1. World of HELIOS: Apple – Innovation continues
2. IPA Proofing RoundUP: WebShare passed 100%
2. IPA Proofing RoundUP: WebShare passed 100%
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HELIOS Newsletter 3/2009 |
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Dear HELIOS client,
Welcome to the latest information from the world of HELIOS. Keep your networking lead and stay one step ahead. Turn your colleagues on to this newsletter as well, subscription details are below. Enjoy the news.
Your HELIOS team
Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO & President
Welcome to the latest information from the world of HELIOS. Keep your networking lead and stay one step ahead. Turn your colleagues on to this newsletter as well, subscription details are below. Enjoy the news.
Your HELIOS team
Helmut Tschemernjak, CEO & President
1. World of HELIOS: Apple – Innovation continues
We would like to share with you the latest developments that we learned at the recent Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). With overall significant performance enhancements, Apple makes its Mac operating system even faster and more reliable. Built-in Mac OS X applications also received great enhancements. And, PowerPC support is getting phased out. Overall, the upcoming Snow Leopard streamlines the existing Mac OS 10.5, much like the HELIOS UB+ CD024 upgrade that we released earlier this year.
This year's WWDC also had a strong developer presence around the iPhone, which builds a second platform for the Apple business. Some customers say that Apple shifts too much into the consumer business. However we see this differently. The iPhone based on Mac OS X offers a tremendous platform for applications. Of course the first wave of Apps are daily utilities and games, but many business applications will follow. New capabilities like the iPhone push notifications allow server applications to inform mobile users within seconds without polling. We are confident that many businesses will benefit from future iPhone Apps in a big way.
Good for Apple, good for you and good for us.
2. IPA Proofing RoundUP: WebShare passed 100%
IPA, the international trade association representing creative, premedia and print service providers invited all major vendors for a Proofing RoundUP in Chicago 8th-10th of June.
HELIOS participated with the WebShare browser-based proofing solution, printing to a local Epson R2880 printer (non-PS/PDF). We are pleased to announce that we passed all 24 color proofing tests within the specified color tolerances. The IPA tests confirmed that WebShare proofing works with excellent results. We are very proud of this recognition.
The best of it is that every remote customer can use a plain inkjet printer connected to a Mac or Windows PC somewhere over the Internet to print color-matched proofs. WebShare presents a proof which gets printed color-matched out of the browser window, with no need to install/use additional applications/tools on the PC. The only custom setting was the ICC profile we created using Quato iColor Print and the target paper type for the connected inkjet printer.
PDF job provided by IPA » (size: 25 MB)
ICC profile for print simulation »
If you would like to learn more about WebShare soft or hard proofing contact your HELIOS partner for a presentation.
How we did remote proofing on a monitor:
The user uses a standard web browser to browse files and folders in a published WebShare sharepoint. A click on images or PDF documents opens a proof window allowing to specify the printing process via a menu of ICC profiles (in our case "GRACoL2006_Coated1v2.icc"). The HELIOS server then renders the job via in-RIP separation and converts the result into an RGB preview which gets matched on the monitor. The proof presents an accurate output proof, including color, overprint/knock-outs, transparency, and spot colors. Additional selections of separation/spot color channels allow the verification of individual printing plates.
We profiled the monitor with the Quato iColor Display ICC profile generator, which supports any monitor brand. Measurement was performed with the X-Rite Eye-One-Pro spectrophotometer. For the most accurate results we used the Quato Intelli Proof 262 monitor, which offers a very large color gamut and precise color reproduction across the entire monitor area.
How we did remote proofing on a local printer:
The same web browser-based procedure as for monitor proofing was used, however we selected the print proof option within the WebShare proofing window. Custom print resolution, page sizes, re-sizing and color control strips are supported. The WebShare server generated an RGB print job which was color-matched to the RGB color of the locally connected Epson R2880 printer. The RGB to eight-color Epson ink conversion is done within the printer. We received the same results with an HP Photo Smart six-ink-printer. However, the IPA proof job was based on the Epson printer.
The print output is very precise, including transparency, overprints, neutral grays, and paper white simulation. We passed all 24 tests within the Delta-E specified by the IPA. The IPA certificate of the passed tests »
The result clearly shows that remote proofing using standard ink jet printers works without additional RIP solutions being installed at every proofing location.
How we made the inkjet printer ICC profile:
We used the special proof printing paper EFI 4245 Fogra certified, to ensure best results. The printer profile was created using the Quato iColor Print profiling software, which supports RGB and CMYK printer profiling. As the printer was used via RGB input, which is natively supported by Mac and Windows, we printed the "EyeOne_RGB_756_gray_optimized" test chart with color management turned off in the printer driver. For an experienced user the whole task was performed within 15 minutes. We then copied the generated profile to the "ICC-Profiles" volume on the WebShare server and specified it for the local inkjet printer.
For the IPA proof printing we did additional optimizations by specifying the Epson profile directly on the server in our "wspreview.pl" script. A future Tech Info will describe this option in more detail. We also expect to enhance WebShare to choose between printer driver matching and server-based matching.
To verify initial color results, we printed the "CMYKColorStrip.tif" image which is included on the HELIOS CD.
