Global Graphics publishes 2016 half year financial report

 Cambridge (UK), 26 July 2016 (18.00 CEST): Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) announces it has published its half year report and condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2016.  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 2016

  • Sales for the period were €8.48 million, compared with €8.39 million for the same period in 2015.
  • The pre-tax result was a profit of €1.04 million for the period, compared with a profit of €2.08 million for the same period in 2015.
  • The net result after tax was a profit of €1.16 million for the period, compared with a profit of €2.66 million for the same period in 2015.
  • Basic earnings per share was €0.10 compared with a basic earnings per share of €0.26 for the same period in 2015.
  • Cash and cash equivalents reduced by €0.94 million during the period to €3.29 million.
  • The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit showed a profit of €1.99 million for the period, compared to a profit of €2.98 million for the same period in 2015.

Operational highlights of the six months ended 30 June 2016

  • Casio Computer Co., Ltd chose the Harlequin Embedded RIP to enhance their Japanese office colour printer SPEEDIA GE6000 by adding native PostScript® and PDF.
  • A strategic business relationship was signed with Roland DG, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutters.
  • Harlequin version 11 was released.
  • Think Laboratory chose the Harlequin RIP to drive a new generation of aqueous inkjet printers that will print onto plastic film for applications such as short-run food packaging.
  • The Company continued working jointly with Hybrid Software, notably by integrating Hybrid’s Cloudflow into a new offering called Fundamentals which is targeted at inkjet press manufacturers to help them overcome technical hurdles and reduce time to market when developing a new press.
  • The Company was part of the drupa innovation park at the drupa trade show in Dusseldorf, Germany, where it unveiled its Fundamentals proposition to press manufacturers.  The proposition resonated well, in particular our new multi-level screening technology.  The objectives of acquiring new leads and creating awareness of Fundamentals was achieved.
  • At the drupa trade show, RTI was based on the OKI stand and demonstrated Harlequin Direct Print driving the leading-edge OKI C941 and C942 digital production colour printers.  A time-limited copy of Harlequin Direct Print is being shipped by OKI Europe with each C941 and C942 that is sold.

UK referendum to leave the European Union

On 23 June 2016, the population of the UK voted on a referendum to leave the EU (“Brexit”). While there will be no immediate change to the Group’s corporate structure and financial reporting requirements, the board will monitor events to determine how the Group will be affected over the long term.  Other than the general macro-economic environment over which there is no control, it is the board’s view that it will be business as usual for the coming months.  The potential volatility of exchange rates, particularly the weakness of sterling against the euro, may have a positive effect on the Group’s reported profitability, but a negative effect on the Group’s asset value when translated to euros.

The Group does derive revenue from EU member states.  During the year ended 31 December 2015, 4.0% of the Group’s revenue was from EU member states, excluding the UK.  For the 6 months ending 30 June 2016, EU member state revenue, excluding the UK, was 10.1% of the Group’s total revenue, with 4.4% of that generated by the Company’s subsidiary in Germany.

A longer term risk is that the UK will no longer recognise a Societas Europaea (“SE”) as a legal entity.  To mitigate this risk the board will start the process to convert the Company from a UK registered SE to a UK registered public limited company (“PLC”) and for shareholders to vote on that change at the Annual General Meeting in 2017.

The board is committed to the Company’s listing on Euronext Brussels and has no plans to change the listing or the reporting currency.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics

Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, 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. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

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 SE reports a change in major shareholdings

Cambridge (UK), 6 July 2016: Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) discloses notification of a change in major shareholdings in the Company’s shares.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN MAJOR SHAREHOLDING

On 5 July 2016, the Company received notification from Dr Juergen Willrodt that they had on an aggregate basis crossed above the threshold of 4.00%, to 4.13% of voting rights in the Company’s shares.

The content of the notification received is shown below.

