SPOTLESS software enables graphic communications providers to simulate spot colours with process inks, delivering the marketing and production value of spot colours without the spot colour ink costs. The SPOTLESS printing solution also does away with native file editing and eliminates the need for reformulation or proprietary inks.
The next generation SPOTLESS printing solution adds the ability to generate five and seven colour screen tint recipes in addition to the previous four and six colour recipe capability, thereby expanding the gamut and increasing the number of spot colours that can be accurately and consistently simulated.
Fort Dearborn Company of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, one of America’s largest packaging printers, is using KODAK SPOTLESS software to deliver unique seven colour printing that provides bold, vibrant labels and reduces the need for spot colour inks.
“The SPOTLESS printing solution is a fantastic tool that has automated our front end workflow,” says Amir Uddin, director of Quality and Technical Services, Fort Dearborn.
“We take the final PDF files from the designer, which contain spot colors, and run them through the SPOTLESS software and our colour library. The conversions are automatic, so we can print the files without spot colour inks. For shorter runs, especially, the savings are enormous.”
The SPOTLESS printing solution features enhanced accuracy for superior recipe generation. Users can specify ink constraints for SPOTLESS software coluor recipes, such as limiting to three or four inks per screen tint build. For marketers, the SPOTLESS printing solution means they can more cost effectively produce packaging with multiple spot colours or customise promotional offers within the same press run.
Print providers can be a more flexible partner with their customers at the same time that they take advantage of a new revenue opportunity, all made possible by software that integrates seamlessly with KODAK PRINERGY workflow system.
“Spot colours are everywhere, especially in packaging, and while most people don’t realise it, they’re powerful in delivering a consistent brand message. They have visual impact and shelf appeal, and, ultimately, they drive sales. Spot colours have also been expensive to reproduce, so creative freedom and marketing flexibility have been reduced,” says Arjen van der Meulen, product manager, Color and Press Services, Kodak GCG.
“Not anymore. The SPOTLESS printing solution replaces the downsides of spot colors with manufacturing efficiency. No more costly inks, long makereadies, time consuming ink changes and wash ups, or multiple passes to add spot colours.”
Kodak SQUARESPOT thermal imaging technology, which generates consistent plate imaging and precise edge definition, enables the accurate process blends created by SPOTLESS software. A SQUARESPOT thermal head is recommended for the SPOTLESS printing solution, and can be installed or is available on any KODAK TRENDSETTER, LOTEM or MAGNUS platesetter.
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