Screen has combined with Konica Minolta Sensing to slash the time needed to create paper profiles on its TruePressJet 520HD continuous feed inkjet presses.
The tie up means that Screen will switch its spectrophotometer provider to the Myiro, KM’s automated colour calibration technology. The auto scan spectrophotometer combines KM Sensing’s hardware and Screen software to bring closer integration between scanning to build colour profiles and the press itself. These have been separate operations, which with multiple settings for different resolutions and running speeds for each paper type, makes the task of building profiles a lengthy process.
The development with Konica Minolta will result in a typical time reduction from 90-120 minutes for each profile to around 30-45 minutes for a profile, says Screen. This will be welcomed by prospects in commercial printing where such detailed calibration may be omitted because of the time taken. The automated connectivity between colour management and press will also cut errors that may be introduced by manually entering the readings.
The calibration and profiling can be to Fogra PSD, G7 and ISO 12647 standards. Screen Europe marketing director Taishi Motoshige says: “The big difference with our previous system will be standard built in quality control, complying to these industry standards because this is what out customers use every day.
“Thanks to the spectrophotometer, our customers will detect colour differences before the human eye can see them, earlier than before, and in much more detail. The Myiro software detects itself where the spectrophotometer has to measure. This level of quality management and automatic recognition makes Myiro one of the most accurate measurement technologies in the market.”
Konica Minolta has deployed implementations of the technology in its cutsheet toner presses and KM1E inkjet press. It will provided with all new installations of the four-colour TruePressJet as Myiro Tools for Screen and the Myiro-9 spectrophotometer.
“Colour calibration is the essential, final step in the setup of a printing process,” says technical sales manager graphic arts at Konica Minolta Sensing Europe Markus Hitzler: “This step ultimately determines whether the qualities of the press, paper and ink can be fully utilised. It also has a significant influence on commercial aspects, such as ink consumption. Only with perfect calibration does the machine print exactly what the designer created.”
The Myiro technology is available for demonstration at Screen’s European headquarters in Amstelveen in Holland. It will not be at Hunkeler Innovation Days at the end of next month.
Following the implementation on the commercial press, Screen plans to introduce the technology on the TPJ L350UV label presses.