Name of the shareholder:
Juergen Willrodt
Contact telephone number:
+49 40 609 11700
Reason for notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Date threshold crossed:
28 June 2016
Date of notification:
5 July 2016
Threshold crossed/reached:
4%

Voting rights:

Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares		 Number
of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of  voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary Shares of €0.40 each
Nil
nil
462,963
462,963
Nil
4.13%
Nil

Total voting rights
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
462,963 4.13%

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, 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. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

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

Notification of transfer of shares out of treasury

A new software and engineering service for labels and packaging presses will be on show at Label Expo Americas (Stand 5931) following the resounding success of its introduction at drupa by Global Graphics Software.

Called Fundamentals, the service provides inkjet press manufacturers with a single source for the key software components and engineering knowhow that are essential to building a digital front end to drive a press.  The goal is to help to reduce time to market and engineering costs by breaking through the common barriers that prevent manufacturers from getting out to market on time and on budget.

Crucially, Fundamentals can also be applied to existing presses to overcome common quality issues, such as poor quality barcodes or small text, or, defects caused by mottling and chaining, irrespective of other software choices that may have been made.  

It provides manufacturers with an alternative to an Esko workflow or can be used alongside an Esko RIP.

“We’ve been working with several manufacturers who are pushing the boundaries of inkjet technology as they bring new presses to market,” says Martin Bailey, CTO, Global Graphics Software. “We’ve created Fundamentals to respond to the problems they face in the development phase of a new press which they often can’t solve on their own.  We can step in and help them out with our combination of best of breed software and our new BreakThrough Engineering Service. The goal is to breakthrough every technical barrier, accelerating the press to market.”

Eric Worrall, who heads up the Global Graphics’ BreakThrough team says “Every press, every application and every operating environment is different.  We work side by side with the manufacturer to create a solution that is truly customized to their press.  In doing so we give the manufacturer access to our tools and a unique pool of print scientists and engineers with decades of specialist knowledge exactly when they need them.”

“Recently we’ve been working on solutions for cross head calibration, ink estimation, even controlling the beta test environment”, he continues. “We can even help out when manufacturers are using a DFE with a different RIP to Harlequin.”

Fundamentals includes best of breed software from other vendors and marks the start of closer collaboration between Global Graphics Software and HYBRID Software, both of which share the same chairman in Guido Van der Schueren.

Fundamentals creates a much broader software offering alongside a RIP – it can include the Harlequin RIP®, but doesn’t need to – and is Global Graphics’ response to the many press vendors who are looking for the optimal choice of software components to drive their inkjet presses.  A key ingredient is the BreakThrough Engineering Service provided by Global Graphics color scientists, screening experts and RIP technologists.  They provide the integration services that link Fundamentals together.

The full line-up is: Label Layout Station for estimating and planning; CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals file and job management system; Harlequin RIP® to feed output to the press at high-speed without comprising on quality; ScreenPro screening used with Global Graphics’ new Digital Print Quality Optimizer tool; Harlequin ColorPro™ for consistent and predicable color for a wide range of workflows including Esko; ProofScope a soft proofer to verify before print separations, cut marks, bar codes, colors, dimensions and density, and Mellow Colour digital print quality management software whose certification is demanded by the leading brands.

For more information, visit http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/fundamentals or contact info@globalgraphics.com.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics is one of the world’s foremost experts in printing, PDF and digital document software and is the developer of the Harlequin RIP.  Ours is the software behind the perfect printed and digital communication. Through our various technologies for rendering, screening, and color management, we add value to solutions marketed by the world’s leading brands, including HP, Canon, Delphax, Wasatch and Onyx. We are a public company listed on Euronext (GLOG).Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.com

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 S.E. which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand and product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

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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

Transaction in own shares

Cambridge (UK), 30 June 2016 07:00 CEST: Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) (the "Company") announces that on 29 June 2016 it acquired 92,572 ordinary shares of €0.40 each ("Ordinary Shares") for treasury at a purchase price of €1.98 per share.  The shares were acquired off market directly from employees that had exercised share options.

The acquired shares will be held in treasury with the expectation that they will be utilised to satisfy employee share based award obligations as and when required.

