ColorGATE, with more than 20 years of experience in digital printing and colour management, provides its customers with an advantage in the industrial digital printing market, which has high growth potential, with Productionserver 22. The company will exhibit the latest version of the Productionserver product family, which offers colour management, RIP and data generation solutions, at FESPA Global Print Expo 2022, to be held in Berlin on May 31-June 3. ColorGATE will provide a contact point for customers and partners to discuss trends and future projects at booth 1.2 A49.
Productionserver 22 improves printing processes with new features
ColorGATE’s Productionserver solution, based on 25 years of experience and with more than 19,000 installations, supports more than 1,800 printing systems. The new version of the product family enables automated production in the application areas of textiles, surface decoration, ceramics, packaging and large format printing through an extensive REST API interface. The REST API provides an interface for automated and web-based workflows, for example for eCommerce applications or networked production with MIS systems. While print jobs and settings can be automatically transferred to Productionserver via this interface, it is also possible to query the existing printing systems and their status. ColorGATE has also added the Color Correction Loop Module to the new version so that décor producers can implement the production of high-quality prints in the tightest tolerances in a fully automated manner.
Productionserver 22 contains a new 2.5D technology that can be used to print realistic textures such as wood textures, embroidery effects, art reproductions and Braille on suitable printing systems. Here, in addition to the colour information of the design, height information and optionally gloss information is transferred to Productionserver. This information is prepared for the printing system layer by layer so that a tangible structure is created by the repeated application of colourless or white ink.
ColorGATE uses the latest versions of Adobe PDF Print Engine to render PDF files. This ensures compatibility with the latest design applications from Adobe, especially for transparencies, overprint effects, spot colours and trapping. Additionally, the company now offers a subscription model for all Productionserver versions in addition to the one-time purchase model, which allows the user to receive a complete solution, including technical support and maintenance, at favourable, constant monthly amounts.
Productionserver 22 supports numerous printing systems in the market
Productionserver 22 supports numerous current printing systems, including the HP Latex 700 and 800 series, the OKI Pro 9000 series, the OKI Pro 1040/1050 for on-demand label production, the swissQprint Karibu, the Kornit Atlas Max and the aeoon Maikuro. The release also includes support for DTF (‘digital transfer film’ or ‘direct-to-film’) printing for popular direct-to-garment printers from Ricoh, Brother and Epson.
All users whose Value Pack is valid on the release date of Productionserver 22 will be able to receive the new version free of charge. Depending on the product version, new customers can obtain Productionserver directly from ColorGATE, via one of ColorGATE’s OEM partners or from a global network of authorized sales partners.