Sales Training CHROMAPRESS Luc Van Steyvoort

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Sales TrainingCHROMAPRESSLuc Van Steyvoort
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Content

• Product information
• Machine Components
• Front-end
• Competition
• Indigo E-Print
• (Xeikon DCP-32)
• Xerox DocuColor 40
• Heidelberg Quickmaster DI
• Customer profile
• Market information
• applications

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Chromapress workflow
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Engine components

• 1. Paper supply unit (PRS)
• 2. Printing tower (TWR)
• 3. Fixing, driving and cutting unit (FDC)
• 4. Paper output unit (PRO)
• 5. Control unit
• 6. Conditioning unit
• 7. IntelliStream
• 8. RIP

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Paper input unit

• Web-feed technology
• No paper jam
• Flexible cut length
• Excellent registration
• Paper pre-conditioning
• Normal offset paper
• Always optimal conditions
• Splicing table
• Minimum time to change paper

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Media for Chromapress

• Paper width 320 mm (32i) 500 mm (50i)
• Paper weight 80 to 250 GSM
• Paper roll weight 40 Kg (32i) 60 Kg (50i)
• Number of sheets per roll
• depending on the paper weight
• 1500 - 1600 A3 sheets (130 GSM)
• Media types
• Offset paper glossy, matt, coated, uncoated
• Polyester
• Labels
• Transparent film
• special materials for special applications
  (testing required)

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Media script Files

• Different papers require different settings in
  the engine to get optimal print quality
• Five parameters are stored in Media Script Files
• Pre-conditioning temperature
• Transfer/duplex voltages
• Fusing temperature
• Temperature of the NIP rollers
• Web speed
• Basic script file stored in control unit
• Experienced operator can fine tune the Script
  files

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Print tower duplex

• 8 print units
• Engine simultaneously images both sides
• No speed penalty when printing duplex
• Minimises service interventions
• LEDs, OPCs, Micro toner
• Resolution is 600 dpi with variable dot density
• Equivalent of 175 lpi at 2400 rpi
• No loss of quality, sharper images thanks to
  direct transfer

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Print tower simplex

• 5 print units
• CMYK white

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Fixing, driving and cutting unit duplex

• Non Contact fusing
• Permanent adhesion
• No fusing oil required
• Output is dry and cold ready for immediate use
• Variable cut off
• Format flexibility
• Optimise print speed
• better utilisation of paper

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OmniGloss

• Provides an offset-like finish for digital colour
  printing
• Provides enhanced colour saturation
• Improves printing on coated paper
• Gives better scratch resistance
• Maintains higher moisture content for easier
  finishing
• Allows tuning of gloss characteristics for
  individual substrates

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Fixing, driving and cutting unit simplex

• Contact fusing
• Lower temperature
• Wider range of label stock
• Optional on-line finishing

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Paper output unit

• Upper and lower tray

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Off-line finishing

• One finishing unit can support multiple printers
• Media jams in the finishing unit will not
  influence the printing
• In-line finishing equipment is more expensive
• In-line finishing makes assembling a job from
  mixed print sources difficult
• Oversized formats have to be cut off-line
• In-line finishing units are often limited to a
  few paper sizes and actions

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Chromapress CSiEngine components
UPPER IMAGING UNIT
Upper laser module
OPC Belt
Fuser roller module
Media output
Buffer belt
Lower laser module
Media input
LOWER IMAGING UNIT
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Sheet-fed Mechanism for Flexible Job Scheduling

• quick paper changes
• straight paper path
• minimal waste

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Imaging system

• ingenuous and accurate way of transferring images
  to the sheets
• patented separation imaging technology
• exact position of an image is tightly controlled
• One-Pass-Duplex enables accurate back-to-front
  registration

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Controllable Contact Fusing

• controllable hot pressure fusing ensures
  consistent quality
• Fuser Unit contributes to high printing quality
• enables printing a wide variety of media types

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Media

• A4 (8.5"x11"), A3 (11"x17"), A3 (oversized
  11"x17") sheets
• sizes up to 320 x 470 mm (12.6" x 18.5")
• a wide range of substrates
• standard offset papers from 80 to 300 GSM (55
  lb. text to 110 lb. cover)
• polyester, films
• self-adhesive label stock

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Chromapress 32i vs. 50i specs
32i 50i Web width 32 cm 50
cm Imaging width 307 mm 475 mm Web speed
12.35 cm/sec 12.45 cm/sec Speed/min. 70
A4 100 A4 (35 A4 4/4) (50 A4
4/4) Speed/hr. 4200 A4 6000 A4 (2100
A4 4/4) (3000 A4 4/4)
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Chromapress 32i vs. 32Si specs
32i 32Si Web width 32 cm 33
cm Imaging width 307 mm 307 mm Web speed
12.35 cm/sec 24.5 cm/sec Printing speed
Duplex/Simplex Simplex (35 A4/min.) (70
A4/min.) Colors 4 (CMYK) 5 (CMYK
White) Fusing IR radiation Hot pressure
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Front-end

