fundamentals for label and packaging; labelexpo 2016

Copyright © Global Graphics Software Limited 2016

FUNDAMENTALS FOR LABEL AND PACKAGINGGlobal Graphics Software, hall F, stand 5931

Martin Bailey, CTO September 14th, 2016


Our customersWe develop the software that provides the power to drive all of these and more:


Who we areInternational companyListed in Brussels on Euronext (GLOG)

• 80% world’s photo books• 70% world’s newspapers• In high-speed digital since

2002• Harlequin RIP since 1986• Expert in transforming

design and pre-press data into a format that can be printed

• Active on ISO standards bodies, notably PDF, PDF/X and PDF/VT


TodayWe’re introducing

a new software and engineering service for inkjet presses

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Direct Mail and Inserts

Books and Manuals

Magazines and Newspapers

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Higher Quality Applications Printed on Coated Stocks Will Be a Key Driver in High-speed Production Color Inkjet Growth(10M+ Color Duty Cycle Segment, U.S. & W.E.)

Source: U.S. & W.E. Digital Production Printing Application Forecasts: 2014‐2019, InfoTrends

• Overall page growth = 21.0%• Higher quality application growth = 28.7%• Other color growth = 9.1%

Medium or high quality requirements

Medium or high quality requirements

Direct Mail and Inserts

Books & Manuals

Magazines & Newspapers

High quality requirementsHigh quality requirementsBrochures & Catalogs

Lower quality requirementsLower quality requirements

Other Color (Including Transaction


Trends in inkjet printingInfoTrends and other industry research show the following:

Increasing top speed of the presses – still working toward matching offset and flexo

Increasing top speed of the presses – still working toward matching offset and flexo

Increasing use of inkjet in higher quality sectors

And adoption in higher quality sectors of labels & packaging

Increasing use of inkjet in higher quality sectors

And adoption in higher quality sectors of labels & packaging

TransactionalTransactional Direct mail & publicationDirect mail & publication

Brochures and

catalogs

Brochures and

catalogs

Increasing use of coated stocks

in GA (and impermeable

media in labels and some packaging)

Increasing use of coated stocks

in GA (and impermeable

media in labels and some packaging)


Why Fundamentals?Press manufacturers face technical challenges in the development phase of a new inkjet press:• How do I build my DFE when I don’t have my own software team?

• Or, I don’t want to resource up a team and then reduce back to maintenance• Is there an alternative workflow to Esko?• How do I ensure I can address the problems I haven’t even discovered yet?

• How do I achieve sharp bar codes and small text?• What about ink estimation?• Do I have a solution for cross head calibration?

Manufacturers have come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problems

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• A bundle of best of breed products to accelerate digital inkjet label presses to market

Plus• The BreakThrough engineering service of color

scientists, screening experts, and RIP technologists with decades of experience

What is Fundamentals?

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Fundamentals Product Bundle Optional

Label Layout Station

CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals ProofScope Harlequin RIP

Mellow Colour Fundamentals

Harlequin ColorPro

Harlequin ScreenPro

Best of breed software


How is Fundamentals used?

Any workflow or RIPAny workflow or RIP

• License what you need to address a specific problem• Take the full set to:

• benefit from the essential components for building a DFE for a new press

• have an alternative to an Esko workflow• Fundamentals and BreakThrough can be applied to an existing press to overcome common quality problems

Copyright © Global Graphics Software Limited 2016Copyright © Global Graphics Software Limited 2016

Fundamentals Product Bundle Optional

Label Layout Station

CLOUDFLOW Fundamentals ProofScope Harlequin RIP

Mellow Colour Fundamentals

Harlequin ColorPro

Harlequin ScreenPro

Example: common quality issues


Example: common quality issuesInk drops should ideally form a regular grid on the media

Images are available on a USB stick in your press pack, and at our online press office

They usually don’t You can see straight lines

along the media (up and down),

but uneven lines across the media

You can see straight lines

along the media (up and down),

but uneven lines across the media


Example: common quality issuesIrregular drop positioning leads to drops ‘randomly’ coalescing on the media:

Images are available on a USB stick in your press pack, and at our online press office

These microscopic effects cause visible artefacts, often described as mottling or streaking:

Synthetic image with exaggerated artefacts in order to be visible on a projector, or reproduced on another print process


Quality matters!Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speedBrand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed

Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be achieved with mechanical improvements


The faster the press runs, the harder it is to control drop placement precisely

The faster the press runs, the harder it is to control drop placement precisely

Coated and impermeable media suffer more from coalescingCoated and impermeable media suffer more from coalescing


Quality matters!Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speedBrand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed



They know they need to significantly improve output quality and operate at high speeds to keep pages fed to the press.They know they need to significantly improve output quality and operate at high speeds to keep pages fed to the press.

They’ve come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problemsThey’ve come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problems


Fundamentals has the answerIt’s not financially viable to fix these quality problems in hardware

By carefully tuning multi-level halftones we can significantly raise output quality, even on challenging media

We are the only company with this screening technology

Backed by the BreakThrough engineering team

Years of development since 2011Years of development since 2011


The benefits for vendors

Gives press vendors an immediate competitive advantage

Gives press vendors an immediate competitive advantage

• Address customer complaints around existing presses

• Print confidently on challenging media and at higher speed

• Expand into higher quality (higher margin) applications


Intelligent softwareis as critical a component as the print head, media, ink,

fluid control, paper movement, electronics, etc

Intelligent softwareis as critical a component as the print head, media, ink,

fluid control, paper movement, electronics, etc

In other words


SummaryFundamentals + BreakThrough overcomes technical challenges that can delay new presses getting to market

Fundamentals helps vendors address quality issues cost-effectively as they push the boundaries of inkjet technology

Fundamentals provides an alternative to an Esko workflow

Fundamentals has grown out of manufacturers approaching Global Graphics to solve their inkjet problems because they cannot solve them on their own.

Fundamentals has grown out of manufacturers approaching Global Graphics to solve their inkjet problems because they cannot solve them on their own.


QUESTIONSContact us to book your personal demo on booth 5931

Speak to us if you are writing about DFEs, inkjet printing, variable data printing, screening, color management: [email protected]

Your press pack is on-line at: http://www.globalgraphics.com/company/labelexpo‐newss