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Exchange color space FOGRA55 (7C)
for extended color gamut
in multiprimary printing

10. July 202124. June 2021 by Stephan Jaeggi

FOGRA has completed the research project Professional colour communication in multiprimary printing that aims to derive important requirements for a predictable and professional workflow for industrial multicolor printing. This includes the development of a test suite, which, together with its documentation and evaluation matrix, simplifies the comparison of current applications for the preparation and processing of multicolor objects. Furthermore, a multicolor printing grid is to be developed based on the analysis of typical multicolor systems across printing processes.

Furthermore, an exchange color space for retouching and separation of multicolor print objects (CMYKOGV) will be developed and introduced as part of an ISO standard:

A new generation of RIPs
to drive modern digital presses

9. June 202127. May 2021 by Stephan Jaeggi

In his post on the blog of Global Graphics Software David Stevenson explores the challenge of printing large amounts of raster data and the options available to ensure that data doesn’t slow down modern digital presses.

Global Graphics group launched
SmartDFE for labels and packaging

9. June 202119. April 2021 by Stephan Jaeggi

Global Graphics has announced its first product co-developed by all group companies today. Global Graphics Software, HYBRID Software, Meteor Inkjet and Xitron have all collaborated to create SmartDFE for labels and packaging applications to transform the role of the digital press in the smart print factory of the future.

Global Graphics publishes
second edition of «Full Speed Ahead»

15. February 202110. February 2021 by Stephan Jaeggi

In May 2020, Global Graphics released the first edition of Full Speed Ahead: How to make variable data PDF files that won’t slow your digital press. Since some things have changed in the meantime, the second edition of Full Speed Ahead: How to make variable data PDF files that won’t slow your digital press has now been published:

PDF/VT-3 (ISO 16612-3:2020) for
variable data and transactional printing

11. December 20202. December 2020 by Stephan Jaeggi

The third version of the ISO standard for variable data and transactional printing PDF/VT-3 (ISO 16612-3:2020) has been published.

PDF/VT-3 is based on the recently published PDF/X-6 and uses, among other things, the DPart metadata for structuring PDF pages, which has been newly included in PDF 2.0 (32000-2).