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Global Graphics: Trading update for the quarter ended 31 March 2016

Cambridge (UK) Tuesday 12 April 2016 (18.00 CEST) – GLOBAL GRAPHICS SE (Euronext: GLOG), a developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, provides a trading update for the first quarter of the financial year ending 31 December 2016.

Financial highlights for the quarter ended 31 March 2016

The following information is unaudited.

Revenue for the quarter was €5.25 million (2015: €5.19 million).
The Company’s measure of adjusted operating profit was a profit of €1.98 million (2015: €2.62 million) for the quarter.
Cash at 31 March 2016 was valued at €3.41 million (2015: €3.51 million). The Group continues to be debt free, therefore, has no interest payments or capital repayments to make.

Operational highlights for the quarter ended 31 March 2016

Casio Computer Co., Ltd ("Casio") chose the Harlequin Embedded RIP to enhance their Japanese office colour printer SPEEDIA GE6000 by adding native PostScript and PDF support into its new optional unit. Using the Harlequin Embedded RIP, Casio has added native processing of PostScript data with full PostScript compatibility and a PC-less direct print feature for PDF files.
A strategic business relationship with Roland DG Corporation ("Roland"), a global, leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and printer/cutters, was announced during the quarter. Roland chose the Harlequin RIP to provide their customers with the ability to efficiently handle ever larger and complicated colour files and to be able to collaborate with the experienced and talented team of Global Graphics engineers who specialise in colour management and screening technology to provide solid support for their customers. It will also allow Roland to reduce lead times for bringing products to market.
During the quarter, the Company announced that it is strategically aligning itself with Hybrid Software to provide digital press manufacturers with an “unbeatable” package of RIPs and workflow. It is expected that drupa 2016 will provide a launchpad for a combined solution.
A major new release of the Harlequin RIP, the software engine that drives the printing industry’s highest performing digital presses, was launched during the quarter. Reputed for the quality of its output as well as its speed, the Harlequin RIP transforms design and pre-press data into a format that can be printed and feeds those pages to the press. It’s compatible with a wide range of PDF design tools and compliant with industry standards. The new version, Harlequin 11, raises the bar in output quality by introducing features to improve inkjet output quality, offers more controls for variable data printing, and contains new features for labels and packaging applications.
A new generation of aqueous inkjet printers from Think Laboratory that will print onto plastic film for applications such as short-run food packaging, will be powered by the Harlequin RIP. Think Laboratory, a global supplier of advanced gravure engraving equipment based in Japan, has licenced Harlequin because it is faster than other vendors’ technology and can produce optimal output quality thanks to Global Graphics’ new multi-level screening technology which was launched earlier this month and will be on show at drupa 2016.

More information about all of the above can be found in the news section of the Company’s website at http://www.globalgraphics.com/news/

Revenue analysis

The Company has adopted IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("IFRS 15") in advance of the mandatory adoption date of 1 January 2018 and will apply it to its consolidated financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2016. Full disclosure of any effect of the change in accounting standard will be disclosed in accordance with the transitional requirements of IFRS 15 in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

IFRS 15 and its associated interpretation guidance is more detailed and specific in its approach to revenue recognition than IAS 18, including specific guidance for licensing scenarios that the Company is involved in. Adopting IFRS 15 early ensures a consistent approach to revenue recognition that may not be possible under IAS 18. Some revenue will be recognised earlier than previously, whilst some revenue will now be deferred until a later date, depending on the contractual arrangements.

If IFRS 15 had not been adopted by the Company, under its existing revenue recognition policy, revenue for the quarter would have been €2.63 million.

During the quarter, a customer in the Print segment exercised an option in their contract which resulted in the recognition of revenue totalling €2.87 million. The cash receipt for the license fee will be received during the years ending 31 December 2016 through to 2020.

On 4 March 2014, the Company announced that it had signed a contract to license its Harlequin technology to a global manufacturer of office printing devices to drive their single function, multi-function and production printers. The contract has been included in the Print operating segment and is included under the Office market heading. During the quarter €0.04 million (2015: €3.42 million) was recognised as revenue from this contract.

The run-up to drupa 2016 has caused a slowdown in shipments from some customers in the Print segment, which has resulted in lower than expected revenue from those customers during the quarter.

Segment sales analysis

The following table provides information about revenue for the Group’s operating segments for the quarter ended 31 March 2016.

	Quarter ended 31 March
€ 000s	2016	2015
Print	4,498	4,955
eDoc	177	238
Fonts	579	–
Total revenue	5,254	5,193

Strategic market sales analysis

The following table shows the revenue attributable to each of the strategic markets for the quarter ended 31 March 2016.

