PRINTEX11

Even though it’s still four months away, we are already getting very excited about PrintEx11, which lands in Sydney from the 4th-6th of May. PrintEx11 is Australia’s premier print and design exhibition, held every four years. ColourProcess will be present with a 27sqm stand, so come on down to Stall 3216 the Darling Harbour Convention Centre and let the ColourProcess team explain how our products can help your business.

AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE

On January 6 this year, The Australian published an article entitled, “Dollar’s rise takes toll on factories”. The article reports that, due to the strong Australian dollar, our manufacturing industry is currently the second-worst performing in the industrialized or emerging world. As a consequence, manufacturers are being forced to slash production and employment.

By contrast, Germany and Switzerland — both countries with an even stronger currency against the American dollar — are currently the two most productive countries in the world.

One reason for this continued high growth is the willingness of businesses in these countries to adapt various innovative technologies. For instance, Enfocus and Caldera, two products supplied by ColourProcess here in Australia, have both seem exponential growth in sales in Switzerland and Germany in the last year. For instance, between 2009 and 2010, sales of Enfocus’s Switch automation software grew by 100%. Caldera, meanwhile, increased sales of their grand-format RIP workflow software by 110%. It is not too much to conclude that the use of such innovative technologies is a contributing factor in the manufacturing success and growth in these two countries.

ColourProcess is the master distributor of Caldera in Australia, and we are considered Australian market leaders in the installation and integration of Enfocus Switch software. We’ve been using these innovative technologies to increase the competitiveness of Australian businesses for the last three years. To find out how we can use these products and more to help increase your output and reduce production costs, please contact us.

That’s all from us this month! We’ll be back in March with more of the latest news from the world of printing and publishing, as well as some great success stories from ColourProcess clients and some very exciting news from Enfocus Switch!

Part 1: Prepress efficiency

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In this month’s newsletter we will take a look at PDF content and certification.

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The printing industry is constantly faced with basic prepress tasks that are very time consuming. The solution to combat this dilemma is task automation! This allows the operator to better utilise their skills and save time by cutting back manual tasks.

Interestingly, 85% of PDF files that are supplied to Australian printers are not compliant with the PDF standards (PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-4). So how can these PDF files reach compliance? PDF files that are processed through a preflighting technology such as callas pdfToolbox 4 or Enfocus PitStop Professional 9 in order to fix the required PDF to a PDF standard.

Why should you increase your prepress efficiency with automation?

• As a prepress operator or manager, you are faced with repetitive tasks that are time consuming and take you away from those more important jobs
• The bright solution is to automate these tasks by using callas pdfToolbox Server 4 and Enfocus PitStop Server 9 with Switch automation to free the operator
• By using SwitchBOX, your business saves around $50,000 a year by automating manual tasks
• The automation product packages can be customised to clients needs, reaching the return on investment within just 4 months! ROI Document

Next month’s newsletter will show you how you can improve your print quality by greater control of PDF colour reproduction.

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Photography:

How to create innovative printing results

Today photographers seek the most innovative monitor displays and RIP technology to achieve the finest printing results for their digital shots, including a colour critical display with a RIP technology to drive your printer.

The Spectraview 2690 is an award winning display with the biggest colour range on the market available and covers 102% of the AdobeRGB colour space!
Caldera SnapRIP+ is the leading RIP software for photographers in Europe with exceptional RGB colour restitution, eye-catching colours and sharp contrast.

SnapRIP+ is a productive FASTER printing solution for Epson, Canon and HP printers with the same power and features as Caldera’s RIP solutions for printing wide format jobs.

To read more about the Spectraview 2690 Monitor…

To read more about Caldera SnapRIP+…

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Photo Bundle:

Professional solution for photographers with the SpectraView monitors plus the SnapRIP+ colour RIP solution: starting from $ 2,638.00 inc GST (with Spectraview P211 and SnapRIP+ 17″  Epson, Canon and HP printers)

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The new NEC SpectraView Profiler 2 Bundle

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The SpectraView Profiler 2 Bundle combines hardware calibration capability with the same software and technology utilized for the fogra pre certified reference monitors, at a more competitive price.

The profiler 2 bundle includes:
1x Mulitsync monitor
1x SpectraView Profiler software
1x NEC Hood

To read more on the New SpectraView Profiler 2 range…

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TIP of the month:

Monitor calibration with basICColor display 4.1

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