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Mimaki releases a new version of Color Management Software: Mimaki Profile Master II
Wednesday 02. July 2008 - Color Management on JV-series is now made easier with upgrades to Profile Master, enabling equalization of multiple output devices for greater productivity.
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers and cutting machines for the sign/graphics, industrial markets and textile/apparel announces the availability of Mimaki Profile Master II (MPMII), new color management software. This enhanced version helps printers to easily attend to everyday tasks such as advanced ICC profiling and printer equalization.
An enhanced calibration function offers printers a new threshold of printing accuracy and consistency. Usually slight color variations are inevitable over time or when print heads are replaced. MPM II takes care of this and calibrates your printer in such a way that these differences are detected and adjusted, so that every print looks the same – even after print head changes. In addition MPM IIs equalization feature creates a consistent and highly accurate color environment for all identical printers in a shop. It allows printers to quickly respond to bulk orders by clustering. The equalization feature allows the use of several output devices simultaneously as it calibrates all printers to the same color values thereby enhancing performance, productivity and accuracy at the same time.
Last autumn, Mimaki released a new version of Raster Link Pro III. One of the new features in Raster Link Pro III is smooth 16-bit rendering. Especially rapid gradations of tone values tended to show tone jumps in the past. This is now eliminated, as the new 16-bit rendering outputs smooth gradations. Raster Link Pro III also automatically converts users existing 8 bit profiles into new 16 bit profiles, suitable for both 8 bit and, of course, 16 bit rendering. Despite the additional RIP processing required for 16-bit rendering overall RIP throughput is maintained or even improved.
Mimakis White Layer Print functionality has also been enhanced. Prints on transparent materials are printed simultaneously with white either underneath or over the image to create very vivid and beautiful prints. Additionally the white layer can be applied to graduated tints on transparent materials.
“We are proud that we can offer our customers such encompassing workflow and mature color management tools for streamlining and enhancing their productivity and performance while using our JV-series of large and grand format printers”, says Mr. Yutaka Miyasaka, General Manager of RIP department. “In using Mimakis high quality printers our customers have already decided for top of the class equipment to execute their jobs. We are now happy that we can support them with similarly state-of-the-art software products for todays demanding market.”