	Quarter ended 31 March
€ 000s	2016	2015
High-speed	358	484
In-house	9	9
Office	262	3,707
Traditional	4,046	993
Fonts	579	–
Total revenue	5,254	5,193

Annual General Meeting

As announced on 24 March 2016, the Company’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the offices of Andlinger & Co, Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 10:00 hrs (CEST).

A copy of the complete notice and other supporting information, including explanatory notes, requirements for proof of ownership of shares and the proxy form, is available for download from the investors section of the Company’s web site at: http://www.globalgraphics.com/investors/shareholders-shareholders-annual-general-meeting.
Results for the six months ending 30 June 2016

The Company expects to publish its condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ending 30 June 2016 after market close on Tuesday 26 July 2016.

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

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Cambridge (UK) 24 March 2016: Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) announces details of its Annual General Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Global Graphics SE will be held at the offices of Andlinger & Co, Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 10:00 hrs (CET).

Ordinary Business
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions which will be proposed as Ordinary Resolutions:

1. To receive the Company’s annual financial statements and consolidated accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2015.
2. To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditor to hold office from the conclusion of this meeting until the conclusion of the next general meeting of the Company at which financial statements are laid.
3. To authorise the members of the Company’s administrative organ (the “Directors”) to determine the remuneration of the auditors.
4. To re-elect Guido Van der Schueren as a member of the Company’s administrative organ as Chairman of the Board.
5. To re-elect Gary Fry as a member of the Company’s administrative organ as Chief Executive Officer.
6. To re-elect Johan Volckaerts as a member of the Company’s administrative organ as a non-executive director.
7. To elect Graeme Huttley as a member of the Company’s administrative organ as an executive director.
8. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Report (excluding the Directors’ Remuneration Policy) set out on pages 13 to 17 of the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2015.
9. To approve the Directors’ Remuneration Policy, the full text of which is contained in the Directors’ Remuneration Report, as set out on pages 17 to 19 of the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2015, which will take effect immediately after the end of the Annual General Meeting on 19 April 2016.

Special business
To consider and, if thought fit, pass the following resolutions which will be proposed in the case of Resolutions 10 and 12 as Special Resolutions and in the case of Resolution 11 as an Ordinary Resolution:

10. That the Company be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 701 of the Companies Act 2006 (the “Act”) to make one or more market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of €0.40 each in the capital of the Company (ordinary shares) provided that:
· the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares authorised to be purchased is 1,000,000 (representing 8.92% of the issued ordinary share capital);
· the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is the par value of the shares;
· the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for an ordinary share is an amount equal to the higher of (i) 105% of the average closing price for an ordinary share as derived from Euronext Brussels for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which that ordinary share is purchased, and (ii) the amount stipulated by article 5(1) of the Buy-back and Stabilisation Regulation 2003;
· this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the Company, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 19 July 2017 unless renewed before that time; and
· the Company may make a contract to purchase ordinary shares under this authority before the expiry of the authority which will or may be executed wholly or partly after the expiry of the authority, and may make a purchase of ordinary shares in pursuance of any such contract.

11. That, in substitution for all existing authorities conferred on the Directors, in accordance with section 551 of the Act the Directors be and they are generally and unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act), or grant rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal amount of €2,000,000, provided that this authority shall expire on the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting in 2017, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 19 July 2017, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted after such expiry and the Directors may allot such equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred by this resolution had not expired.

12. Subject to the passing of Resolution 11 of the notice of meeting, that, in substitution for all existing authorities conferred on the Directors, the Directors be and they are empowered pursuant to section 570 of the Act to allot equity securities either pursuant to the authority conferred by Resolution 11 above or by way of a sale or transfer of treasury shares as if section 561 of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, sale or transfer provided that this authority shall expire on the conclusion of the Company’s Annual General Meeting in 2017, or, if earlier, at the close of business on 19 July 2017, save that the Company may before such expiry make an offer or agreement which would or might require equity securities to be allotted, sold or transferred after such expiry and the Directors may allot, sell or transfer equity securities in pursuance of such an offer or agreement as if the authority conferred by this resolution had not expired.

Editors notes

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

Harlequin will power THINK LABORATORY’s new aqueous inkjet press

Cambridge, UK 23 March 2016: A new generation of aqueous inkjet printers from THINK LABORATORY that will print onto plastic film for applications such as short-run food packaging, will be powered by the Harlequin RIP, the software engine that drives the printing industry’s highest performing digital presses. Harlequin is developed by Global Graphics Software, a leading developer of software platforms for digital printing.

