Harlequin - the fastest RIP ever


> Independent
speed
tests
carried
out
by

the
Rochester
Ins.tute
of
Technology

show
that
Harlequin
has
plenty
of

processing
power
head
room
over
the

industry’s
highest
performing
digital

presses,
delivering
pages
far
in
excess
of

the
print
devices’
rated
speeds.


VDP

> 4
@mes
faster
than
the
HP

T410
and
20
@mes
faster
than
Label
print

>
the
Océ
ColorStream
using
a

server
with
10
RIPs.

15
@mes
Over
20
@mes
faster

faster
than
an
HP
Indigo
7500
than
the
HP
Indigo

using
one
RIP.
WS6000
using
one
RIP

Publica.on

Commercial
print

> 11
@mes
faster
than

> 12
@mes
faster
than
the

Xerox
iGen4
and
nearly
20

@mes
faster
than
a
Canon

a
Kodak
Prosper
5000XL

with
a
server
of
10
RIPs,
24

@mes
faster
than
the
Ricoh

C901
with
one
RIP.

imagePRESS
C7000VP

using
one
RIP.


> “As
the
independent
speed
test
has

demonstrated,
the
Harlequin
Host

Renderer
3
can
deliver
pages
to
printers

at
speeds
that
exceed
the
rated
speeds

of
the
print
devices.”
InfoTrends

> “OEMs
developing

high-‐speed,
high-‐

Performance

volume
prin@ng

equipment
should

consider
adding

Global
Graphics
to

> “Global
Graphics
is
well

posi@oned
to
beneﬁt
from
the

their
evalua@on
list

when
sourcing
RIP

technology.”

growth
in
the
high-‐produc@on
InfoTrends

inkjet
market.
Its
high-‐quality
RIP

technology
is
mature,
consistent

in
output,
extremely
eﬃcient,

robust,
and
scalable.”
InfoTrends

Growth
in
the
inkjet
market


Exponen@al
rise
in
Con@nuous
Feed
Inkjet
Printer
placements
–

North
America
and
Western
Europe

Source:
InfoTrends
high-‐speed
con@nuous
feed
color
inkjet
opportunity,
2011

Performance/speed


Measured
speeds
of
a
single
Harlequin
RIP
by
category

Source:
InfoTrends,
2012

High
performance
RIPs
save
you
money


Harlequin
Host
Renderer
is
cost-‐eﬀec@ve
across
the
broad
span
of
devices

Run
Light
and
Medium

Run
High
Volume

devices
on
a
single
RIP
devices
at
engine
speed

Mul.-‐threading
–
Harlequin
Host

Mul.-‐RIPs
–
The
Harlequin
Host
Renderer

Renderer
makes
full
use
of
mul@ple
harnesses
the
power
of

core
chips
mul@ple
RIPs

Always
print
at
engine
speed
no
mader
what
device

Beneﬁts
for
light
and
medium
device
OEMs


•  Maximum
use
of
processor
cores/
threads
per
device

•  A
highly
op@mized
mul@-‐threaded
RIP
allows
high

speed
devices
to
be
driven
by
a
single
RIP

•  Hardware
cost
reduc@on
-‐
reduce
need
for
processors

•  Single
RIP
easier
to
build
DFE

￮  Get
to
market
quicker

￮  Reduce
engineering
costs

•  No
special
hardware
requirements

￮  No
excessive
RAM
requirements

￮  Flexible
pricing
models

Beneﬁts
for
high
volume
device
OEMs


•  Highly
op@mized
mul@-‐threaded
RIP
allows
you
to
drive
a
high

volume
digital
produc@on
device
with
fewer
RIPs

￮  Hardware
cost
reduc@on
–
reduced
need
for
servers

￮  Reduced
power
and
cooling
for
print
site

•  Opera@ng
system
cost
reduc@on
using
Linux
–
no
expensive

Microsoi
licenses

•  No
special
hardware
needed

•  No
excessive
baseline
RAM
requirements

•  Flexible
pricing
models…


Harlequin®
Parallel
Pages™

Harlequin®
Parallel
Pages™


Page
1
Page

2
Page

3
Mul@ple
threads

perform
various
steps
of

Core
1
RIPing
and
outpumng,

concurrently.

