Dedicated to colour matching, Bobst held its open house 7-8 October and used the opportunity to present its new ColorControl system.
ColorControl aids printers in reducing set-up times whilst at the same time, improving process consistency with colour matching. The event was split up into a seminar session in the morning and a print demonstration in the afternoon.
Hermann Koch, sales & marketing director for German speaking countries, said, ‘Colour matching is more than just process control using spectrophotometer and modifying the ink using a scale. That is why the ColorControl system considers the whole process that a printer has in place, from an analysis of existing equipment to the careful matching between proofer and printing press and the ink correction at the printing press.’
During the live demo, the fast process control and the ink correction were shown on a spot colour. Thanks to latest hardware and software, interfaced with the press control system, the generation of a modified recipe and the transfer of the modified ink to the press proved to be a matter of minutes.
As well as the live demonstration of ColorControl there were a number of guest speakers including Uwe Richter, graduate physicist and colour measuring and management specialist, who spoke about improving the workflow from ink preparation to recipe correction at the press.
‘We are pleased by the very positive feedback we received from visitors of our open house, and feel it justified our decision to present the topic of colour matching with the dual concept of a seminar session and a live demo. For future events we will certainly replicate this concept to update our customers on latest developments,’ explained Bill Duckham, sales and marketing director.
