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IFRA PREVIEW Prepress Agfa Graphics launches third Generation of CTP Shown for the first time at IFRA Expo, Agfa Graphics will launch its third generation of CTP system known as :Advantage N. This continues on from the company’s previous systems :Polaris and :Advantage. Two models of the new CTP system, plus the workflow software :Arkitex and new modules :Arkitex Vantage & :Arkitex Analyst will be seen at the show, plus a Stack Loader (SL) and Direct Load (DL). Designed for both newspaper and semi-commercial web printers, :Advantage N is said by Agfa Graphics to address the needs of small to medium volume printers, offering a choice of plate loading mechanisms and plate throughput volumes. It also uses patented violet laser imaging technology, with automatically zoomable lenses, designed to handle printing plates for both classic development, as well as violet chemistry-free plates of the :N92-VCF range. The imaging is best suited for classic (ABS) screening, but is also capable of outputting Agfa Graphics’ :Arkitex Sublima screening technology for newspaper and commercial web applications. The imaging head, using a high-powered spinning motor and six facet spinner, has a 120 mW, high precision violet laser diode combined with a high accuracy media drive system. This offers a very high degree of precision in plate transport and imaging quality. The media drive system, says Agfa, has been completely re-engineered, improved in a number of areas and also patented. Motion transport is controlled by a set of step motors with continuous motion measurement, again making sure that the highest possible accuracy of plate throughput is achieved. Agfa Graphics :Advantage N CTP systems deliver a variable resolution between 900 and 2540 dpi with a zoomable spot-size between 12 and 22 µ. They are able to deliver up to 133 lpi Agfa Balanced, (amplitude modulated), Screening (ABS) or 180 lpi :Arkitex Sublima quality for newspaper applications and up to 175 lpi ABS or up to 240 lpi :Arkitex Sublima quality for commercial web applications - depending on printing substrate and printing conditions. All models of :Advantage N support the user’s choice in visible light plate technology including the :N92-V photopolymer plate or the :Lithostar Ultra LAP-V plate. :N92-VCF claims to be the first violet, photopolymer based chemistry-free plate to enter the newspaper pre-press and printing arena. Requiring a pre-heat stage followed by a simple gum treatment to bring up the latent image, it is said to significantly simplify plate handling, equipment cleaning, maintenance and waste management. Another feature of the new CTP system, maintains Agfa Graphics, is its easy integration into any business network environment via a direct Ethernet TC/PIP connection and standard network protocol. No boards or other hardware are needed to feed the system with data. The engine settings and service program are accessed via a dedicated utility from any PC in the network with different modules for the operators and service staff. The entire concept of :Advantage N has been designed around reliability and cost-effectiveness. So to ensure the least possible downtime, it can be monitored through IntelSyst, Agfa Graphics’ remote diag- 72 N&M NEWSPAPER&MAGAZINES 1/2008 I F R A nostics system. Remote service engineers are able to take control of the unit and its front end, the :Arkitex Newsdrive. Alternatively, the hardware itself is accessed to assess possible problems and suggest trouble-shooting procedures. An optional web cam for on-line live footage is also available. www.agfa.com Hall 8 Stands 190/290/294 Alwan Color Expertise With more and more global competition for print services, tighter color tolerances as well as increasing orders sourced from in-house corporations, there is an increasing interest from print services companies to offer production workflows conforming to standards such as 12647. At IFRA Expo, newspaper customers visiting the Alwan booth will have the opportunity to perform color conversion and ink optimization on all PDF files before sending them for proofing or printing with Alwan’s advanced Color- Hub technology. Alwan CMYK Optimizer allows designers, publishers and prepress companies to quickly produce PDF documents that are compliant with ISO 12647 color and print specifications for problem-free printing. CMYK Optimizer allows printers to control and improve the printability of files by optimizing the separation for ISO 12647 standard printing or for actual process/press/paper capabilities. CMYK Optimizer is powered by Alwan Dynamic DeviceLinks technology which has been rated best technology for color accuracy, print stability and ink savings by various benchmarks and has received 2008 PIA/GATF InterTech Award for innovative excellence. Alwan CMYK Optimizer award winning technology is now available as a Switch configurator. About Alwan Dynamic DeviceLinks Technology Alwan CMYK Optimizer application family, built on Dynamic Device- Links technology, insures perfect color from creation to final press. Dynamic DeviceLinks-powered applications in the Alwan CMYK Optimizer family allow prepress companies and printers to check, as well as automatically and dynamically correct, the color spaces and ink weight characteristics of files before sending them to output production. Alwan’s dynamic color management applies the principles of highly sophisticated color management and quality control to standard PDF based workflows. The software analyzes individual PDF to evaluate its components, identifying all elements, their color description and