Following this acquisition, there are 163,091 Ordinary Shares held in treasury and the total number of voting rights is 11,202,616.

The total voting rights figure of 11,202,616 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they can determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics

Global Graphics (http://www.globalgraphics.com) is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, 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 there. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

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

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

Cambridge (UK), 30 June 2016 07:00 CEST: Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) (the "Company") announces that on 29 June 2016 a number of directors and senior executives of the Company have each acquired ordinary shares of €0.40 each ("Ordinary Shares") pursuant to the exercise of share options under the Company’s share option scheme.

The following table provides information about the number of options exercised, shares sold and the resulting interest that each person holds in the Company’s shares.

Name Position
Number of options exercised
Exercise price per option
€
Number of Ordinary Shares sold
Sale price per share
 €
Number of Ordinary Shares held following this transaction
Total interest as a % of issued share capital excluding treasury shares
Justin Bailey
PDMR
12,500
1.13
9,388
1.98
3,112
0.028%
Martin Bailey
PDMR
6,250
1.06
nil
n/a
10,250
0.091%
Gary Fry
Director/PDMR
100,000
1.06
66,454
1.98
63,125
0.563%
Graeme Huttley
Director/PDMR
6,250
1.06
3,346
1.98
10,250
0.091%
Kendall Madsen
PDMR
12,500
1.06
6,692
1.98
5,808
0.052%
Jill Taylor
PDMR
6,250
1.06
3,346
1.98
9,050
0.081%
Neil Wylie
PDMR
6,250
1.06
3,346
1.98
6,250
0.056%

Editors notes

Global Graphics (http://www.globalgraphics.com) is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, 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 there. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

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 SE reports a change in major shareholdings

Cambridge (UK), 29 June 2016: Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) discloses notification of a change in major shareholdings in the Company’s shares.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN MAJOR SHAREHOLDING

On 29 June 2016, the Company received notification from Mr Peter Rosenfeld that they had on an aggregate basis crossed above the threshold of 4.00%, to 4.13% of voting rights in the Company’s shares.

The content of the notification received is shown below.

Name of the shareholder:
Peter Rosenfeld
Contact telephone number:
+49 171 5287068
Reason for notification:
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
Date threshold crossed:
28 June 2016
Date of notification:
29 June 2016
Threshold crossed/reached:
4%

Voting rights:

Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of
shares

Situation previous
to the triggering
transaction		 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number
of
Shares		 Number
of
Voting
Rights		 Number
of shares		 Number of voting
rights		 % of  voting rights
Direct Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
Ordinary Shares of €0.40 each
Nil
nil
462,963
462,963
Nil
4.13%
Nil

Total voting rights
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
462,963 4.13%

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, 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. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

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

Global Graphics: Share capital increase

Cambridge (UK) Tuesday 28 June 2016 (18.00 CEST) – GLOBAL GRAPHICS SE (Euronext: GLOG), a developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, announces today that it has increased its share capital.

As authorised by Resolution 12 that was passed at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on 19 April 2016, the Board has today increased the Company’s share capital by allotting 150,000 new Ordinary shares for share options that have vested under the Company’s share option plan.

The total number of Ordinary shares issued by the Company has increased from 11,215,707 to 11,365,707.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics

Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) http://www.globalgraphics.com is a leading developer of software platforms on which our partners create solutions for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications. Customers include HP, Corel, Quark, 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. There are also offices near Boston, Massachusetts and in Tokyo.

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

In occasione di drupa, Global Graphics presenta il servizio Fundamentals per la stampa inkjet

  • Un nuovo software e servizio per i produttori di macchine da stampa inkjet che accelera il tempo di immissione sul mercato
  • Il servizio risolve problematiche tecniche come il concatenamento e il raggruppamento, ottenendo codici a barre nitidi e la taratura delle testine inkjet
  • L’evento segna l’inizio di una collaborazione più stretta con HYBRID Software

Cambridge, Regno Unito, 19 maggio 2016: Un nuovo pacchetto di servizi di progettazione tecnica e software destinato ai produttori di macchine da stampa inkjet, che aiuterà questi ultimi a introdurre prodotti sul mercato in tempi più brevi, risolvendo le problematiche inerenti allo sviluppo di nuove macchine, sarà presentato in occasione di drupa da Global Graphics Software.