• Support all features, functions of a high speed
  and high quality digital press
• Produce a first print as fast as possible
  starting from a PS file
• printing and especially duplex printing requires
  a lot of actions such as matching colours,
  imposition
• All possible actions that can be automised are
  automised to ensure a higher productivity and
  error free result
• The real strength of the software becomes
  apparent when the workload is high

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Front-end high-lights

• Build-in OPI functionality
• Faster network transfer and imposition
• Colour management system
• Files prepared for any printing system can be
  adjusted in the RIP for printing on the
  Chromapress
• Operator can create and apply offset simulation
  curves
• Imposition software
• Dedicated program supporting 1-pass duplex
  printing
• Paper width supported is 320-330-500mm
• Signature width supported is 307-307-475mm
• Calibration
• IntelliPac and IntelliCache

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Front-end

• So a digital press requires
• Open Environment (PostScript, XML, PDF, AFP, )
• User Friendly GUI (ChromaCon, -Watch, )
• Job Management (Queue-system, HotFolders, )
• Complete Solution (Imposition, Calibration, OPI,
  CMS,)
• High Performance (offline RIP, IntelliCache, )
• IntelliStream (IntelliPac, Screening, )
• Variable Data Tools (Personalizer-X,Personaliser-I
  )

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Front-end components

• IntelliServer
• Job Engine Management GUI
• Archiving
• Preview
• iRIP
• Interpreting the PDL
• Dual and Open Input Environment
• Compression twds. IntelliPac (ratio 110)
• IntelliStream
• Decompression
• Merging Master VDF
• Screening
• Calibration OffsetSimulation
• DataTransmission twds. the Printer

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RIP history

• Power PC RIP
• 3 x 64 MB RAM and 2 GB HD
• 3 x 604 PowerPC
• Fast parallel PostScript processing (Agfascript)
• RIP files while printing
• Multi tasking, multi processing, parallel
  processing
• CP501
• Software RIP on Compaq Alpha
• Adobe PS

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iRIP

• Software RIP running on an Intel-based platform
  under WindowsNT
• Single Pentium III processor 550 MHz
• 20 higher performance than CP501
• Fastest Commercial Platform Available
• Dual input Channel (PostScript 3 CPSI
  IPcreator)
• Allows Dedicated PrePress- PressOperator
• Press- Time-independent IntelliPac generation
• Channel connection to Host (via AiiS)

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iRIP

• Unique full-duplex 8-color calibrationimportant
  for spreads!
• Variable data support
• Unique screening algorithms

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iRIP
Optimized Quality 110 Compression All
containing(Digital Film) Multi Layer Portable
Recombinable Preview(5th color if available)
IntelliCache
iRIP
IntelliPac
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iCache

• A mechanism to cache
• reoccurring elements
• either in a PostScript- or XML-based environment,
• in order to significantly speed up the RIP

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IntelliPrep

• System for offline Ripping
• Applications
• additional processing capacity
• IntelliPrep Station resell by Chromapress users
• easy entry for future Chromapress users
• solution for document generators who provide
  digital files to Chromapress service bureaus

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IntelliStream history
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IntelliStream Imaging Process
INPUT iRIP INTELLISTREAM OUTPUT
PostScript interpreter
IntelliPac
LED
IntelliPac on the fly Decompression Calibration Sc
reening
PostScript Interpretation CMS Separation Trapping
VDF-RIPping Compression
IntelliPac enables Electronic collation VDF
merging RIP while print
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IntelliStream Basic Functionality

• Storage of minimum up to 500 A4 pages
• Average storage of 1200 A4 pages
• On the fly generation of bitmap data,
  calibration,offset simulation and screening
• supports
• Longer formats
• Instant Job Switching
• Instant Job Proofing
• RIP while print
• Electronic collation
• Ripping to press server disk
• On screen preview of Ripped data

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IntelliStream Optional Functionality

• Variable data printing
• Personalizer Color
• no area limitation
• no fields limitation
• Off-line press server/RIP (IntelliPrep) for
  Pre-RIPping on
• internal disk
• removable disk

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IntelliStream

• Benefits
• long formats (11.8 meters)
• unlimited archival time of IntelliPac files
• calibration applied at printing time
• reduced archival space min 10, av.. 20-30 smart
  compression
• off-line archival possible
• change screen without Re-RIPping

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IntelliStream

• Benefits
• time device independent
• trouble free at imaging time all data is
  resolved (100 pre-flight)Ideal for Distribute
  Print applications
• unlimited variable data capabilities
• IntelliPac files contain
• all necessary trapping (not in-RIP)
• CMS
• CMYK color separation
• variable page data
• downloading IntelliPac files 5 - 10 times faster
  than normal RIPping time