How we viewed the printouts:
To verify the printed proofs against print runs or against the computer monitor, we used the "JUST Color Communicator2" light booth. The Quato iColor Display monitor profile software supports the USB port of the light booth. During the ICC monitor profiling it is possible to adjust the monitor white to the paper white in the light booth, and further white point editing within the Quato monitor ICC profile generation allows fine tuning of the monitor white balance to match the paper white in the light booth. This way we could accurately verify prints against the soft proof.
We would like to share with you the latest developments that we learned at the recent Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). With overall significant performance enhancements, Apple makes its Mac operating system even faster and more reliable. Built-in Mac OS X applications also received great enhancements. And, PowerPC support is getting phased out. Overall, the upcoming Snow Leopard streamlines the existing Mac OS 10.5, much like the HELIOS UB+ CD024 upgrade that we released earlier this year.
This year's WWDC also had a strong developer presence around the iPhone, which builds a second platform for the Apple business. Some customers say that Apple shifts too much into the consumer business. However we see this differently. The iPhone based on Mac OS X offers a tremendous platform for applications. Of course the first wave of Apps are daily utilities and games, but many business applications will follow. New capabilities like the iPhone push notifications allow server applications to inform mobile users within seconds without polling. We are confident that many businesses will benefit from future iPhone Apps in a big way.
Good for Apple, good for you and good for us.
2. IPA Proofing RoundUP: WebShare passed 100%
IPA, the international trade association representing creative, premedia and print service providers invited all major vendors for a Proofing RoundUP in Chicago 8th-10th of June.
HELIOS participated with the WebShare browser-based proofing solution, printing to a local Epson R2880 printer (non-PS/PDF). We are pleased to announce that we passed all 24 color proofing tests within the specified color tolerances. The IPA tests confirmed that WebShare proofing works with excellent results. We are very proud of this recognition.
The best of it is that every remote customer can use a plain inkjet printer connected to a Mac or Windows PC somewhere over the Internet to print color-matched proofs. WebShare presents a proof which gets printed color-matched out of the browser window, with no need to install/use additional applications/tools on the PC. The only custom setting was the ICC profile we created using Quato iColor Print and the target paper type for the connected inkjet printer.
PDF job provided by IPA » (size: 25 MB)
ICC profile for print simulation »
If you would like to learn more about WebShare soft or hard proofing contact your HELIOS partner for a presentation.
How we did remote proofing on a monitor:
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The user uses a standard web browser to browse files and folders in a published WebShare sharepoint. A click on images or PDF documents opens a proof window allowing to specify the printing process via a menu of ICC profiles (in our case "GRACoL2006_Coated1v2.icc"). The HELIOS server then renders the job via in-RIP separation and converts the result into an RGB preview which gets matched on the monitor. The proof presents an accurate output proof, including color, overprint/knock-outs, transparency, and spot colors. Additional selections of separation/spot color channels allow the verification of individual printing plates.
We profiled the monitor with the Quato iColor Display ICC profile generator, which supports any monitor brand. Measurement was performed with the X-Rite Eye-One-Pro spectrophotometer. For the most accurate results we used the Quato Intelli Proof 262 monitor, which offers a very large color gamut and precise color reproduction across the entire monitor area.
How we did remote proofing on a local printer:
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The same web browser-based procedure as for monitor proofing was used, however we selected the print proof option within the WebShare proofing window. Custom print resolution, page sizes, re-sizing and color control strips are supported. The WebShare server generated an RGB print job which was color-matched to the RGB color of the locally connected Epson R2880 printer. The RGB to eight-color Epson ink conversion is done within the printer. We received the same results with an HP Photo Smart six-ink-printer. However, the IPA proof job was based on the Epson printer.
The print output is very precise, including transparency, overprints, neutral grays, and paper white simulation. We passed all 24 tests within the Delta-E specified by the IPA. The IPA certificate of the passed tests »
The result clearly shows that remote proofing using standard ink jet printers works without additional RIP solutions being installed at every proofing location.
How we made the inkjet printer ICC profile:
We used the special proof printing paper EFI 4245 Fogra certified, to ensure best results. The printer profile was created using the Quato iColor Print profiling software, which supports RGB and CMYK printer profiling. As the printer was used via RGB input, which is natively supported by Mac and Windows, we printed the "EyeOne_RGB_756_gray_optimized" test chart with color management turned off in the printer driver. For an experienced user the whole task was performed within 15 minutes. We then copied the generated profile to the "ICC-Profiles" volume on the WebShare server and specified it for the local inkjet printer.
For the IPA proof printing we did additional optimizations by specifying the Epson profile directly on the server in our "wspreview.pl" script. A future Tech Info will describe this option in more detail. We also expect to enhance WebShare to choose between printer driver matching and server-based matching.
To verify initial color results, we printed the "CMYKColorStrip.tif" image which is included on the HELIOS CD.
How we viewed the printouts:
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To verify the printed proofs against print runs or against the computer monitor, we used the "JUST Color Communicator2" light booth. The Quato iColor Display monitor profile software supports the USB port of the light booth. During the ICC monitor profiling it is possible to adjust the monitor white to the paper white in the light booth, and further white point editing within the Quato monitor ICC profile generation allows fine tuning of the monitor white balance to match the paper white in the light booth. This way we could accurately verify prints against the soft proof.
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