Chiamato Fundamentals, il servizio fornisce ai produttori una fonte unificata per i componenti chiave del software e il know-how progettuale essenziale per costruire un front-end digitale. Il servizio si rivolge inizialmente a produttori di macchine per la stampa inkjet, commerciale, di imballaggi ed etichette. L’obiettivo è quello di aiutarli a ridurre i tempi di immissione sul mercato e i costi di progettazione.

“Fundamentals è il risultato della nostra interazione con produttori di macchine da stampa inkjet che stanno spingendo sempre oltre i limiti di questa tecnologia mentre introducono sul mercato nuovi modelli di stampanti,” spiega Martin Bailey, CTO di Global Graphics Software. “Ogni macchina da stampa, ogni applicazione e ogni ambiente operativo sono diversi. Spesso le aziende non sono in grado di risolvere autonomamente i problemi che si trovano a dover affrontare nella fase di sviluppo di una nuova macchina da stampa. Ed è qui che entriamo in gioco noi, aiutandoli grazie a una combinazione costituita da software all’avanguardia e dal nostro nuovo servizio di progettazione tecnica Breakthrough.”

Eric Worrall, a capo del team Breakthrough di Global Graphics, spiega: “Lavoriamo fianco a fianco con il produttore per creare una soluzione che sia davvero personalizzata in base alla loro macchina da stampa e all’ambiente operativo. A questo fine, forniamo al produttore l’accesso ai nostri strumenti e a un pool assolutamente unico di scienziati e ingegneri, con decenni di competenze specialistiche, esattamente quando ne hanno bisogno.”

“Stiamo già lavorando su soluzioni per la taratura delle testine, il raggruppamento e l’incatenamento nell’output, la stima degli inchiostri e addirittura il controllo dell’ambiente dei test beta”, prosegue Worrall. “L’obiettivo è superare ogni ostacolo tecnico, accelerando l’immissione sul mercato della macchina da stampa. Prendiamo in mano la situazione e risolviamo qualsiasi problema per il quale il produttore desideri il nostro aiuto. Per esempio, di recente siamo stati incaricati di migliorare la qualità di stampa ma siamo passati alla velocità della retinatura perché si trattava di un risultato positivo immediato per il produttore.”

Fundamentals, che include software all’avanguardia di altri fornitori, segna l’inizio di una collaborazione più stretta fra Global Graphics Software e HYBRID Software, aziende con a capo lo stesso presidente, Guido Van der Schueren.

Fundamentals crea un’offerta di software molto più ampia unitamente a un RIP – funziona con o senza Harlequin RIP® – ed è la risposta di Global Graphics ai numerosi fornitori di macchine da stampa alla ricerca della scelta ottimale di componenti software per controllare le loro stampanti inkjet. Un elemento chiave è costituito dal servizio di progettazione tecnica Breakthrough fornito da scienziati del colore, esperti di retinatura e tecnici RIP di Global Graphics. Essi forniscono i servizi di integrazione che fungono da collegamento per Fundamentals.

Nella linea di prodotti troviamo la nuova retinatura multilivello di Global Graphics destinata alla tecnologia inkjet (ScreenPro) che migliora sensibilmente la qualità dell’output a getto d’inchiostro, specialmente ad alte velocità e anche su supporti problematici (si veda il comunicato stampa a parte intitolato Global Graphics alza lo standard della qualità inkjet con il lancio a drupa). Tale soluzione è disponibile come motore di retinatura autonomo che non richiede il RIP Harlequin.

