"The challenge isn't just to be fast enough", says Global Graphics' chief technology officer, Martin Bailey. "The real challenge is to achieve that goal without incurring an uneconomically high cost for the bill of materials to build the Digital Front End."
* Digital Front Ends (DFE) Face Rapidly Increasing Data Processing Requirements as Print Jobs become More Complex
- Increased Use of Transparency
- Need for Increased Variable Data Coverage
* Race for Speed is On-going Competitive Challenge
- DFE Must Process Data Quickly Enough to Drive Press at Full Rated Speed
- Press Manufacturers want to Minimize DFE Costs Vs. Cost of Press
- Must Respond to Market Needs & Opportunities: Photobooks, Personalized Marketing Materials, etc.
* The Holy Trinity
- Speed, Quality & Reliability
* Once the Hardware is Optimized - What Then?
This presentation was delivered to the IMI 19th Ink Jet Printing conference on 9 November 2011.
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A breakthrough in inkjet quality - Harlequin Multi-Level Digital ScreeningGlobal Graphics Software
Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening is a new technology from Global Graphics Software. It has been specially developed so you can print confidently on challenging media and at higher speed, allowing you to expand into higher quality (higher margin) applications.
Sharp provides a range of MFPs, printers, and document systems for workgroups and production environments. Their products offer innovative features to improve workflow efficiency and meet business needs. Sharp is committed to quality, reliability, and security across their product lines.
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Gary Fry, CEO at Global Graphics, presents 'What the Customer Wants - how software choices affect the performance of your press.' at the IMI Ink Jet Printing Conference 2017.
Continuous Deployment of Front-end JavaScript with StriderCD, Github and Sauc...niallo
This document summarizes StriderCD, an open source continuous delivery platform that is customizable, easy to use, and easy to host. Key points include:
- StriderCD is an open source continuous integration/delivery platform similar to TravisCI or Jenkins.
- It is customizable through an extensible NPM plugin system and customizable front-end, worker processes, and integrations.
- It is easy to set up new projects, integrates with GitHub, and auto-detects configurations when possible.
- It can be easily run locally or deployed to platforms like Heroku. Commercial support is also available from FrozenRidge.
The document lists the group members submitting a report to Dr. Meena Vazirani. It then provides details about Procter & Gamble (P&G), including that it is ranked 5th on a survey of most respected companies and is the largest consumer products company by sales. It discusses P&G's consumer-driven supply network initiative to better match supply to actual consumer demand. Finally, it concludes that P&G focuses on sustainable improvements in products, operations, social responsibility and through engagement with employees and stakeholders.
Procter & Gamble was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It originally produced candles and soap but pivoted to soap production for the Union army during the Civil War. Today, P&G operates across 180 countries and is organized into two global business units: Health and Well-Being and Beauty. Its largest segments are Fabric and Home Care, Beauty, and Baby Care and Family Care. P&G aims to acquire 1 billion new consumers by 2015 through expansion in developing markets and increasing productivity across operations.
The document discusses test results that show the Harlequin RIP can process pages faster than the rated speeds of several digital presses. It provides specific examples of Harlequin being 4-20 times faster than HP and Océ presses for variable data printing and 12-24 times faster than Xerox, Canon, Kodak and Ricoh presses for commercial, publication and label printing. It also discusses how Harlequin is well positioned to benefit from growth in the high-production inkjet market due to its high-quality, efficient, robust and scalable RIP technology. Finally, it summarizes how the Harlequin Parallel Pages feature allows a single RIP to further increase throughput by processing pages concurrently across
A breakthrough in inkjet quality - Harlequin Multi-Level Digital ScreeningGlobal Graphics Software
Harlequin Multi-Level Digital Screening is a new technology from Global Graphics Software. It has been specially developed so you can print confidently on challenging media and at higher speed, allowing you to expand into higher quality (higher margin) applications.
Sharp provides a range of MFPs, printers, and document systems for workgroups and production environments. Their products offer innovative features to improve workflow efficiency and meet business needs. Sharp is committed to quality, reliability, and security across their product lines.