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AiiS - Link to Data Streams

• RiP of multiple data streams
• AFP, IPDS, Metacode, LCDS
• Adds full color to documents
• Dynamic re-mapping of spot colors
• Insert CMYK elements (photos, logos,
  backgrounds, etc.)
• Conditional content enhancements
• If balance present in field 3 insert image 23

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Combined Workflow

• XEROX
• AFP/DS
• IPDS

• PostScript 3
• PDF

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Typical corporate documents

• Billing applications
• Customers statements
• Reports
• Transactions
• Insurance policies
• Travelling documents
• Salary tabs

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Software

• Software can be divided into two major parts
• ChromaPost for the prepress operator and
  ChromaWatch and ChromaCon for the press operator
• Prepress operator
• Preparing the job
• PS knowledge
• Press operator
• job organisation (ChromaWatch)
• Operating the press (ChromaCon)
• Density, registration, paper, toner
• Maintenance
• Calibration

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Job Preparation and Communication

• ChromaPost
• Macintosh-based shareware
• Creates electronic job ticket
• Defines printing parameters
• number of pages and copies
• electronic or mechanical collation
• media type
• set-up for imposition
• color management links
• OPI identification
• dot gain (conversion from offset)

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Chromapress Server/Workstation

• ChromaWatch
• Input job queuing for ChromaWrite
• Job output scheduling
• Hot folders
• Archiving
• Impostrip Impress
• Automatic duplex imposition
• Proofing of imposed, printer ready files
• step repeat

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Chromapress Server/Workstation

• Signature server
• Performs the actual imposition tasks
• Combines page files into a single PS file
• ChromaOnline
• Makes the Chromapress visible as a chooser
  selectable printer
• Enables the operator to perform calibration
• Enables font downloading

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Chromapress Server/Workstation

• ChromaWrite
• Communication manager between server and RIP
• Includes OPI functionality
• Print output queue and controls
• Prioritise jobs
• ChromaCon
• Print engine control
• Calibrator
• Linearizes the 8 print engines independently

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Calibration process

• Print test page (uncalibrated) until correct
  densities are reached for all colors by changing
  the LED on time
• Measure and store all patches
• Download calibration curve to RIP
• Correction for files created for an other
  printing system is done using offset simulation
  or CMS
• Operator corrections can be made using Run time
  gradation
• Calibration and offset simulation curves are
  combined
• Run time gradation modifies this curve while
  printing

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VDF Personalizer-X 2.1

• Agfa-developed Quark Xtension for VDF set up
• Personalizer-X provides
• Toolbox for VDF text
• Toolbox for VDF images
• ASCII input
• Supports all Quark text and image features
• Also supported by non-IntelliStream
  configurations

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Personalizer-X text workflow
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Personalizer-X Text Benefits

• Single document layout and setup application
• All Xpress typographic features accessible for
  VDF text
• Personalizer-X is the ONLY tool for layouting
  Personalized Documents supporting ALL
  QuarkXPress 4.1 functionality (runarounds,
  tagging, clipping paths, reflows, etc.)
• Automatic text reflow (VDFpart of textbox)
• ASCII-text input
• Wide variety of databases supported
• No PostScript required
• Database functionality maintained(i.e. sorting,
  selection)
• On screen preview of all records and selection
  of largest record
• ChromaPost workflow maintained

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Personalizer-X image workflow
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Personalizer-X image benefits

• Single document layout and set up application
• All Xpress image manipulation featuresaccessible
  for VDF image
• Input
• Wide variety of databases supported
• TIFF and EPS - RGB or CMYK input
• OPI compatible
• No large PostScript-file
• No data multiplication
• Database functionality maintained(i.e. sorting,
  selection)
• ChromaPost workflow maintained

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Online Charting

• Supports all MS Excel chart types
• Exploded pies
• Doughnuts
• Columns
• etc.
• On the fly generation driven from database
  contents
• ASCII-data is used in a Variable Chart Object
• This Data is exported towards MS Excel for
  Chart-generation
• The Chart is re-imported as an image into Quark
• Realtime Previewing

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Conditional input

• Condition 1
• if the age is above 16,
• then offer a free beer,
• else put an add for Condition 2 .
• Condition 2
• if field 12 says female,
• then advertise for Barbie,
• else put an add for Matchbox.

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Scriptable

• Automating the generation of Variable Data
• Offers a powerful workflow in combination with
  HotFolders
• Reduces human intervention and so the risk of
  mistakes
• Can drop the cost of personalizing

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Extended preflighting

• Preflighting can be done during or before export.
• Checks for all kinds of overflows, also for
  cached elements.
• Contains an extended logging-mechanism.
• Makes VD-printing manageable and foolproof.

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Next Generation IntelliStream

• Hans Van Glabeke

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Indigo E-Print 1000
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Heidelberg Quickmaster DI
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Xerox DocuColor 40