Software
+44 1223 926017
paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com

Martin Bailey co-chairs third PDF 2.0 interop in Berlin

Global Graphics Software’s Martin Bailey will be leading a third PDF 2.0 interoperability workshop in Berlin next week (16th May), following the success of the two previous workshops in Cambridge UK and Boston Massachusetts that were hosted by Global Graphics Software on behalf of the PDF Association. He will share the role with Dual Labs’ Boris Doubrov, architect of veraPDF.

Mr. Bailey, the chief technology officer of Global Graphics Software and the primary UK expert to the ISO committees working on PDF, PDF/X and PDF/VT led the previous two interops, events that provide a way for PDF tool developers to validate their work against the new ISO 32000-2 (PDF 2.0) standard by working with vendors of other tools.

The PDF 2.0 standard was published in 2017 by the International Standards Organization and is billed as the first “post-Adobe” standard.

“PDF 2.0 is new enough that nobody is shipping tools to create PDF 2.0 files yet”, says Duff Johnson, executive director of the PDF Association and PDF 2.0’s ISO Project Leader. “You can make your own examples, but if you don’t test others’ examples you may miss problems. PDF interop workshops provide a setting in which developers can identify ambiguities, discover solutions and reach consensus on the meaning and application of ISO standards for PDF technology.”  

Martin Bailey, CTO for Global Graphics Software, and the primary UK expert on PDF committees agrees, adding, “PDF 2.0 includes many new features and numerous enhancements to existing features. Developers can use the interop workshops to test their understanding of these new capabilities.”

Martin Bailey’s White Paper – The impact of PDF 2.0 on print production – published in 2017, is an authoritative print industry resource providing background information on the new standard, insight into what it means for print, and recommendations around implementation planning.

In April 2018, Global Graphics Software launched version 12 of the Harlequin RIP®, the first major PDF RIP for production printing to offer compatibility with the PDF 2.0 standard, ensuring that all Harlequin-based Digital Front Ends will be able to process the new files.

The third PDF 2.0 interop workshop is free of charge, and open to all PDF developers wishing to attend. It forms part of the post-conference program immediately following this year’s PDF Days Europe, in Berlin.

To sign up for the 3rd PDF 2.0 interop workshop visit https://www.pdfa.org/2018-pdf-2-0-interop-workshop/

Editors notes

Ends
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.

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: Result of the Annual General Meeting

Cambridge (UK) 24 April 2018: Global Graphics PLC (Euronext: GLOG) announces the result of its Annual General Meeting (“AGM”).

At the Company’s Annual General Meeting held today, the resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed without amendment.

Details of the resolutions passed are available in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting, which is available on the Company’s website at https://www.globalgraphics.com/investors/shareholders-annual-general-meeting.

Board of directors
Effective from the AGM on 24 April 2018, the board of directors is:

•        Gary Fry, CEO
•        Graeme Huttley, CFO
•        Guido Van der Schueren, Chairman
•        Johan Volckaerts, non-executive director


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++ Design and Development, and the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor Inkjet.      
 
Global Graphics also has offices in: Florida, USA; Tokyo, Japan; and Hamburg, Germany.

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

Global Graphics PLC: Trading update for the quarter ended 31 March 2018

GLOBAL GRAPHICS PLC (Euronext: GLOG) provides a trading update for the first quarter of the financial year ending 31 December 2018.


Gary Fry, Global Graphics CEO comments, “the year has started well with a strong performance from all three operating segments.  It is pleasing to see that our strategy to offer printer manufacturers a more integrated solution for their production digital presses is bearing fruit, buoyed by the growth in industrial inkjet markets.  It’s also pleasing to see that the increasing cooperation between our business units and the resulting geographical expansion is contributing to revenue growth.  Equally important is that all segments have shown a positive operating profit in the quarter, which places us in a good position for the remainder of the year.”
 
Financial highlights for the quarter ended 31 March 2018

The following information is unaudited.

  • Revenue for the quarter was €5.85 million (2017: €4.70 million)
  • Gross profit for the quarter was €4.58 million, or 78% of sales (2017: €3.61 million, 77% of sales)
  • Net profit for the quarter was €0.82 million (2017: loss of €0.11 million)
  • EBITDA for the quarter was €1.52 million (2017: €0.73 million)
  • Cash at 31 March 2018 was valued at €5.08 million (31 March 2017: €4.30 million)

At constant exchange rates (those used for the comparative period in 2017), revenue would have been approximately €0.30 million higher and totalled €6.15 million.  Net profit and EBITDA would have been approximately €0.14 million higher and totalled €0.96 million and €1.66 million respectively.

Segment sales analysis

The following table provides information about revenue for the Group’s operating segments for the quarter
ended 31 March 2018 and 31 March 2017.

Quarter ended 31 March
€ millions

2018
2017
Software

2.49
1.99
Printhead Solutions

2.49
2.00
Fonts

0.87
0.71
Total revenue

5.85
4.70




Each segment has produced significant revenue growth compared to the same quarter in 2017 and the Software and Printhead Solutions segments have shown a similar increase when compared to the final quarter of 2017.  

EBITDA
EBITDA is calculated by adding back interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to net profit.

Cash
The Group continues to be free of any interest-bearing bank debt, therefore, has no interest payments or capital repayments to make.  

Deferred consideration payments for the acquisition of Meteor Inkjet Limited are contingent on revenue and will be paid annually in arrears.  No payments are due during this financial year, with the next payment expected to be made in Q1 2019.

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++ Design and Development, and the industrial printhead driver solutions specialists, Meteor Inkjet.      
 
Global Graphics also has offices in: Florida, USA; Tokyo, Japan; and Hamburg, Germany.

Contact

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

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