GMG - Color Management Technology for the Flexo and Packaging Industry and Commercial Printing

GMG specializes in high-end color management and proofing software solutions for the entire graphic arts industry, mainly focusing on the flexo and packaging industry, commercial printing, and digital and large-format printing.

More than 10,000 systems are in use at leading advertising agencies, digital service providers, publishers, equipment and product manufacturers, and printers using digital and conventional offset, gravure, flexo, inkjet, screen, photographic and other reprographic processes.

Color management systems for packaging proof applications and mockups

Flexo and packaging print houses can produce top-quality, contract-level packaging proofs and mockups. With GMG solutions for packaging proofing on transparent and opaque materials, dramatic time savings and cost reduction by up to 90% can be achieved compared with analog proofing systems.

GMG software allows consistent and accurate color results to be achieved on virtually any substrate. The GMG solutions are suitable for all kinds of businesses engaged in flexible packaging, compound board packages or tin printing.

Packaging proofing software

The combination of GMG proofing software GMG ColorProof and the Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 white ink printer achieves the highest color accuracy, repeatability and detail definition when producing contone and halftone proofs. GMG's ColorProof contone proofing software and the halftone modules FlexoProof XG and DotProof XG fully exploit the expanded color gamut of the Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 inkjet printer. Unrivaled quality and repeatability can be produced even for spot colors and white simulation in flexographic, offset and gravure printing.

Color-accurate packaging mockups

The GMG / Mimaki solution enables digital proofing on original substrates such as shrink or metallic foils, tin and compound boards and the production of absolutely color-accurate packaging mockups with white ink and varnish support. It combines the GMG ColorServer color management software for processing any kind of color conversions, the GMG SmartProfiler for profiling and calibration of different output devices, and the UJF-605 UV inkjet printers from Mimaki.

Nearly any printing stock can be used with the GMG / Mimaki solution. Due to the extremely resistant, high-quality inks of the Mimaki printer, it is possible to apply the same finishing process as to the final product. No other solution on the market allows for this, apart from a real press proof.

Profiling and calibration of digital and large-format presses

GMG's software application GMG SmartProfiler allows the creation of individual color profiles and printer calibrations for digital and large-format printing systems. GMG SmartProfiler is a wizard that enables digital and large-format press users to achieve the highest color accuracy, repeatability and color consistency with every printing system.

The profiling tool assists the creation of individual GMG ColorServer profiles. The GMG SmartProfiler / ColorServer solution is extremely beneficial for:

• Digital and large-format print houses
• Flexo and packaging print houses
• So-called hybrid environments (e.g. with offset and digital presses) users who want to create their own profiles and/or calibrate output devices, or who work according to in-house standards

Standardization of printing processes and presses

GMG solutions are especially suitable for print houses wanting to implement standardized printing processes to color manage the entire graphic workflow from prepress to print production. This results in completely standardized colors and printing processes, regardless of which printing method is applied, in order to achieve high print quality and stability while reducing costs.

Offset printers, for instance, can provide the best possible proof-to-print results and thereby enhance productivity and efficiency dramatically by applying:

• GMG ColorServer for the creation of uniform color standards
• GMG InkOptimizer for fully automatic chromatic ink reduction
• GMG PrintControl for effective printing process control and standardization of the press in use