La linea completa è costituita da:

·        postazione per il layout di etichette: per stimare e pianificare commesse singole o multi-gang da bobina a bobina all’inizio del flusso di lavoro di stampa
·        CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals: una versione OEM del popolare sistema di gestione dei file di HYBRID Software, che può essere facilmente brandizzata e personalizzata per ciascuna macchina da stampa e che è configurata ad hoc per flussi di lavoro inkjet per imballaggi ed etichette. Dall’interno di CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals il file può essere rasterizzato per poi applicare la retinatura e la gestione del colore.
·        Harlequin RIP®: famoso per la qualità dell’output nonché per la velocità, il RIP Harlequin per PDF nativo alimenta le pagine nella macchina da stampa senza scendere a compromessi sulla qualità. Questo RIP gestisce senza difficoltà dati variabili e basse tirature e si integra con CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals
·        ScreenPro: un motore di retinatura multilivello autonomo che affronta a livello di software molti dei difetti riguardanti la qualità, come l’incatenamento e la maculatura, che non possono essere risolti a livello meccanico. Utilizzando il servizio Breakthrough, gli ingegneri di Global Graphics misurano le prove di stampa ed elaborano i risultati attraverso il nuovo strumento di ottimizzazione Digital Print Quality Optimizer di Global Graphics. La soluzione calcola patterning e sovrapposizioni ottimizzati per le diverse dimensioni delle gocce d’inchiostro disponibili.
·        Harlequin ColorPro™ assicura colori uniformi e prevedibili per un’ampia gamma di flussi di lavoro, fra cui Esko. Tavole di consultazione di marchi in un’ampia gamma di spazi cromatici soddisfano l’esigenza della fedeltà cromatica e i colori possono essere abbinati con un output convenzionale per ottenere l’uniformità ad ampio raggio della presenza del brand. Supporta i profili ICC standard di settore, come i profili per link dispositivi e canali N.
·        ProofScope: un’unità per prove soft per verificare, prima della stampa, separazioni, segni di taglio, codici a barre, colori, dimensioni e densità
·        Mellow Colour: software per la gestione della qualità della stampa digitale la cui certificazione è richiesta da marchi leader come Conde Nast e Marks & Spencer. Offre ai fornitori di macchìne da stampa la possibilità di comprendere le prestazioni della stampante e la possibilità di eseguire diagnosi in remoto. Di valore inestimabile quando si eseguono programmi beta.

Per maggiori informazioni, visitare il sito http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/fundamentals o scrivere all’indirizzo info@globalgraphics.com.

Editors notes

Note ai redattori
Il white paper di Global Graphics “Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets” può essere scaricato all’indirizzo www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper

Informazioni su Global Graphics
Global Graphics è una delle aziende leader a livello mondiale nell’ambito del software per stampa, PDF e documenti digitali, oltre ad essere lo sviluppatore del RIP Harlequin. Il nostro è il software che sta dietro a una perfetta comunicazione digitale e cartacea. Attraverso le nostre varie tecnologie per il rendering, la retinatura e la gestione del colore, aggiungiamo valore a soluzioni commercializzate da marchi leader a livello mondiale, come HP, Canon, Delphax, Wasatch e Onyx. Siamo una società quotata in borsa presente su Euronext (GLOG). Ulteriori informazioni sono disponibili all’indirizzo http://www.globalgraphics.com

Contact

Contatti per i media:
Jill Taylor, Corporate Communications Director, Global Graphics Software
Jill.Taylor@globalgraphics.com
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 926489
USA Tel.: +1 978 631 0414
Skype: gg.jill.taylor

Paula Halpin, PR & Marketing Executive,
Global Graphics Software
Paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 926017
USA Tel.: +1 781 996 4201
Skype: gg.paula.halpin

Global Graphics unveils inkjet Fundamentals at drupa

  • New software and service for inkjet press manufacturers that accelerates time to market
  • Overcomes technical challenges such as chaining and clustering, obtaining crisp bar codes and inkjet head calibration
  • Sees the start of closer collaboration with HYBRID Software

Cambridge, UK, 19 May, 2016: A new software and engineering services package for inkjet press manufacturers that will help them get to market quicker by overcoming the technical hurdles involved in developing a new press will be unveiled at drupa by Global Graphics Software.  