color spaces. Each object within a PDF is then analyzed for its CMYK surface and ink consumption. With Alwan’s technology the profile data is based on the actual content of the PDF and this adds a whole new dimension to color management, creating significant opportunities for quality and cost efficiency improvements. By analyzing interactions of the four separations, CMYK Optimizer can process the data according to each color’s histogram and dynamic range, as well as its numeric descriptions. The technology works in all print environments including gravure, offset and digital printing. www.alwancolor.com Hall 10 Stand 635 Cacidi Systems‘ Strategy on automatic Solutions pays off Cacidi Systems as developer of software for automatic, designdriven graphics production with the company released its first products for Adobe InDesign in 2000. Since then the strategy has been to concentrate on automatic solutions for the Adobe In- Design platform. “Our aim has always been to focus on the greatest possible range and user friendliness and to optimise and ease work processes for graphics companies. These include professional advertising agencies, newspapers or in-house marketing departments in Danish commercial enterprises”, says Jesper Løngaa, Business Development Manager and co-owner of Cacidi Systems. Just a few years after the start-up, the company expanded in both its staff and product range. Version 4 of a solution for automatic and flexible production of catalogues and price lists in the market was launched - it is still one of the company’s key products and one which is continually being optimised. With its automatic features, it is claimed to be able to reduce production by an average of 20% of the time graphic designers previously spent on manual work. It can simultaneously create structure in and overview of heavy graphics productions. Cacidi Systems also expanded its solution with Internet-based graphics tools where the core technology in the company catalogue production software also works as the ’engine’ for Internet-based production of advertisements, posters, price lists and much more. But this is not an ordinary web-to-print solution, maintains the company. It is significantly different from others on the world market as it builds up professional looking graphics documents based on what has been entered by Internet users who are not necessarily graphics experts. When documents were wholly or partially built up on the Internet, they could then be ’picked up’ by graphic designers, printing houses and in-house printing departments. IFRA PREVIEW Cacidi Systems’ Internet-based solutions have made it possible to enhance the tools graphic designers use with the obvious advantages of the Internet for collaboration and communication. Right before Ifra the Danish software company announced new versions of all of their software titles that are compatible with Adobe In- Design CS4. All of Cacidis software titles, based on plug-in architecture, support Adobe InDesign CS4’s full set of features on both Windows and Macintosh computers and servers, and contain a wealth of new features. The focus in this significant upgrade is primarily on Cacidi Systems’ software flagships: Cacidi Extreme CS4, Cacidi LiveMerge CS4, and Cacidi Enterprise Server CS4. ”We are extremely excited and pleased with these high-end releases that all use our own proprietary Cacidi Extreme as the technological motor,” says Richard Andersen, CEO and founder of Cacidi Systems. It has never been easier The time saving for the advertising agencies, newspapers, public institutions, and the graphic in-house departments in the corporate world who use Cacidi products is dramatic. And at the same time, it gives a structure and an overview of the productions that is of great advantage for the Cacidi clients’ future maintenance of those productions. Cacidi Extreme CS4 is the catalogue builder for those companies working with genuine Adobe InDesign CS4 documents that live up to the graphic standards, and that must be able to be easily passed on to automated construction and updating, which can be done with the help of Cacidi Extreme CS4. www.cacidi.com Hall 10 Stand 740 Dalim with advanced workflow Toolset At IFRA Expo 2008 in Amsterdam, Dalim Software will exhibit the probably most advanced, open scalebale and flexible set of production workflow toolset for print and publishing. Besides the award-winning workflow system DALiM TWiST, which optimizes all relevant prepress tasks, the latest version of its softproofing solution DALiM DiALOGUE will be shown. The feature rich but easy to use DALiM DiALOGUE allows all participants to streamline their color verification and approval processes, from creative and editorial to press side proofing. With DALiM MiSTRAL, the unique webbased production management tool, Dalim Software shows the most powerful solution for magazine, catalogue and newspaper production, which is easily adaptable to suit the multi-format, multi-site, high productivity and high quality requirements of modern prepress, print and publishing companies. By adding the brand new DALiM ViRTUAL LiBRARY, an application to view a virtual version of print jobs registered in DALiM MiSTRAL, users not only have a similar experience to truly leafing through a magazine, but they can already realisticaly visualize their print jobs before having them printed. And together with the software manufacturer Top 21 with its innovative newspaper editorial system Solseit Redaktion and the integration partner mcon systemhaus, the complete workflow from planning and editorial to plate output can be demonstrated at IFRA Expo 2008. www.dalim.com Hall 10 Stand 630 dutchsoftware.com – elvis with Adobe CS4 Integration Elvis, the new Media Content Management Solution developed by dutchsoftware.com, will make its first public appearance at the IFRA Expo. elvis is a new solution for centralizing, finding and 1/2008 N&M NEWSPAPER&MAGAZINES 73
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