Today the inkjet industry is exploring how to achieve optimal, repeatable image quality. Brand owners expect high-quality output across all their communication channels. Yet many press manufacturers are frustrated that they are not able to achieve the quality that they expect. The physics of inkjet printing leads to challenges such as losing highlights or streaking and mottling. This is especially the case at high-speed. Experimenting with hardware choices has not overcome these quality problems. Applying color management software is insufficient. Global Graphics Software, the developer of the Harlequin RIP, has been working with a number of inkjet press manufacturers to develop a solution to address the problem. Since 2011 they have been working on Harlequin ScreenPro, now one of the products in the Fundamentals line-up which will have its debut at Labelexpo Americas. Fundamentals provides inkjet press manufacturers with a single source of software and engineering knowhow. With Harlequin ScreenPro multi-level half-tone screens can be tuned for a specific press/media combination to produce the optimum quality.

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FUNDAMENTALS FOR LABEL AND PACKAGING
Global Graphics Software, hall F, stand 5931
Martin Bailey, CTO September 14th, 2016

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Our customers
We develop the software that provides the power to drive all of
these and more:

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Who we are
International company
Listed in Brussels on Euronext (GLOG)
• 80% world’s photo books
• 70% world’s newspapers
• In high-speed digital since
2002
• Harlequin RIP since 1986
• Expert in transforming
design and pre-press data
into a format that can be
printed
• Active on ISO standards
bodies, notably PDF, PDF/X
and PDF/VT

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Today
We’re introducing
a new software and engineering service for inkjet presses

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2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Billions of letter/A4 equivalent impressions
Brochures
Catalogs
Direct Mail and Inserts
Books and Manuals
Magazines and Newspapers
Other Color (including
Transaction)
Higher Quality Applications Printed on Coated Stocks Will Be
a Key Driver in High-speed Production Color Inkjet Growth
(10M+ Color Duty Cycle Segment, U.S. &W.E.)
Source: U.S. & W.E. Digital Production Printing Application Forecasts: 2014‐2019, InfoTrends
• Overall page growth = 21.0%
• Higher quality application growth = 28.7%
• Other color growth = 9.1%
Medium or high
quality requirements
Medium or high
quality requirements
Direct Mail and Inserts
Books & Manuals
Magazines & Newspapers
High quality requirementsHigh quality requirementsBrochures & Catalogs
Lower quality
requirements
Lower quality
requirements
Other Color (Including
Transaction

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Trends in inkjet printing
InfoTrends and other industry research show the following:
Increasing top speed of the presses – still working toward
matching offset and flexo
Increasing top speed of the presses – still working toward
matching offset and flexo
Increasing use of inkjet in higher quality sectors
And adoption in higher quality sectors of labels &
packaging
Increasing use of inkjet in higher quality sectors
And adoption in higher quality sectors of labels &
packaging
TransactionalTransactional
Direct mail &
publication
Direct mail &
publication
Brochures
and
catalogs
Brochures
and
catalogs
Increasing use
of coated stocks
in GA (and
impermeable
media in labels
and some
packaging)
Increasing use
of coated stocks
in GA (and
impermeable
media in labels
and some
packaging)

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Why Fundamentals?
Press manufacturers face technical challenges in the development
phase of a new inkjet press:
• How do I build my DFE when I don’t have my own software team?
• Or, I don’t want to resource up a team and then reduce back to maintenance
• Is there an alternative workflow to Esko?
• How do I ensure I can address the problems I haven’t even discovered yet?
• How do I achieve sharp bar codes and small text?
• What about ink estimation?
• Do I have a solution for cross head calibration?
Manufacturers have come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problems

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Software Limited 2016
• A bundle of best of breed products to accelerate
digital inkjet label presses to market
Plus
• The BreakThrough engineering service of color
scientists, screening experts, and RIP
technologists with decades of experience
What is Fundamentals?