Called Fundamentals, the service provides manufacturers with a single source for the key software components and engineering knowhow that are essential to building a digital front end. It is aimed at label, packaging and commercial inkjet press manufacturers initially. The goal is to help them to reduce their time to market and their engineering costs.

“Fundamentals is the result of our interaction with inkjet press manufacturers who are pushing the boundaries of inkjet technology as they bring new models of presses to market,” says Martin Bailey, CTO, Global Graphics Software. “Every press, every application and every operating environment is different. Companies often can’t solve the problems they face in the development phase of a new press on their own. That’s where we can step in and help them out with our combination of best of breed software and our new BreakThrough Engineering Service.”

Eric Worrall, who heads up the Global Graphics’ BreakThrough team says “We work side by side with the manufacturer to create a solution that is truly customized to their press and its operating environment. In doing so we give the manufacturer access to our tools and a unique pool of print scientists and engineers with decades of specialist knowledge exactly when they need them.

“We are already working on solutions for cross head calibration, clustering and chaining on output, ink estimation, even controlling the beta test environment,” he continues. “The goal is to breakthrough every technical barrier, accelerating the press to market. We take our lead from the manufacturer and tackle whatever issue they want help with. For instance, we were recently engaged to improve print quality but switched to a problem with screening speed because it was an immediate win for the manufacturer.”  

Fundamentals includes best of breed software from other vendors and marks the start of closer collaboration between Global Graphics Software and HYBRID Software, both of which share the same chairman in Guido Van der Schueren.

Fundamentals creates a much broader software offering alongside a RIP – it works with or without the Harlequin RIP® – and is Global Graphics’ response to the many press vendors who are looking for the optimal choice of software components to drive their inkjet presses. A key ingredient is the BreakThrough Engineering Service provided by Global Graphics color scientists, screening experts and RIP technologists. They provide the integration services that link Fundamentals together.

In the product line up is Global Graphics’ new multi-level screening for inkjet technology (ScreenPro) that significantly improves inkjet output quality, especially at high speed and even on challenging media (see separate press release, Global Graphics raises the bar in inkjet quality with drupa launch). This is available as a standalone screening engine that does not require the Harlequin RIP.

The full line-up is:

  • Label Layout Station: for estimating and planning single or multi-gang orders on roll-to-roll at the start of the print workflow.
  • CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals: an OEM version of HYBRID Software’s popular file management system that can be easily branded and customized to each press and is configured specifically for inkjet label and packaging workflows. From within CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals the file is RIPped and screening and color management can be applied.
  • Harlequin RIP®: reputed for the quality of its output as well as its speed, the native PDF Harlequin RIP feeds pages to the press at high-speed without comprising on quality. It handles variable data and short runs with ease and is integrated with CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals.
  • ScreenPro: a standalone multi-level screening engine that addresses in software many of the quality defects such as chaining and mottling, that can’t be corrected mechanically. Using the Breakthrough Service Global Graphics’ engineers measure test prints and process the results through Global Graphics’ new Digital Print Quality Optimizer tool. This calculates optimized patterning and overlaps for the various ink drop sizes available.
  • Harlequin ColorPro™ provides consistent and predicable color for a wide range of workflows including Esko. Brand look-up tables in a variety of color spaces meet the need for color fidelity and colors can be matched with conventional output for consistency across a brand presence. Support for industry standard ICC profiles, including device link and N-channel profiles.
  • ProofScope: a soft proofer to verify before print separations, cut marks, bar codes, colors, dimensions and density.
  • Mellow Colour: digital print quality management software whose certification is demanded by the leading brands, including Conde Nast and Marks & Spencer. Gives press vendors the power to understand how their press is performing and the ability to undertake remote diagnosis.  Invaluable when running beta programmes.

For more information, visit http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/fundamentals or contact info@globalgraphics.com.

