Technical articles
Welcome to our technical articles hub, where innovation meets expertise! Our product managers are experts in all things print - from quality, color management, performance and workflow.
Banding in digital print
Understanding the role of gray levels and the balance between calibration, rendering and color management.
Adding connectivity to industrial printing
Eric Worrall explores the ways in which industrial printing is improving through Industry 4.0 connectivity.
Using AI to model RIP performance
Using Artificial Intelligence to model Raster Image Processor (RIP) performance.
Spot color accuracy and consistency
CxF/X-4 is becoming the file format of choice to manage spot colors. Tom Mooney asked color experts across Hybrid Software Group what is known about this ISO standard and its advantages and disadvantages.
The challenge of obtaining good quality and color
In an industry where specialist expertise is declining, Tom Mooney introduces Global Graphics Software's SmartMedia™ - a suite of components that maximizes quality and output from a digital press.
Driving higher rates for immediate production of RIPs
A new development in RIPs that makes it possible to stream data directly to the press has the potential to solve some long-standing challenges in production printing.
Making data work smarter for you
How to use Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to connect to industrial devices in order to control plant processes and benefit from real-time data analysis.
Smart Software
Eric Worrall explains how data processed by Artificial Intelligence is helping to create new software that will improve the accuracy of print job costing.
Unlocking your digital inkjet press's potential
When planning to install a digital press, the PC specification you choose to run your software workflow will play an important part in the data rates you will be able to achieve.
Soft Skills
Seeking improved printing stability, Dr Daniel Hall discusses the results of an experiment to determine the benefits of density compensation software.
A gray area
Has inkjet really achieved offset quality? Not without a little help, says Martin Bailey, as he examines the complex interaction between components in an inkjet workflow and press.