Tuebingen (21 February 2012) – GMG
is positioning the new application as the most comprehensive production
solution on the market for businesses in indoor and outdoor
advertising. The GMG ProductionSuite is available now from specialty
distributors and will premiere at Fespa Digital, February 21 to 24,
2012, in Barcelona, at GMG’s stand H22 in Hall 3 and at the stands of
its partners, JetSet (C38), Roland DG (H30) and Zünd Systemtechnik
(P10).
This innovative
product targets both GMG’s typical, quality-oriented users, as well as
those who put strong emphasis on maximum productivity. United in this
one application, GMG offers the entire range of functions required today
in a modern wide-format production environment. GMG ProductionSuite is a
modular system, comprising Editor, RIP, SmartProfiler and PrintStation.
It currently supports over 800 output devices. A flexible licensing
model permits custom installation: from a simple configuration on one
computer with only one RIP, one Editor and functions for driving one or
two output devices, all the way to an extensive decentralized
configuration with several editors that can send jobs to over ten
printers and cutters. GMG ProductionSuite runs under Mac OS® 10.5 - 10.7, Windows® XP, Vista and Windows 7.
The GMG ProductionSuite Editor is the application’s central processing unit
Simple, intuitive
tools support highly efficient workflows. Users have access at all times
to precision visuals that profile output quality. This way, a user can
monitor every single detail of the end result prior to actual printing
and, if necessary, edit work right in the application. The integrated
Tiling Tool makes it easy in just a few steps to prepare tiled images
very precisely for later assembly. One practical side effect: The
tedious process of calculating scaling factors to determine material
input is eliminated, because images are edited right in the final
format. The GMG ProductionSuite Editor displays all settings required
for processing in one main window. It takes just a few mouse clicks to
define and position pockets, hems, grommets and pole pockets. The Editor
even calculates the required number of grommets and, using a simple
checkbox, the user can choose to omit corners. By accessing native data
formats, such as PDF, PSD and AI, the GMG ProductionSuite Editor enables
the variable editing of closed file formats. It is just as easy to
implement a long production run with a number of different motifs, as it
is to change individual images, texts, graphics or other elements.
Integrated data preflight and process automation options round out the
extensive range of functions.
The GMG ProductionSuite RIP
The GMG
ProductionSuite RIP runs in the background, entirely independently of
the work steps in the Editor. Print jobs requiring full computing power
can thus be prepared while others have already been sent to the RIP.
To be able to check
the final RIPped data prior to printing, the image in the Output
Inspector corresponds exactly to the color separations and color
quantities in the actual print data.
The GMG ProductionSuite SmartProfiler
Based on definitive
color profiles and printer calibrations, the integrated SmartProfiler
can identically align several printers of similar type.
One fundamental
feature in this connection is the precision processing of spot colors.
With this GMG technology, previously reserved for high-end proofing,
spot colors can be converted precisely to the printer’s color gamut.
The GMG ProductionSuite PrintStation
Thanks to a user
interface that visualizes device- and media-dependent imposition, data
can easily be grouped and prepared for production. Individual print jobs
can be variably combined and optimized so as to ensure optimum material
use and cutting sequences. The goal is to greatly accelerate order
processing and significantly reduce material use.
Additional options
With its additional
functions, such as Industrial Cutting, True Shape Nesting, Screen- and
Variable Data Printing, the GMG ProductionSuite also fulfills some of
the more unique requirements. Licensing an additional option not only
expands the functionality of one work station, the option also is made
available to all other associated main applications.
Rising demands on quality in the wide format segment prompted GMG to enter the market
For Ian Scott,
managing director of GMG GmbH & Co. KG, entering the wide format
market is a logical step in view of the company’s strategy, which has
never compromised on the pursuit of quality. “With recalibratable spot
colors, powerful editing options and support of some 800 output devices,
we are now making all our know-how also available to the best wide
format producers."
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About GMG: GMG is a leading developer and supplier of
high-end color management software solutions, founded in 1984 and
located in Tuebingen, Germany. With more than 25 years of experience in
the graphic arts industry, the GMG brand is synonymous with a guarantee
for high-quality solutions for everything to do with color. GMG's goal
is to provide complete solutions for standardizing and simplifying the
color management workflow in order to achieve consistent colors on all
media types and with any printing technology. Today, more than 11,000
systems are in use among customers around the globe. These span a wide
range of industries and application areas including advertising
agencies, prepress houses, offset, flexo, packaging, digital, and
large-format printers as well as international gravure printers. GMG is
represented by branches and authorized dealers the world over.
About the GMG solutions: Based on the 4-D
color-transformation engine, the proofing solution GMG ColorProof
provides the most accurate way of calibrating digital inkjet proofing
devices to produce contract color proofs precisely matched to the
printing process. GMG DotProof® enables users to generate
contract quality halftone proofs, using the original bitmap data of the
output RIP. GMG FlexoProof is specifically tailored to the needs of the
packaging industry, simulating any kind of substrate structures and spot
colors in the halftone proof. GMG ProofControl guarantees reliable and
complete quality control of digital color proofs based on a defined
standard. GMG ProofMedia is a range of proofing-specific substrates
manufactured to strict tolerances specifically for color critical
applications. www.proofr.com is an internet platform enabling online
proofing services in GMG quality through a worldwide network of remote
proofing locations. GMG ColorServer, with automatic hotfolder technology
and based on the Adobe® PDF Library, provides fully automatic color
conversions for all printing processes – CMYK-to-CMYK, RGB-to-CMYK and
RGB-to-RGB. GMG InkOptimizer automatically reduces chromatic colors,
thus providing cost savings by reducing unnecessary ink usage, along
with better print stability on press. GMG FlowConnect enables the
complete integration of the color management solutions GMG ColorServer
and GMG InkOptimizer into current workflow systems. GMG PrintControl is
an easy-to-use solution for standardizing printing presses and effective
process control in the pressroom. The GMG SmartProfiler wizard allows
the profiling and calibration of different output devices, such as
digital presses or large format systems, easily and quickly. United in
this one application, the GMG ProductionSuite offers the entire range of
functions required today in a modern wide-format production
environment: efficient job preparation, data preflight, color
management, identical repetition, lower cost through reduced ink
consumption, etc.
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Contacts:
GMG GmbH & Co. KG Phone: + 49 (0) 7071 938 74-0, Fax: + 49 (0) 7071 938 74-22, E-mail: pr@gmgcolor.com
Press contact: Ruth Clark, Splash!PR, Phone: + 44 (0) 1580 2411 77, E-mail: ruth@splashpr.co.uk
Press contact Americas: Irvin Press, Press +, Phone: +1 508-384-3660, E-mail: irv@press-plus.com