Editors notes

Contact

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

Paula Halpin, PR & Marketing Executive
Global Graphics Software
Paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926017
US Tel: +1 781 996 4201
Skype: gg.paula.halpin

Global Graphics presenta Fundamentals en la drupa

  • Nuevo software y servicio para los fabricantes de máquinas inkjet que agiliza la comercialización
  • Supera los problemas técnicos como la concatenación y el clustering, obteniendo códigos de barras nítidos y mejorando la calibración de los cabezales inkjet
  • Marca el inicio de una colaboración estrecha con HYBRID Software

Cambridge, Reino Unido, 19 de mayo de 2016: Durante la feria drupa, Global Graphics Software presentará un nuevo paquete de servicios de ingeniería y software para los fabricantes de máquinas inkjet que les ayudará a comercializar sus productos más rápidamente superando los problemas técnicos asociados al desarrollo de una nueva máquina.

El nuevo servicio, llamado Fundamentals, proporciona a los fabricantes un único recurso para obtener los componentes de software clave y el knowhow en ingeniería esencial para crear un frontal digital. Está indicado para fabricantes de máquinas inkjet para impresión comercial, de envases y etiquetas. El objetivo es ayudarles a reducir los plazos de comercialización y los costes de ingeniería.

“Fundamentals es el resultado de nuestra colaboración con los fabricantes de máquinas que ponen a prueba los límites de la tecnología de inyección de tinta cada vez que sacan un nuevo modelo de máquina al mercado”, afirma Martin Bailey, CTO de Global Graphics Software. “Todas las máquinas, todas las aplicaciones y todos los entornos de trabajo son distintos. Con frecuencia, las empresas no pueden solucionar por su cuenta todos los problemas que surgen durante la fase de desarrollo de una máquina de impresión nueva. Aquí es donde entramos nosotros, para ayudarles con nuestra combinación de software y nuestro nuevo servicio de ingeniería Breakthrough Engineering”.

Eric Worrall, responsable del equipo Breakthrough de Global Graphics: “Colaboramos con el fabricante para crear una solución verdaderamente adaptada a su máquina de impresión y su entorno operativo. Damos acceso al fabricante a nuestras herramientas y a un conjunto de ingenieros y especialistas en impresión con décadas de experiencia, y lo hacemos justo en el momento en que necesitan su ayuda”.

“Ya estamos trabajando en soluciones para la calibración de cabezales, clustering y concatenación en la salida, estimación de tinta e incluso controlar el entorno de pruebas beta”, prosigue. “El objetivo es superar todas las barreras técnicas y acelerar los plazos de comercialización. Apoyamos al cliente y abordamos cualquier cuestión en la que necesite nuestra ayuda. Por ejemplo, recientemente acudieron a nosotros para mejorar la calidad de impresión pero terminamos abordando un problema de la velocidad de tramado porque supuso una mejora directa para el fabricante”.

Fundamentals incluye el mejor software de otros fabricantes y supone el inicio de una estrecha colaboración entre Global Graphics Software y HYBRID Software, empresas que comparten el mismo presidente: Guido Van der Schueren.

Fundamentals crea una oferta de software mucho más amplia junto con un RIP –puede funcionar con o sin Harlequin RIP®– y es la respuesta de Global Graphics a las demandas de muchos fabricantes que buscan la mejor combinación posible de componentes de software para usar con sus máquinas de impresión inkjet. Uno de los ingredientes clave es el servicio de ingeniería Breakthrough Engineering Service que ofrecen los expertos en color, tramado y RIP de Global Graphics. Proporcionan los servicios de integración que enlazan los componentes de Fundamentals entre sí.

La gama de productos incluye el nuevo tramado multinivel de Global Graphics para tecnología inkjet (ScreenPro) que mejora notablemente la calidad de impresión inkjet, especialmente a altas velocidades y sobre materiales difíciles (véase nota de prensa separada, Global Graphics mejora el nivel de la impresión inkjet con un lanzamiento en la drupa). Está disponible como motor de tramado autónomo que no necesita Harlequin RIP.