THINK LABORATORY, a major global supplier of advanced gravure engraving equipment based in Japan, has licenced Harlequin because it is faster than other vendors’ technology and can produce optimal output quality thanks to Global Graphics’ new multi-level screening technology which was launched earlier this month and will be on show at drupa 2016. The quick-response technical support that is available from Global Graphics’ Tokyo office was also a deciding factor for the company.

Kaku Shigeta, the director of THINK LABORATORY Co., Ltd. said “It is essential to use the optimal RIP technology available to improve print quality. The Harlequin RIP will give us that output quality and it has a long track record in digital printing and with quick technical support in Japanese.”

Yoshiyuki Hagiwara, the director of Global Graphics KK in Tokyo said, “We are honored to work with THINK LABORATORY on what will be an exciting new product range. Global Graphics KK’s professional technical support team will strongly assist THINK LABORATORY’s integration of a wide range of Harlequin screening technologies and color management technology.”

Reputed for the quality of its output as well as its speed, the Harlequin RIP transforms design and pre-press data into a format that can be printed and feeds those pages to the press. It’s compatible with a wide range of PDF design tools and compliant with industry standards.

The Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ varies the amount of ink delivered from the inkjet head in any one location on any type of media to overcome common problems such as streaking and mottling that are frustrating many press manufacturers.

Editors notes

About Think Laboratory

THINK LABORATORY is the leading company of the gravure cylinder making system. THINK was founded 1966 in Japan. THINK’s fully automated system is running in over 100 customer sites worldwide. 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 S.E. 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, 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 sube el listón de la calidad en la inyección de tinta con el lanzamiento de drupa

Düsseldorf, 2 de marzo de 2016: las prensas de inyección de tinta con una sola pasada pueden conseguir ahora una significativamente mejor calidad de impresión, gracias al descubrimiento tecnológico desvelado por Global Graphics Software en drupa (parque de innovación drupa 70B21\C20). Global Graphics Software es un desarrollador de plataformas de software líder para impresión digital, incluida la Harlequin RIP®.

El motor digital multinivel denominado Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ varía la cantidad de tinta que distribuye la cabeza de inyección de tinta en cualquier ubicación determinada y en cualquier tipo de medio para superar problemas habituales como rayas y manchas que terminan frustrando a muchos fabricantes de prensa.

Martin Bailey, responsable tecnológico de Global Graphics Software, declaró: ”Este progreso en la calidad es la continuación de nuestras extensas investigaciones con fabricantes de prensa de inyección de tinta. Nuestro nuevo motor Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ compensa los problemas de calidad a los que se enfrentan en la actualidad los fabricantes de prensa de inyección de tinta y les ayuda a conseguir sus objetivos de alta calidad y alta velocidad. Este nuevo motor se puede integrar en Digital Front Ends basado en Harlequin RIP, pero también funcionará con los DFE terceros añadiendo una versión independiente para sustituir el tramado nativo.”

El motor Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ forma parte de un nuevo servicio que Global Graphics presentará a los desarrolladores de inyección de tinta en drupa, y que trata de cómo los técnicos miden las impresiones de prueba procedentes de prensas de escala de grises de una sola pasada y procesa los resultados a través de la nueva herramienta optimizadora de calidad de impresión digital de Global Graphics. Esto calcula unos motivos optimizados y se superpone con los distintos tamaños de gota de tinta disponibles, para superar así problemas de prensa habituales en la inyección de tinta de alta velocidad como rayas y manchas.

El optimizador de calidad de impresión digital calcula los tamaños de gota óptimos así como los modelos de pantalla para combinaciones particulares de presas, cabezales de impresión multinivel/escalas de grises y sustratos. Esto mejora significativamente la calidad impresa de fotografía y tipos de imágenes similares, especialmente en los resaltados y en zonas con sutiles cambios de tonos. Global Graphics mide las características de impresión de la prensa y calcula los cambios óptimos en los modelos de puntos. Esto reduce el efecto del desvío de gotas en vuelo con respecto a sus puntos objetivo y posiblemente a su separación y unión en el sustrato antes de que puedan curarse.

El optimizador de calidad de impresión digital permite al Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screen un ajuste fino para combinaciones de sustrato/prensa concretas, tratando particularmente el control del solapamiento entre los distintos tamaños de gotas conforme se usan para construir tonos del claro al oscuro.