Improve productivity and control expenses with powerful multi-function features, including best-in-class performance,1 operating costs,2 and reliability.4 Choose between the HP CM8060 Color MFP and HP CM8050 Color MFP, which share all features except print speed - the CM8060 prints on average 60 ppm black and white and 50 ppm color, while the CM8050 prints 50 ppm black and white and 40 ppm color. Optional components like analog fax and high-capacity input trays add functionality.
Gary Fry, CEO at Global Graphics, presents 'What the Customer Wants - how software choices affect the performance of your press.' at the IMI Ink Jet Printing Conference 2017.
Continuous Deployment of Front-end JavaScript with StriderCD, Github and Sauc...niallo
This document summarizes StriderCD, an open source continuous delivery platform that is customizable, easy to use, and easy to host. Key points include:
- StriderCD is an open source continuous integration/delivery platform similar to TravisCI or Jenkins.
- It is customizable through an extensible NPM plugin system and customizable front-end, worker processes, and integrations.
- It is easy to set up new projects, integrates with GitHub, and auto-detects configurations when possible.
- It can be easily run locally or deployed to platforms like Heroku. Commercial support is also available from FrozenRidge.
The document lists the group members submitting a report to Dr. Meena Vazirani. It then provides details about Procter & Gamble (P&G), including that it is ranked 5th on a survey of most respected companies and is the largest consumer products company by sales. It discusses P&G's consumer-driven supply network initiative to better match supply to actual consumer demand. Finally, it concludes that P&G focuses on sustainable improvements in products, operations, social responsibility and through engagement with employees and stakeholders.
Procter & Gamble was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It originally produced candles and soap but pivoted to soap production for the Union army during the Civil War. Today, P&G operates across 180 countries and is organized into two global business units: Health and Well-Being and Beauty. Its largest segments are Fabric and Home Care, Beauty, and Baby Care and Family Care. P&G aims to acquire 1 billion new consumers by 2015 through expansion in developing markets and increasing productivity across operations.
"The challenge isn’t just to be fast enough", says Global Graphics' chief technology officer, Martin Bailey. "The real challenge is to achieve that goal without incurring an uneconomically high cost for the bill of materials to build the Digital Front End."
• Digital Front Ends (DFE) Face Rapidly Increasing Data Processing Requirements as Print Jobs become More Complex
o Increased Use of Transparency
o Need for Increased Variable Data Coverage
• Race for Speed is On-going Competitive Challenge
o DFE Must Process Data Quickly Enough to Drive Press at Full Rated Speed
o Press Manufacturers want to Minimize DFE Costs Vs. Cost of Press
o Must Respond to Market Needs & Opportunities: Photobooks, Personalized Marketing Materials, etc.
• The Holy Trinity
o Speed, Quality & Reliability
• Once the Hardware is Optimized – What Then?
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This presentation introduce "future of printing" will provided by OpenPrinting and PWG, two standardize groups.
It includes:
- Common Printing Dialog
- CUPS and alternative spooler service printerd
- Internet Printing Protocol
- Cloud Imaging
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1. Basic SAP HANA architecture and its relevance for Controlling users
2. The impact of SAP HANA on drill-down reporting in CO-PA and CO-PC
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4. Options for using new Business Objects user interfaces to visualize data for different user groups
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This document introduces the Canon iPF755 36-inch color plotter. It provides specifications for the iPF755 and iPF650 24-inch model, including prices of $4,995 and $3,195 respectively. Key features of the iPF755 include a space-saving design, front-accessible operation, gigabit ethernet, new ink formulation, and stackable media basket. It offers faster throughput than previous models and prints a D-sized page in about 28 seconds. The iPF755 also has an environmentally conscious design with reduced power consumption and packaging.
The document introduces the new mainframe and its capabilities. It outlines that mainframes are used by large organizations to host commercial databases and applications requiring high security and availability. Mainframes can process large volumes of different workloads concurrently. Typical mainframe roles include system programmers, operators, developers and administrators. Common operating systems are z/OS, z/VM, VSE, and Linux for zSeries.
This presentation, made at the recent Fespa 2019 in Munich, shares some of the insights and advances we’ve achieved over the last few years as we’ve worked with many inkjet press vendors to increase their output quality.
