Aztec Label invests in GMG technology

The specialist label company has introduced GMG ColorProof and GMG ProofControl software to the business to proof demanding color and material combinations and provide verification that proofs are accurate for CMYK and spot elements. In addition, GMG OpenColor, allows custom proofing profiles to be created with the utmost accuracy.

Colin Le Gresley, managing director of Aztec Label said: ‘With GMG OpenColor and GMG ColorProof, we have created custom proof profiles for matching on press. We now just output a proof that can be easily matched, very quickly, on any of our four flexo presses ensuring we consistently deliver the outstanding accuracy and quality our customers have come to expect.’

GMG OpenColor predicts on-press results using spectral data measurement throughout and significantly reduces the amount of press fingerprinting required. It does so by utilizing CxF data direct from an ink database and measuring the color wavelength of inks to build proofing profiles for inkjet printers, based precisely on the color values of the actual inks used. Substrates are characterized separately, then associated with a particular ink, or ink combination, to obtain a prediction of how the image will print.

‘By modelling the spectral behavior of inks, a process color can be replaced with a spot color. GMG OpenColor recalculates the color result using the extra channel without the need to run a full press fingerprint,’ added Le Gresley. ‘Likewise, using data that gives the transparency of the inks means OpenColor can calculate how spot colors react when overprinted, as well as predict trapping and what happens if a varnish is added or the print sequence changes.

‘This is saving us time and resources that otherwise would have been used to try to match the proof on the press and enables us to predict potential printing issues well in advance. In turn, this is providing us with a greater level of consistency, and all with reduced approval time from clients.’

Another area of time saving has been achieved through using GMG ColorPlugin Packaging Pro to create RGB to multicolor separations, up to seven colors, directly in Photoshop. 

‘This investment has vastly reduced the complex retouching processes that are often an issue for flexo label printers like ourselves,’ commented Le Gresley.

 ‘GMG color management has provided Aztec Label with reliable and complete color accuracy across their various flexo devices, allowing them to consistently match print industry standards,’ concluded GMG sales manager Alex Mack.