Global Graphics ha publicado un documento técnico que dirige los retos de calidad asociados con presas de escala de grises de alta velocidad y explica la forma en que funciona el nuevo Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening para mitigar las variables de calidad. Este documento técnico en inglés: “Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets,” se puede descargar del sitio web de Global Graphics, en www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper.

Editors notes

Acerca de Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) es un desarrollador líder de plataformas de software para impresión digital, documentos digitales y aplicaciones PDF, incluido el Harlequin RIP. Entre sus clientes se incluye HP, Quark, Canon, Delphax, 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. También disponemos de oficinas cerca de Boston, Massachusetts y Tokio. Dispone de información adicional en http://www.globalgraphics.comGlobal Graphics, Harlequin, el logo de Harlequin y Harlequin RIP son marcas comerciales de Global Graphics Software Limited que pueden estar registradas en algunas jurisdicciones. Global Graphics es una marca comercial de Global Graphics S.E. que puede estar registrada en algunas jurisdicciones. PostScript es una marca comercial de Adobe Systems Incorporated y puede estar registrada en algunas 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

Global Graphics präsentiert auf der drupa einen weiteren sprung nach vorn bei der Inkjet-Qualität

Single-Pass-Inkjet-Rotationspressen können jetzt dank eines technologischen Durchbruchs, der von Global Graphics Software auf der Drupa enthüllt wird, eine deutlich bessere Druckqualität erreichen (drupa innovation parc 70B21\C20). Global Graphics Software ist ein führender Entwickler von Softwareplattformen für digitalen Druck, darunter Harlequin RIP®.

Die Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ passt die Tintenmenge an, die vom Inkjet-Kopf auf eine Fläche eines beliebigen Mediums aufgetragen wird, um häufige Probleme zu beseitigen, wie z. B. Streifen- und Fleckenbildung, unter denen viele Rotationspressen-Hersteller leiden.

Dazu Martin Bailey, Chief Technology Officer bei Global Graphics Software: „Diese Qualitätsfortschritte sind eine Folge unserer umfassenden Forschung in Zusammenarbeit mit Herstellern von Inkjet-Rotationspressen. Unsere neue Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ gleicht die aktuellen Qualitätsprobleme der Hersteller von Inkjet-Rotationspressen aus und unterstützt sie dabei, eine hohe Qualität bei hoher Geschwindigkeit zu erzielen. Diese neue Engine kann in Digital Front Ends auf der Basis von Harlequin RIPs integriert werden, funktioniert aber auch mit DFEs von Drittanbietern. In diesem Fall ersetzt eine Standalone-Version das native Screening.

Die Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ ist Teil eines neuen Dienstes, den Global Graphics Inkjet-Entwicklern auf der Drupa vorstellen wird. Techniker können damit Testausdrucke von Single-Pass-Graustufenpressen testen und die Ergebnisse über das neue Digital Print Quality Optimizer-Tool von Global Graphics bearbeiten. So werden optimierte Musterungen und Überlappungen für die verschiedenen verfügbaren Tintentropfengrößen berechnet, um häufige Probleme von Hochgeschwindigkeits-Inkjet-Rotationspressen, wie z. B. Streifen- und Fleckenbildung, zu umgehen.

Der Digital Print Quality Optimizer berechnet die optimale Tropfengröße und das Bildmuster für bestimmte Kombinationen an Pressen, Graustufen-/Mehrstufen-Druckköpfen und Substraten. Damit wird die Druckqualität von Fotografien und ähnlichen Bildtypen signifikant verbessert, besonders bei Schlaglichtern und Bereichen mit sanft wechselnden Tönen. Global Graphics misst die Druckcharakteristika der Presse und berechnet optimale Veränderungen bei der Punktmusterung. Dadurch wird der Effekt minimiert, dass Tropfen im Flug von ihren Zielpunkten abkommen und sich dann möglicherweise auf dem Substrat ausbreiten, bevor sie korrigiert werden können.

Mit dem Digital Print Quality Optimizer kann der Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screen auf bestimmte Pressen-/Substratkombinationen eingestellt werden, mit besonderem Augenmerk auf die Kontrolle der Überlappung zwischen verschiedenen Tropfengrößen, die verwendet werden, um Abstufungen zwischen hell und dunkel zu erzeugen.

Global Graphics hat ein White Paper veröffentlicht, in dem die qualitativen Herausforderungen hinsichtlich Graustufenpressen mit hoher Geschwindigkeit besprochen werden und in dem erklärt wird, wie das neue Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening funktioniert, um Qualitätsvariablen zu minimieren. Dieses White Paper, „Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets“, kann von der Global Graphics-Website unter www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper heruntergeladen werden.