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Fundamentals Product Bundle Optional
Label Layout
Station
CLOUDFLOW
Fundamentals
ProofScope Harlequin RIP
Mellow Colour
Fundamentals
Harlequin
ColorPro
Harlequin
ScreenPro
Best of breed software

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How is Fundamentals used?
Any workflow or RIPAny workflow or RIP
• License what you need to address a specific problem
• Take the full set to:
• benefit from the essential components for building a DFE for a new
press
• have an alternative to an Esko workflow
• Fundamentals and BreakThrough can be applied to an existing press to
overcome common quality problems

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Fundamentals Product Bundle Optional
Label Layout
Station
CLOUDFLOW
Fundamentals
ProofScope Harlequin RIP
Mellow Colour
Fundamentals
Harlequin
ColorPro
Harlequin
ScreenPro
Example: common quality issues

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Example: common quality issues
Ink drops should
ideally form a
regular grid on the
media
Images are available on a USB stick in your
press pack, and at our online press office
They usually don’t You can see
straight lines
along the media
(up and down),
but uneven lines
across the media
You can see
straight lines
along the media
(up and down),
but uneven lines
across the media

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Example: common quality issues
Irregular drop
positioning leads to
drops ‘randomly’
coalescing on the
media:
Images are available on a USB stick in your
press pack, and at our online press office
These microscopic
effects cause visible
artefacts, often
described as
mottling or streaking:
Synthetic image with exaggerated artefacts in order to be visible
on a projector, or reproduced on another print process

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Quality matters!
Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the
boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed
Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the
boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output
quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be
achieved with mechanical improvements
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output
quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be
achieved with mechanical improvements
The faster the press runs, the
harder it is to control drop
placement precisely
The faster the press runs, the
harder it is to control drop
placement precisely
Coated and impermeable media
suffer more from coalescing
Coated and impermeable media
suffer more from coalescing

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Quality matters!
Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the
boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed
Brand managers and buyers are driving change by pushing the
boundaries. They need high-quality at high-speed
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output
quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be
achieved with mechanical improvements
Inkjet press manufacturers are frustrated with output
quality. They are reaching the limits of what can be
achieved with mechanical improvements
They know they need to significantly improve output quality and operate at
high speeds to keep pages fed to the press.
They know they need to significantly improve output quality and operate at
high speeds to keep pages fed to the press.
They’ve come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problemsThey’ve come to Global Graphics to help them fix their problems

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Fundamentals has the answer
It’s not financially viable to fix these quality problems in
hardware
By carefully tuning multi-level halftones we can significantly
raise output quality, even on challenging media
We are the only company with this screening technology
Backed by the BreakThrough engineering team
Years of development since 2011Years of development since 2011

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The benefits for vendors
Gives press vendors an immediate
competitive advantage
Gives press vendors an immediate
competitive advantage
• Address customer complaints around existing presses
• Print confidently on challenging media and at higher speed
• Expand into higher quality (higher margin) applications

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Intelligent software
is as critical a component as
the print head, media, ink,
fluid control, paper
movement, electronics, etc
Intelligent software
is as critical a component as
the print head, media, ink,
fluid control, paper
movement, electronics, etc
In other words

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Summary
Fundamentals + BreakThrough overcomes technical
challenges that can delay new presses getting to market
Fundamentals helps vendors address quality issues cost-
effectively as they push the boundaries of inkjet technology
Fundamentals provides an alternative to an Esko workflow
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Fundamentals has grown out of manufacturers approaching Global
Graphics to solve their inkjet problems because they cannot solve
them on their own.
Fundamentals has grown out of manufacturers approaching Global
Graphics to solve their inkjet problems because they cannot solve
them on their own.

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QUESTIONS
Contact us to book your personal demo on booth 5931
Speak to us if you are writing about DFEs, inkjet printing, variable data
printing, screening, color management: Jill.taylor@globalgraphics.com
Your press pack is on-line at:
http://www.globalgraphics.com/company/labelexpo‐news
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