Colour Managed Contract Proofing – Direct onto your printing stock! York Repro-graphic, already leaders in the field of Colour Management and contract proofing, are pleased to announce a brand new, exciting proofing facility. Before today, it has been possible to create a colorimetric accurate simulation of a fingerprint and produce a colour managed proof of a job which can easily be matched on press. It has not been possible however, to represent the realistic tangible feel of the actual printed result due to the different substrate they are printed on. This is especially the case if the job is printed on a filmic or metallic substrate with a printed pattern white. Currently, we are able to simulate the shade of the printing stock with a background simulation on the paper making the proof far more accurate. But as it suggests, this solution is a simulation only. York Reprographic has made a major investment in a new proofing facility which allows us to proof direct onto your printing stock. No simulations, no laminations, just a direct print onto the stock of your choice. The Mimaki U.V. UJF RII is an UltraViolet ink jet system which includes a white ink. The white ink has a fully controllable density to allow simulations of the weakest solvent based white, up to an opaque, silk screen white. For clear substrates, we can surface or reverse print, just like on press. Summary of key features;
1. Prints onto any stock
2. UV based ink system with wide colour gamut (matches most PMS colours)
3. Prints pattern white with variable controllable density
4. Colour Managed using ESKO software
5. Screened option available to show the exact screen, angle, dot shape as it appears on your print
6. Print area of 600 x 500mm
7. Pattern varnish available with variable controllable gloss level.
Proof prices from £50 to £200 for full bed size (Prices on request for multiple proofs). So, if you need a proof which gives the very best match without going to press, contact Bob Hollingsworth: bob@yorkrepro.co.uk
