Pragati implements Esko Equinox

Equinox is Esko’s system for the implementation of extended gamut – or fixed inkset – printing. Esko Equinox Expanded Color Gamut (ECG) is a patented technology for converting packaging graphics from CMYK and spot color to a seven-color process. It is applied in the pre-press department when preparing jobs for press.

Pragati Offset is an Indian printer based in Hyderabad and sister operation to Pragati Pack, and its director Harsha Paruchuri said: ‘I saw this solution in an early beta stage at the EskoWorld Conference in Tampa, Florida, about four years ago. It struck me as highly interesting, even at that stage.

‘Taking a large seven-color gamut and having the software convert an artwork with any number of Pantone or RGB images to those seven colors, or six or five, depending on what you want, sounded interesting.’

Paruchuri added: ‘Once the profiles are made, it’s almost a “push of the button” solution as far as spot colors are concerned as the images are processed automatically to create a seven-color separation set. And since we have a complete Esko workflow, Equinox fits in seamlessly.’

Pictured: Pragati Offset director Harsha Paruchuri (left) and Shrihari Rao, sales director for India at Esko