Editors notes

Über Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) ist ein führender Entwickler von Softwareplattformen für digitalen Druck, digitale Dokumente und PDF-Anwendungen, unter anderem die Harlequin RIP. Zu unseren Kunden zählen HP, Quark, Canon, Delphax, 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. Wir haben außerdem Niederlassungen in der Nähe von Boston, Massachusetts (USA) und in Tokyo (Japan). Zusätzliche Informationen finden Sie unter http://www.globalgraphics.comGlobal Graphics, Harlequin, das Harlequin-Logo und Harlequin RIP sind Marken und in einigen Ländern eingetragene Marken von Global Graphics Software Limited. Global Graphics ist eine Marke und in einigen Ländern eine eingetragene Marke von Global Graphics S.E. PostScript ist in einigen Ländern eine eingetragene Marke von Adobe Systems Incorporated. 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 raises the bar in inkjet quality with drupa launch

New innovation helps single-pass inkjet presses achieve high quality at high speed

Single-pass inkjet presses can now achieve significantly better print quality, thanks to a technology breakthrough to be unveiled by Global Graphics Software at drupa (drupa innovation parc 70B21\C20). Global Graphics Software is a leading developer of software platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP®.

Martin Bailey, chief technology officer at Global Graphics Software, says: ”These advances in quality follow our extensive research with inkjet press manufacturers. Our new Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ compensates for the quality problems currently faced by inkjet press manufacturers and helps them to achieve their goals of high quality and high speed. This new engine can be integrated into Digital Front Ends based on Harlequin RIPs, but will also work with third party DFEs by the addition of a standalone version to replace the native screening.”

The Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ is part of a new service Global Graphics will introduce to inkjet developers at drupa, that sees technicians measure test prints from single-pass greyscale presses, 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, to overcome common high speed inkjet press problems such as streaking and mottling.

The Digital Print Quality Optimizer calculates the optimum drop sizes and screen pattern for particular combinations of press, grayscale/multi-level print heads, and substrate. This significantly improves the printed quality of photographs and similar image types, especially in highlights and areas of subtly changing tones. Global Graphics measures the printing characteristics of the press and calculates optimal changes in the dot patterning. These mitigate the effect of drops straying in flight from their aim points and possibly then spreading and coalescing on the substrate before they can be cured.

The Digital Print Quality Optimizer allows the Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screen to be fine-tuned for particular press/substrate combinations, with particular regard to controlling the overlap between different drop sizes as they are used to build up tones from light to dark.

Global Graphics has published a White Paper that addresses the quality challenges associated with high speed greyscale presses and explains how the new Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening works to mitigate the quality variables. This White Paper, “Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets,” can be downloaded from the Global Graphics website at www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) is a leading developer of software platforms for digital printing, digital document and PDF applications, including the Harlequin RIP. Customers include HP, Quark, Canon, Delphax, 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. Additional information is available at http://www.globalgraphics.comGlobal 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 S.E. 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 launches version 11 of the Harlequin RIP

More controls for inkjet presses and new features for labels and packaging

A major new release of the Harlequin RIP®, the software engine that drives the printing industry’s highest performing digital presses, is launched today.

The new version, Harlequin 11, raises the bar in output quality by introducing features to improve inkjet output quality, offers more controls for variable data printing, and contains new features for labels and packaging applications.

Martin Bailey, CTO, Global Graphics Software says, “Global Graphics continues to enhance the Harlequin RIP to maintain its position as the fastest and highest quality rendering engine for production print. We know that our success relies on helping our OEM partners to deliver and ship products that impress their customers, so the new developments in version 11 are specifically designed to address the pain points encountered in real-world print environments, identified either in response to customer requests, or in our own research.”

Harlequin 11 is available in two editions: the Harlequin Host Renderer 11, which powers the Digital Front Ends used in high-volume digital production environments; and, Harlequin MultiRIP 11 for conventional and light digital production printing.

Harlequin Host Renderer 11
Harlequin Host Renderer 11 is an essential component of the digital front ends that power high-performance devices such as HP PageWide Presses. New features include:
· Improvements to inkjet output quality: Inkjet press manufacturers are reaching the limits of what can be achieved with mechanical improvements and have turned to Global Graphics Software to fix their problems using software. With Harlequin Multi-level Digital Screening technology (see separate press release, Global Graphics raises the bar in inkjet quality with drupa launch)a process that tunes multi-level half-tones, output quality is raised significantly even on challenging media. This feature is also available as a standalone product that is compatible with workflow tools from other vendors including Esko and EFI.

