YRG Group, a full-service packaging print solutions provider has invested in the GMG FlexoProof proofing solution as proofing becomes the most crucial aspect of its services.
The York-based company has deployed the application as a digital front end that drives their Epson Stylus Pro 4900 17 inch and Epson Stylus Pro 9900 44 inch printers, along with a newly installed 24 inch Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 printer, a wide gamut nine colour device that includes the ability to proof using white ink.
GMG FlexoProof is a colour proofing and calibration application designed for the specific requirements of the packaging and label printing industry. Featuring halftone digital proofing of flexographic and packaging print jobs, it ensures accurate and consistent proofing output regardless of print device, colour space or substrate. It also includes the SpotColour Editor for precise and repeatable colour matching of spot colours.
The company provides services for printers, retailers and well-known FMCG brands by offering a complete print services solution such as artwork, repro and flexographic platemaking. ‘Accurate and consistent proofing has become the more crucial aspect of our services,’ said commercial director Steve Buxton. ‘Printers and end-users expect proofs to be precisely representative of what, ultimately, ends up on the shelf, regardless of the printing process involved. We need to proof on a wide variety of different substrates from increasingly complex jobs that often include spot colours, white inks, and metallics. We have made sizeable investment in both resources and technology to ensure our proofs are what we term ‘Press Predictable’; proofs that accurately reflect the production output. Today, clients expect proofs to give an accurate representation of how a job will appear when printed regardless of the colour space, substrate or inks that are used.’
Having used a variety of proofing systems in the past, YRG searched for a solution that would both strengthen their current proofing capabilities as well as address the evolving requirements of their customers.