From about the middle of last year, the consensus seemed to be that inkjet had finally attained the same quality as offset lithography or flexography. How has that consensus been reached when the areas that inkjet still finds difficult are things like large regions of mid-tone tints? You simply don’t see press vendors, or buyers, making such comparisons. Inkjet problem areas are mostly caused by non-uniformity at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels. Martin Bailey explores how these spatial variations can be remedied and discusses an emerging ISO Technical Specification (ISO TS 18621-21) that is designed to objectively characterise some of these types of variation.
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- CUPS and alternative spooler service printerd
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- Cloud Imaging
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Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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Join us to introduce Milvus Lite, a vector database that can run on notebooks and laptops, share the same API with Milvus, and integrate with every popular GenAI framework. This webinar is perfect for developers seeking easy-to-use, well-integrated vector databases for their GenAI apps.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
20 Comprehensive Checklist of Designing and Developing a WebsitePixlogix Infotech
Dive into the world of Website Designing and Developing with Pixlogix! Looking to create a stunning online presence? Look no further! Our comprehensive checklist covers everything you need to know to craft a website that stands out. From user-friendly design to seamless functionality, we've got you covered. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource! Check out our checklist now at Pixlogix and start your journey towards a captivating online presence today.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Future of Agility: Supercharging Digital Transfor...Neo4j
Leonard Jayamohan, Partner & Generative AI Lead, Deloitte
This keynote will reveal how Deloitte leverages Neo4j’s graph power for groundbreaking digital twin solutions, achieving a staggering 100x performance boost. Discover the essential role knowledge graphs play in successful generative AI implementations. Plus, get an exclusive look at an innovative Neo4j + Generative AI solution Deloitte is developing in-house.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
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Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
3. INTRODUCTION
– A Controller or Digital Front End (DFE) provides a number of functions
for digital press print jobs:
• Workflow definition, control, and management
• Job management (submission, status, view, edit, cancel, etc.)
• Color, ink, and media management
• Imposition and finishing management and control
• The conversion of rich document formats like PDF and PPML into “print ready bits” –
data that is rendered and formatted for the marking engine of the digital press
HP Indigo W7200 Digital Press
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6. WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
– A typical print shop can have many digital presses and DFEs (Consolidated
Graphics, for example, has more than 50 Indigo digital presses across several sites1)
– A standard mid-range digital press (120 PPM) requires the processing of over
one hundred million pixels every second, worst-case, with possibly multiple transforms,
and in 4 (or more) colors
– HP’s high-end presses (like the T400 below) require around three billion pixels every
second
– The primary performance goal for a DFE is to process any job or workflow at or above
press speed – strive to always have the DFE outpace the press over a shift
– Maximum efficiency must be exploited in every aspect of the system’s design in order
to achieve this goal within reasonable cost constraints
HP Indigo 7500 Digital Press HP T400 Color Inkjet Web Press
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20. ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
– Some of the more relevant architectural considerations for enabling
maximum efficiency:
• Reliability
− Fast, unreliable systems usually aren’t worth much. Stability first, performance second
• Work Avoidance
− Look for ways to move or eliminate work first rather than scaling an inefficiency
• Centralized or Distributed Caching
− Caching can avoid work and improve performance
− Watch for centralized caches becoming a bottleneck
• Instrumentation and Measurement
− Establish a way to measure performance in your code and system
• Planning
− An ounce of design effort up-front will save more than a pound in efficiency and cost-savings in development and
manufacturing
− If you drive a range of devices you may gain from a common, scalable solution across at least some of that
range
– No universal right answer on most of these considerations; they’re
useful topics to think about in the context of efficiency
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21. PARALLELISM – WITHIN A MACHINE
We invest effort to take advantage of all of
these machine-level parallelisms:
– Multiple CPUs per machine
– Multiple cores per CPU
– Multiple physical disks per machine
– Multiple physical disks per logical disk
– Multiple (teamed/bonded) network
interfaces per logical network connection
– Multiple RIPs per machine
– Multiple threads per RIP
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22. PARALLELISM – END-TO-END SOLUTION
Split into page ranges RIPs deliver data in parallel Press controllers
and assign to RIPs to press controllers deliver to presses
Split files into multiple “partitions” or chunks and process in parallel
Parallelize early, maintain multiple parallel pipelines
Parallelize in pre-RIP, where the data is much smaller (1/7th the size)
Process multiple jobs in parallel
Different variations optimize first-page-out, engine loading or throughput
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