· Even faster variable data printing: The Harlequin RIP already contains Harlequin VariData™ to speed up the processing of variable data saved as PDF/VT or PDF. Harlequin 11 introduces a new feature whereby each graphic is rendered only once even if it is used in multiple positions on a page. This is especially valuable when a page layout flexes or when many instances of a direct mail piece or label are imposed together into a single PDF “page” representing an imposed sheet. If PDF/VT files are created using “PDF/VT hints” (described in the ISO standard) the processing speed is even faster. Global Graphics believes that Harlequin 11 is the first RIP to be able to use these hints. Global Graphics is one of the foremost experts in PDF/VT. (See the guide Do PDF/VT Right )

Harlequin MultiRIP 11
This version of the Harlequin RIP is active in thousands of installations around the world. Print service providers who upgrade to Harlequin MultiRIP 11 will benefit from many new productivity features, such as:
· Speed enhancements targeted at image heavy jobs so that in light production printing, where presses are driven by a single RIP, pages are fed even more quickly to the press, increasing productivity so that print service providers can fit more jobs into a shift.

· Quality enhancements such as image snapping; many design and composition tools split what looks like a single large image into tiles when making PostScript® and PDF which can result in fine white lines appearing on the output if the tiles don’t align correctly. Automated snapping identifies and automatically adjusts tiles so that they align exactly.

New features for labels and packaging
In addition to existing features for brand color matching and a selection of screens for flexo, offset and digital production Harlequin 11 introduces:

· The Harlequin Contour Processor™ that intercepts specified spot separations and exports them. Many packaging and label jobs include die lines and other technical separations which often need to be printed for proofing, or for aligning prints and pre-cut media or post-print die cutting. Those separations need to be removed from the raster for production printing. This feature is also useful for wide format plotter/cutters.
· Overriding overprint for white, varnish and metallic: Some special colorants should not knock out of, or be knocked out by, other colorants. A varnish should never knock out of other colors, for instance, while a white ink laid in under other colors should not be knocked out by ‘real’ graphics in other inks. Harlequin 11 includes configurations that allow these overprints to be controlled.

Press vendors and print shops who use Harlequin include HP Indigo and HP PageWide Press, Canon, Delphax, Global Inkjet Systems and Quad Graphics. Press vendors wishing to evaluate Harlequin Host Renderer 11 should contact info@globalgraphics.com. Print service providers looking to upgrade to Harlequin MultiRIP 11 are advised to contact their equipment supplier.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics
Global Graphics is one of the world’s foremost experts in printing, PDF and digital document software. 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.comGlobal Graphics, Harlequin, the Harlequin logo, the Harlequin RIP, Harlequin VariData, Harlequin Parallel Pages, Harlequin Contour Processor, 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. 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 place la barre encore plus haut en termes d’impression jet d’encre

Düsseldorf, le 2mars 2016 : Les presses à jet d’encre en un seul passage peuvent désormais générer une meilleure qualité d’impression, grâce à une technologie révolutionnaire qui sera dévoilée par Global Graphics Software à l’occasion du salon DRUPA (drupa innovation parc 70B21\C20). Global Graphics Software est l’un des principaux développeurs de plates-formes logicielles pour l’impression numérique, notamment le RIP Harlequin®.

Le moteur Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ varie la quantité d’encre diffusée de la tête de jet d’encre vers un endroit donné, quel que soit le type de support, afin de surmonter certains problèmes classiques, notamment l’apparition de traînées et marbrures, source de frustration pour les constructeurs de presses.

« Ces avancées qualité sont le fruit de nos recherches poussées auprès des fabricants de presses à jet d’encre », se réjouit Martin Bailey, directeur technique de Global Graphics Software. « Notre nouveau moteur Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ résorbe les problèmes de qualité que rencontrent actuellement les fabricants de presses à jet d’encre et les aide à atteindre leurs objectifs de haute qualité et de vitesse élevée. Il peut être intégré à des frontaux numériques basés sur le RIP Harlequin, mais fonctionne également avec des frontaux tiers, grâce à la version autonome qui remplace le processus natif de criblage, ou screening. »

Le moteur Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ fait partie d’un nouveau service que Global Graphics présentera aux développeurs de systèmes à jet d’encre au salon DRUPA. Les techniciens pourront mesurer des impressions tests réalisées par des presses à niveaux de gris en un seul passage et traiter les résultats en utilisant le nouvel outil de Global Graphics : le Digital Print Quality Optimizer. Ainsi, les motifs et les chevauchements optimaux seront calculés pour les différentes tailles de goutte d’encre disponibles, afin de surmonter les problèmes classiques des presses à jet d’encre grande vitesse, notamment l’apparition de traînées et de marbrures.

