Organize & communicate brand colors with all spectral properties – easily & effectively

Communicating colors simply but precisely is becoming more and more important in our globalized world. Especially brand owners do not want to compromise when it comes to color reproduction. Why should they?

From initial design to the digitally or conventionally printed product, color communication always needs to be reliable, effective, and easy. The ability to organize brand color information with all of its print-related properties is the essential basis for that.

CxF is the key. With this format, it is not only possible to transport all characteristics of brand and spot colors.

Since it is an open standard, CxF can also be used immediately by anyone involved in the production process. This makes CxF data the ideal basis for an uncomplicated management and exchange of spectral color data – locally or in the cloud.

With CXF TOOLS you can quickly generate, manage, and analyze CxF data. Even existing libraries can be corrected easily.

Comprehensive digitalization of color optimizes the coordination and production processes and makes them much faster and less expensive. This ensures that media designers have exact specifications at hand and use the correct color at any time. CxF also assures correct ink formulation by the ink manufacturer. By embedding CxF data in the artwork file, you can be sure that it always contains the latest color information relevant to the printing company.

The result is consistent color reproduction in every print run and perfect brand colors worldwide!

Professional proofing or mock-up production – get the right media!

Without the right media, no inkjet proofing system is complete, nor can it provide contract-proof quality. This is why we have developed a large portfolio of proofing papers based on detailed feedback from leading publishers, printers, and industry-standard organizations.

The PearlPROOF MEDIA family is specially formulated for the demanding needs of digital proofing. As market requirements are changing, we are continuously updating our portfolio. With its exclusive nanoporous coating, our proofing papers have a larger surface area than common microporous papers, thus allowing for higher ink densities, uniform ink absorption, better shadow detail, larger color gamut, and faster drying.

In addition to these classical proofing papers, we provide a wide range of packaging substrates specially developed for creating color-accurate packaging proofs and prototypes. Ideally suited to always achieve the best result.

The PackPROOF MEDIA portfolio includes semi-matte and glossy papers, cardboard as well as transparent, silver and white pouch and shrink films. Particularly noteworthy is the PACKProof Transfer Film, which allows the production of packaging proofs and mock-ups on production substrates.

The entire MEDIA family is made with the strictest manufacturing tolerances ensuring absolute batch-to-batch consistency and optimum quality at all times.

A perfectly tuned system - for color-accurate production of packaging proofs and prototypes

Do you need to produce color-accurate packaging proofs and samples efficiently and with ease? Are complex finishing effects also a requirement? Then FLEX PACK is the right solution for you!

The system was developed specially for these applications and offers everything you need to achieve perfect results accurately and cost-effectively.

A huge advantage: FLEX PACK was designed as a complete system. The ultimate combination of extremely powerful software, specific printer hardware, special extended gamut inks, and a large portfolio of proofing substrates are available.

Of course, all components are perfectly harmonized - creating an ideal workflow and optimal results without any effort.

An additional plus: FLEX PACK was developed in close cooperation with leading companies in the packaging industry and has been used successfully worldwide for many years. End-users appreciate the absolute precision, reliability, and enormous flexibility of the system.

FLEX PACK and its continuous development benefits from years of packaging experience in coordination with our many customers and partners within the industry – and so do you: The packaging industry is always dynamic and subject to change. We react to these quickly and competently in order to always give our customers the optimum tools to improve their daily business.

FLEX PACK is available in a variety of different configurations, highlighted in further detail.

FLEX PACK - The software for packaging proofs and samples

The software was specially designed for the characteristics and highest requirements of the packaging industry. It is based on our patented iterative 4D color management technology and contains all functions and modules to produce various packaging proofs and packaging samples immediately, easily, and cost-effectively.

Functions such as pre-flighting, soft-proof, and proof certification are integrated, raster data such as Esko LEN are supported and the program naturally has packaging-specific spot color management that converts spectral data natively and even simulates the overprinting of spot colors perfectly.

Furthermore, cloud-based color databases such as the CGS ORIS CxF CLOUD or PantoneLIVE® are integrated.

FLEX PACK is available in different versions. Below, two of them are described in detail.

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The CGS ORIS color management solutions COLOR TUNER, PRESS MATCHER and sophisticated optional applications form a suite of software tools that set worldwide standards in terms of color precision and repeatability for any printing system. This ensures maximum production reliability.

An inkjet proofing system would not be complete, nor could it provide perfect contract proof quality, without a wide range of suitable proofing papers. COLOR TUNER and the MEDIA package enable you to create high-quality digital contract proofs that meet the industry’s most demanding requirements.

Owing to their exclusive nanoporous coating, our MEDIA portfolio has a much larger surface area than common microporous papers. Nanoporous coating provides better ink absorption, higher ink densities, improved shadow detail, faster drying and a more consistent proofing quality compared to the coating of other proofing papers.

Ease of operation and reliability are indispensable to a professional color quality control system. These features are the strong points of CERTIFIED. This effective web-based system allows you to easily measure CMYK color bars for SWOP, GRACoL, 3DAP, FOGRA and other printing standards used on any proof or press sheet. In-house standards and customizable color bars can be added. CERTIFIED provides clear facts and helps avoid lengthy discussions about color issues.

An additional option allows measurements for all output devices to be sent automatically to a web server. The data is stored and can be accessed via Web browser from any location in the world. The web server provides a wide variety of analysis and monitoring functions. This allows users to analyze trends and device performances and to detect quality variations over a certain period of time.

For optimum print results, C-M-Y and K colors should be balanced perfectly to achieve neutral gray. However, owing to fluctuations in ambient climate conditions, the gray axis tends to vary from one day to the next. It is time-consuming or virtually impossible to improve device stability manually.

PRESS MATCHER is the first application in digital printing to automatically detect and correct variations in tonal value. This ensures a perfect gray balance and maximum press stability throughout the entire print run.

It is often difficult for an advertising agency to decide which printing process is best suited for a particular marketing campaign, flyer or brochure. PRESS MATCHER and the CGS ORIS device link package help you overcome this problem by allowing you to convert print jobs to different press conditions quickly and reliably and to optimize the data for high-quality output.

PRESS MATCHER also creates standard device link profiles from CGS ORIS color tables with a simple click of a button. With this in-house solution, you remain in full control over your print jobs and benefit from a consistent and reliable print production process.

It is common practice in today’s printing industry to adhere to standards such as SWOP, GRACoL or Fogra in order to ensure a high level of quality. ORIS Certified Monitor fits neatly into this concept. ORIS Certified Monitor is a simple and efficient monitor certification system that uses all of the features of CERTIFIED, but renders the control bar as a series of flashed patches on the monitor.

ORIS Certified Monitor performs the same certification to industry standards, in-house standards or spot colors and gives you an instant readout. If the certification shows that a new monitor profile is required, it can be generated at the touch of a button.

FLEX PACK combined with CGS ORIS Packaging Substrate provides a unique solution tailored to the high demands in package printing.

The software has an interface to the LEC and VS line of Roland DG printers allowing you to create contract-quality package proofs and prototypes from both continuous tone and halftone data. Users benefit from a high level of color accuracy and enormous cost savings.