Core
2

Core
3

Core
4

Core
5

P

P

P

Harlequin®
Parallel
Pages™
–
processor
ac@vity


A
20
page
job
being
processed

in
both
examples

Processor
running
Harlequin
Host
Renderer
3

without
Harlequin Parallel Pages

Time

Processor
running
Harlequin
Host
Renderer
3

with
Harlequin Parallel Pages

1.3
@mes

faster

Harlequin®
Parallel
Pages™
–
performance
gains


No HPP With HPP

•  Adding
more
threads
in
a
200

single-‐RIP
implementa@on

increases
throughput
175

•  An
even
bigger
gain
can
be

Pages per minute per RIP
achieved
by
adding
Harlequin
150

Parallel
Pages™

125

•  The
greatest
gains
are
seen

for
the
most
challenging
jobs.
100

75

50
1 2 4 8 16
12
core
G7
server
with
12GB
RAM.
Windows
2008
R2
(64-‐
bit).
One
instance
of
HHR
3.0r2
on
one
server.
Output
to
Threads per RIP
CMYK
contone
at
600dpi.
RIT
ﬁle
set.


Harlequin®
VariData™

Harlequin®
VariData™


Page
1
All
missing
elements

rendered
and
cached

Render
cache

PDFs
sent
to
RIP
P Background

Output

P Name

-‐
Tom

P Estate
car
image

P Map
1

Harlequin
RIP

queries
render

cache

Harlequin®
VariData™


Page
2
3
missing
elements

rendered
and
cached

Render
cache

PDFs
queued

in
RIP
P Background
Output

O

Name

-‐
Tom

O

Estate
car
image

O

Map
1

P Name

-‐
Joe

P Sports
car
image

P Map
2

Harlequin
RIP

queries
render

cache

Harlequin®
VariData™


Page
3
2
missing
elements

rendered
and
cached

Render
cache

PDFs
queued

P Background

in
RIP
Output

O

Name

-‐
Tom

P Estate
car
image

O

Map
1

O

Name

-‐
Joe

O

Sports
car
image

O

Map
2

Harlequin
RIP

P Name

-‐
Fred

queries
render

cache
P Map
3

Harlequin®
VariData™


Page
4
1
missing
element

rendered
and
cached

Render
cache

PDF
queued

P Background

in
RIP
Output

O

Name

-‐
Tom

P Estate
car
image

P Map
1

O

Name

-‐
Joe

O

Sports
car
image

O

Map
2

Harlequin
RIP

O

Name

-‐
Fred

queries
render

cache
O

Map
3

P Name

-‐

Kim

Harlequin®
VariData™
speeds
up
rendering


1 RIP, without HVD 1 RIP, with HVD 10 RIPs, without HVD 10 RIPs, with HVD

•  Harlequin
VariData™

signiﬁcantly
boosts
5000

throughput
for
all
4500

categories
of
VDP
jobs
4000

•  It
also
scales
well
as
the
3500
number
of
RIPs
on
the

Pages per minute per RIP
server
is
increased
3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

500

12
core
G7
server
with
12GB
RAM.
Windows
2008
0
R2
(64-‐bit).
One
or
ten
instances
of
HHR
3.0r2
per
All VDP Labels Simple VDP Complex VDP
server600dpi.
Output
to
CMYK
contone
with
mask

at,
using
external
HVD.
RIT
ﬁle
set.