Le Digital Print Quality Optimizer calcule les tailles de gouttes et le criblage optimaux pour des combinaisons données de presses, de têtes d’impression niveaux de gris/multi-niveaux, et de substrats. Ceci améliore considérablement la qualité d’impression des photographies et autres images de ce type, en particulier pour les effets de lumière et les variations subtiles de tons. Global Graphics mesure les caractéristiques d’impression de la presse et calcule les changements optimaux de la répartition des points. Cela atténue l’effet d’éparpillement des gouttes qui ratent leur cible, d’où un risque d’étalement et de coalescence sur le substrat.

Le Digital Print Quality Optimizer permet au Multi-Level Digital Screen Harlequin d’être affiné pour une combinaison presse/substrats spécifique, en particulier en ce qui concerne le contrôle du chevauchement entre les différentes tailles de gouttes utilisées pour passer du clair au foncé.

Global Graphics a publié un livre blanc consacré aux défis de qualité associés aux presses en niveaux de gris haute vitesse et explique comment la nouvelle fonction Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening atténue les variations de qualité. Vous pouvez télécharger ce livre blanc, « Optimisation de l’écran demi-teinte pour les imprimantes jet d’encre à un seul passage » (Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets), à partir du site Web de Global Graphics: www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper.

Editors notes

À propos de Global Graphics
Global Graphics (Euronext : GLOG) est l’un des principaux développeurs de plates-formes logicielles pour l’impression numérique et les applications documents numériques et PDF, comprenant le RIP Harlequin. Nous comptons parmi nos clients HP, Quark, Canon, Delphax, 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. Nous avons également des bureaux près de Boston, dans le Massachusetts (États-Unis) et à Tokyo (Japon). Des informations supplémentaires sont disponibles à l’adresse suivante : http://www.globalgraphics.comGlobal Graphics, Harlequin, le logo Harlequin et le RIP Harlequin 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 S.E. qui peut être déposée dans certaines juridictions. PostScript est une marque commerciale d’Adobe Systems Incorporated 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

Global Graphics innalza il livello della qualità inkjet con il lancio al drupa

Con quest’ultima innovazione i sistemi di stampa inkjet a singolo passaggio possono raggiungere qualità elevate ad alta velocità

i sistemi di stampa inkjet a singolo passaggio sono ora in grado di raggiungere una qualità di stampa notevolmente superiore grazie all’innovazione tecnologica che verrà illustrata da Global Graphics Software al drupa (drupa innovation parc 70B21\C20). Global Graphics Software è leader nello sviluppo di piattaforme software per la stampa digitale, tra queste Harlequin RIP®.

Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ varia la quantità di inchiostro rilasciata dalla testina inkjet in qualsiasi punto su qualsiasi tipo di supporto, per superare quei problemi comuni, come striature e chiazze, che affliggono molti produttori di sistemi di stampa.

Martin Bailey, chief technology officer di Global Graphics Software, ha dichiarato: ”Questi miglioramenti della qualità sono il risultato del grande lavoro di ricerca svolto con i produttori di sistemi di stampa inkjet. Il nostro nuovo Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ risolve i problemi dei produttori di sistemi di stampa inkjet e li aiuta a raggiungere gli obiettivi desiderati in termini di elevata qualità e alta velocità. Il nuovo motore può essere integrato nei Digital Front End basati su Harlequin RIP, ma funziona anche con DFE di terze parti aggiungendo una versione standalone in sostituzione dello screening nativo”.

Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening Engine™ fa parte del nuovo servizio che Global Graphics presenterà agli sviluppatori per inkjet al drupa: si tratta della misura svolta da tecnici delle stampe di prova eseguite con sistemi di stampa in scala di grigi a singolo passaggio e della successiva analisi dei risultati con il nuovo strumento di Global Graphics, Digital Print Quality Optimizer. Questo strumento calcola i modelli di ottimizzazione e le sovrapposizioni per le diverse dimensioni disponibili della goccia d’inchiostro, con la finalità di superare i problemi comuni dei sistemi di stampa inkjet ad alta velocità come striature e chiazze.

