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ColorGATE live at drupa 2008: PRODUCTIONSERVER5 plus the new Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8000S create the perfect print-for-pay solution
Sunday 08. June 2008 - Highest productivity at maximum speed is your ace in the hole on the market for modern printing services. At drupa 2008 in Düsseldorf, ColorGATE will demonstrate how that can be combined with high-end printing quality (Canon booth, Hall 8a/B46).
The protagonists in this demonstration of a perfect print-for-pay solution: ColorGATE PRODUCTIONSERVER5 and the new Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8000S. With the 8000S, ColorGATE now supports all the printers in the current iPF series.
And eight-color high-speed printing, pigmented LUCIA ink configuration in the system creates prints that resist fading for up to 100 years. Those are the impressive performance figures for the new Canon 44″ printer. ColorGATE PRODUCTIONSERVER5 complements the high speed of the 8000S with maximized productivity and printing quality in an ideal combination for print-for-pay services and the production printing marketplace.
Reading between the line of the success story: ColorGATE now offers PRODUCTIONSERVER, one of the most flexible and productive software products for digital, centrally controlled high-end large-format printing, in the fifth generation. Equipped with the most modern RIP technology (PS, PDF, PDF/X) and professional color management in a class of its own, with modular expansion options for all applications in large-format printing. The details: the FILMGATE Module/the worlds first SCREEN PRINT PROOF Module for autotypical screen printing for commercial applications. The PHOTO&FINEART Module for photo and art prints in high-end quality. The JDF Module, the integration interface based on the JDF V.1.1 (Job Definition Format) industrial standard. The PRINT&CUT Module for quick, precise film and contour cut production on your cut plotter. Five PROFILER Modules (EXPRESS, PROFILER, MULTI-COLOR, DEVICELINK, REFERENCE) for individual profiling directly from the application, targeted color management instead of expensive trial-&-error concepts. The PROOF Module for legally binding digital proofs.
In addition, the current Version 5.11 features an enhanced printer status monitor, which indicates the status of the ink levels, maintenance tank, media width and media length as well as warnings or error messages from the printer in real time. A real highlight for the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF8000Ss economy mode, which significantly reduces printing costs. All this can be seen live at the Canon booth at drupa 2008.