La gama completa se compone de:

·        Label Layout Station: para presupuestar y planificar pedidos sueltos o combinados impresos rollo a rollo en el inicio del flujo de trabajo.
·        CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals: una versión OEM del popular sistema de gestión de archivos de HYBRID Software que se puede personalizar y adaptar fácilmente a cualquier máquina de impresión y está configurado para flujos de trabajo inkjet de envases y etiquetas. Desde CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals, el archivo es procesado por el RIP y es posible aplicarle tramado y gestión del color.
·        Harlequin RIP®: reconocido por la calidad de sus resultados y por su velocidad, el RIP Harlequin nativo PDF transmite páginas a la máquina de impresión a alta velocidad sin comprometer la calidad. Admite datos variables y tiradas cortas y se integra con CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals.
·        ScreenPro: un motor de tramado autónomo multinivel que aborda a través de software muchos de los defectos de calidad como el moteado, que no se pueden corregir mecánicamente. Usando el servicio Breakthrough, los ingenieros de Global Graphics miden las pruebas de impresión y procesan los resultados con la nueva herramienta Digital Print Quality Optimizer. Con ello se calcula el patrón y las superposiciones optimizadas para los distintos tamaños de gota disponibles.
·        Harlequin ColorPro™ proporciona colores uniformes y predecibles para una amplia gama de flujos de trabajo, incluyendo Esko. Las tablas de consulta (LUT) de marcas en distintos espacios de color colman la necesidad de fidelidad del color y permiten igualar colores con la impresión convencional para obtener la máxima coherencia en la presencia de la marca. Compatible con perfiles ICC Estándar, incluyendo perfiles device link y N-channel.
·        ProofScope: un sistema de pruebas en pantalla para verificar antes de las separaciones de color, marcas de corte, códigos de barras, colores, dimensiones y densidad.
·        Mellow Colour: software de gestión de la calidad de impresión digital, cuya certificación reclaman las principales marcas, como Conde Nast y Marks & Spencer. Proporciona a los fabricantes de máquinas la capacidad para entender el rendimiento de su máquina y la capacidad de realizar diagnósticos a distancia. Inestimable cuando se ejecutan programas beta.

Para obtener más información, visite http://www.globalgraphics.com/products/fundamentals o contacte con info@globalgraphics.com.

Editors notes

Nota para la prensa:
Descargue el artículo técnico de Global Graphics “Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets” de www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper

Acerca de Global Graphics
Global Graphics es uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en software de impresión, PDF y documentos digitales y es el creador de Harlequin RIP. Nuestro software se encuentra detrás de comunicaciones impresas y digitales perfectas. Gracias a nuestras distintas tecnologías para renderizado, tramado y gestión del color, ofrecemos valor añadido a las soluciones que comercializan primeras marcas como HP, Canon, Delphax, Wasatch y Onyx. Somos una empresa pública que cotiza en Euronext (GLOG). Más información en http://www.globalgraphics.com Global Graphics, Harlequin, el logotipo de Harlequin, Harlequin RIP son marcas comerciales de Global Graphics Software Limited que pueden estar registradas en ciertas jurisdicciones. Global Graphics es una marca comercial de Global Graphics S.E. que puede estar registrada en ciertas jurisdicciones. PostScript es una marca comercial de Adobe Systems Incorporated que puede estar registrada en ciertas jurisdicciones. Todos los demás nombres de marca y producto son marcas registradas o comerciales de sus propietarios respectivos.

Contact

Jill Taylor, Director de Comunicaciones Corporativas Global Graphics Software
Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com
Tel +44 (0)1223 926489
Tel EE. UU.: +1 978 631 0414
Skype: gg.jill.taylor

Paula Halpin, Ejecutiva de RR.PP. y Marketing
Global Graphics Software
Paula.halpin@globalgraphics.com
Tel: +44 (0)1223 926017
Tel EE. UU.: +1 781 996 4201
Skype: gg.paula.halpin