If you’re printing graphics, images, graduations and anything else that requires a full range of tonality, you will benefit from Harlequin ScreenPro from Global Graphics Software, a leading developer of software platforms for digital printing, including the Harlequin RIP. Global Graphics will be in Hunkeler Innovation Days in Lucerne, Switzerland.

This innovative screening technology for high speed inkjet printing varies the ink droplet patterns on the media, helping to avoid over-inking, mottling and streaking - problems that are frustrating many press manufacturers. The technology is the result of extensive research and sees technicians measure test prints from single-pass inkjet presses with grayscale heads or multiple nozzle bars and process the results through Global Graphics’ Digital Print Quality Optimizer tool. This calculates optimized patterning and overlaps for the various ink drop sizes available to overcome common high speed inkjet press problems. It significantly improves the printed quality of photographs and similar image types, especially in problematic colours such as olive green or russet. For more information read the white paper, Halftone Screen Optimization for Single-pass Inkjets, available at: www.globalgraphics.com/screening-optimizer-white-paper.

Global Graphics will also be highlighting BreakThrough, a new engineering service offered by our experts in color, screening and RIPs to help you bring your press to market quickly. The Global Graphics’ BreakThrough team works side by side with the manufacturer to create a solution that is truly customized to their press and its operating environment. In doing so we give the manufacturer access to our tools through our unique pool of print scientists and engineers with decades of specialist knowledge exactly when they need them. Some of the solutions we are working on include cross head calibration, clustering and chaining on output, ink estimation and controlling the beta test environment.