Bobst debuts ColorControl

On October 7-8, Bobst Bielefeld hosted an Open House dedicated to the topic of color matching, which the supplier said show the great interest in the topic of color matching, adding that a consistent standard in flexo color matching does not exist with brand owners demanding high color accuracy.

Bobst said ColorControl 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.

The first day of the event was held in German while the second was held in English targeting an international audience.

On both days, the event was split up into a seminar session in the morning and a print demonstration in the afternoon.

The presentation of Bobst’s new ColorControl system was the focus of the event, a system designed to aid printers in reducing set-up times and improving process consistency with color matching. During the seminar session the holistic approach of the new ColorControl system to the complex process of color matching was explained.

During the live demo, the fast and user-friendly process control and the ink correction were showcased on a spot color. 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 can be achieved in minutes. The subsequent process control on a printed sample evidenced that only one iteration was required to stay within the desired tolerance.

Guest speakers also presented during the Open House, with Uwe Richter, graduate physicist and color measuring and management specialist, speaking about improving the workflow from ink preparation to recipe correction at the press. During his speech, he clearly pointed out the importance of thorough ink preparation and the manifold parameters affecting color. GMG’s Mustafer Dilek explained the capacities of state-of-the-art digital proofing while Bernd Sanning from Flexicon highlighted the topic of color matching from the print buyers’ perspective.

Bill Duckham, Bobst Bielefeld sales and marketing director, said: ‘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 color matching by 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.’