ColorServer 4.8, an updated version of the GMG’s colour management software, is now available, delivering consistent and repeatable colour results to all output processes.
It automates the transformation of RGB, CMYK, spot colours and mixed data to a standard, definable output colour space. Data from different sources will behave identically on the press. This results in a marked reduction in makeready times and paper waste for offset, gravure and digital print as well as online digital displays..
The company’s gamut mapping ensures that colours are ideally converted between different colour spaces. Its DeviceLink approach avoids the drawbacks of ICC technology, such as reseparation of the black channel. A completely new set of profiles makes ColorServer 4.8 a plug-and-play solution that covers important international printing standards.
‘Given the nature of content distribution, while GMG ColorServer is used predominantly for print, we are finding that many companies are also using GMG ColorServer for online colour, converting files to RGB. Just as brand and product colours must match in a printed brochure, packaging or display, they should also reproduce as accurately as possible on a monitor’s web page or mobile device,’ explained Michael Farkas, marketing director.
‘While we have added many new features to GMG ColorServer 4.8, it has two new, particularly helpful tools,’ added Mr Farkas. ‘The first is the Paper Adaptation tool, our solution to help print houses overcome the problems of a mismatch between the paper tint of the proof according to ISOcoatedV2, GRACoL, JapanColor or any other standard, and the white point of the actual paper they will print. With this tool you just pick the colour of your substrate and ColorServer will adapt the data to match the proof. This solves a common problem experienced at almost every printing facility throughout the world. Also, GMG ColorServer can now output files from a PDF hot folder directly to any Windows printer.’
A number of other features for the conversion of PDF files have been updated within the software, and the most significant improvements include: the separation of spot colours to a late binding CMYK; improved image compression; and revised sharpening.
In addition to the Paper Adaptation Tool, it contains all new RGB to CMYK separation profiles that are now part of GMG normalisation.
Along with printing PDF files directly to a Windows printer, the software can use the wide gamut of an output device to print spot colours more accurately when referring to a calibrated setting.