More
than
just
a
RIP


Everything
you
need
from
one
supplier
-‐
use
your
own
IP
too

•  Harlequin
Screening
Library™
•  Colour
management

•  Mul@-‐bit
screening
•  FOGRA
cer@ﬁed

•  Harlequin
cross-‐modulated
screening
•  Harlequin
ColorPro™

•  Harlequin
dispersed
screening
•  Harlequin
SetGoldPro™

•  Trapping
•  Harlequin
VariData™

•  Harlequin
TrapPro™
•  PDF
retained
raster

•  Harlequin
Parallel
Pages™
•  Font
emula.on

•  Concurrent
page
processing

•  Simple
imposi.on

Beyond
the
DFE


•  Crea@on
of
thumbnails
and
previews

for
web-‐to-‐print
and
produc@on
print
workflow
solu@ons

•  Ink
usage
es@ma@on
system

to
support
inkjet
press
solu@ons

•  Pre-‐produc@on
job
pre-‐flight

to
ensure
that
jobs
will
run
through
a
produc@on
system
correctly

•  Offline
proofing

•  Rasteriza@on
service

providing
full
frame
contone
raster

Not
just
pages…


Speciality
prin@ng

Packaging
Labels
Point
of
Building

sale
drapes

Tex@les
Printed
Printed
Vinyl
wraps

Electronics
Ceramics


Harlequin
VariData™

Extending
accelera@on
to

VDP
jobs
for
today
and

tomorrow

Harlequin
Parallel
Pages™

New
in
version
3

Interpre@ng
and
rendering

simultaneously

64-‐bit
applica.on

Allowing
maximum
use
to

be
made
of
RAM
for

ul@mate
performance

Who
is
Global
Graphics
Soiware?


•  Developer
of
prin@ng,
PDF
and
document
soiware

•  Harlequin
and
Jaws
RIPs

•  Pedigree
in
PDF
goes
back
to
1993

•  Harlequin
RIP
first
used
in
a
produc@on
system
in
1988
-‐
first

class
reputa@on

•  Technology
innovator:

PostScript,
PDF,
XPS
reference
RIP,

screening,
color

•  Partnership
approach
and
flexible
commercial
models

•  Development
team
in
Cambridge
UK,
offices
near
Boston,
US

and
in
Tokyo,
Japan

•  Listed
on
NYSE
Euronext:
GLOG

Top
10
reasons
to
work
with
us


Proven
success
Your
controller
will
cost
you
less

Global
Graphics
is
a
strategic
development

Achieve
more
with
less
processing
power

partner
to
HP

A
technology
innovator
Flexible
and
open
commercial
model

Select
a
pricing
model
to
suit
you

Expert
in
PDLs

PostScript®
and
PDF
in
one
RIP
RIP
development
is
our

Na@ve
processing
of
PS
and
PDF
in
one
RIP
core
business

RIP
development
represents
70%
of
our
business

Performance

Proven
over
many
years
in
the
field
Defining
standards

Ac@ve
in
commidees
defining
industry
standards

More
than
a
RIP

In-‐RIP
color
management,
trapping,
imposi@on

and
screening
Every
customer
is
unique

Partnerships
are
cri@cal
to
our
and
your
success

A
technology
innovator


•  Consistently
early
to
market,
get
ahead
of
the
game
with
us!

￮  PostScript®
-‐
1988

￮  Na@ve
PDF
processing
-‐
1997
9 years before Adobe

￮  Live
PDF
transparency
-‐
2002
4 years before Adobe

￮  PDF/VT
-‐
2009

–  Shipping
in
OEM
DFEs
IPEX
-‐
2010

￮  XPS
–
we
were
selected
by
Microsoi
to
develop
the
reference
implementa@on

•  Our
produc@on
experience
means
a
more
robust
and
complete
solu@on

•  Ac@ve
in
industry
standards
development:

￮  PDF,
PDF/VT,
ICC

PostScript
and
PDF
in
one
RIP


Harlequin
Host
Renderer Adobe
A
single
RIP
engine
to
process:
Adobe
APPE
only
processes
PDF,

￮  PostScript,
EPS,
DCS
Adobe
CPSI
only
processes
PS

￮  PDF,
PDF/X,
PDF/VT
￮  If
both
na@ve
PDF
and
PostScript

are
needed,
two
Adobe
RIPs

￮  XPS

are
required

￮  JPEG,
TIFF
…

￮  All
content
formats
needed
for

PPML/GA
support

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