Digital Print Quality Optimizer calcola la dimensione ottimale della goccia e il modello di copertura per le particolari combinazioni di sistema di stampa, testina di stampa in scala di grigi/multilivello e substrato. Il miglioramento della qualità di stampa di fotografie e tipi d’immagini analoghi è notevole, in particolare nei punti di luce e nelle aree che presentano variazioni minime dei toni. Global Graphics misura le caratteristiche del sistema di stampa e calcola le variazioni ottimali del modello di punti. Si mitiga così l’effetto della diffusione delle gocce che si disperdono anziché raggiungere il punto stabilito e possono spandersi e unirsi sul substrato prima di poter essere asciugate.

Digital Print Quality Optimizer consente la regolazione fine di Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screen in base alla particolare combinazione di sistema di stampa e substrato, con attenzione particolare al controllo della sovrapposizione di gocce di dimensioni diverse che servono per realizzare i toni dal chiaro allo scuro.

Global Graphics ha pubblicato un White Paper sui problemi di qualità associati ai sistemi di stampa in scala di grigi ad alta velocità che illustra il funzionamento del nuovo Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening per mitigare le variabili di qualità. È possibile scaricare questo White Paper, “Halftone screen Optimization for Single-Pass Inkjets” dal sito Web di Global Graphics, all’indirizzo www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper.

Editors notes

Global Graphics

Global Graphics (Euronext: GLOG) è leader nello sviluppo di piattaforme software per la stampa digitale, i documenti digitali e le applicazioni PDF, incluso Harlequin RIP. Tra i suoi clienti: HP, Quark, Canon, Delphax, Kodak, Agfa. Gli inizi della società risalgono al 1986 e alla mitica città universitaria di Cambridge, e oggi la maggioranza del team di ricerca e sviluppo lavora nelle sue vicinanze. Ha anche sedi vicino Boston e a Tokyo. Per ulteriori informazioni, visitare il sito Web all’indirizzo http://www.globalgraphics.comGlobal Graphics, Harlequin, il logo Harlequin, Harlequin RIP sono marchi commerciali di Global Graphics Software Limited che possono essere registrati in alcune giurisdizioni. Global Graphics è un marchio commerciale di Global Graphics S.E. che può essere registrato in alcune giurisdizioni. PostScript è un marchio commerciale di Adobe Systems Incorporated che può essere registrato in alcune giurisdizioni. Tutti gli altri marchi e nomi di prodotti sono marchi o marchi registrati dei rispettivi proprietari.

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 2015 annual report and financial statements

Cambridge (UK), 1 March 2016 (18.00 CET): Global Graphics SE (Euronext: GLOG) announces that it has published its annual report and financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2015.

The full document is available for download from the investors section of the Company’s web site at: http://www.globalgraphics.com/investors/financial-reports

Should you wish to receive printed copies please send an e-mail to investor-relations@globalgraphics.com or make your request in writing, for the attention of the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, to 2030 Cambourne Business Park, Cambourne, Cambridge, CB23 6DW, UK.

Key consolidated figures

In thousands of euros	2015	2014	Change

Revenue	15,265	11,355	3,910
Operating profit	1,126	1,182	(56)
Profit before tax	1,216	1,160	56
Tax benefit	685	474	211
Profit for the year attributable to equity holders	1,901	1,634	267

Basic earnings per share	0.18	0.16	0.02

Net cash	4,235	4,161	74

The Group presents adjusted financial results when reporting its financial results to provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate the Group’s results in a manner that focuses on what the Group believes to be its underlying business operations. The Group’s management believes that the inclusion of adjusted financial results provides consistency and comparability with past reports and comparability to similar companies in the Group’s industry, many of which present the same or similar adjusted financial information to investors.

In thousands of euros	2015	2014	Change

Adjusted operating profit	3,215	2,157	1,058
Adjusted net profit	3,597	2,474	1,123

Adjusted basic earnings per share	0.34	0.25	0.09

Additional commentary and analysis of the Group’s consolidated results for the year ending 31 December 2015 can be found in the aforementioned annual report and financial statements.

Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting ("AGM") is scheduled for Tuesday 19 April 2016 in Brussels. The official notice of the AGM will be issued in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements closer to the time.

New share incentive plan
A new equity-settled share incentive plan for 500,000 share options was approved today. The options will vest if the award holder is an employee of the Group and the share price is greater than or equal to €3.00 per share for 20 trading days within a six month period. The IFRS 2 value of the options is expected to be approximately €1.0 million which will be expensed in the Group’s financial statements during 2016 and 2017.

Editors notes

About Global Graphics

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