Industry News CMYUK builds custom HP colour profiles
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MYUK has created custom HP colour profi les for several products from its eco materials portfolio for Nettl Chippenham, the green arm of PSP Nettl DigiPrint Chippenham and Bath.
Materials profi led on the company’s hybrid HP Latex R1000 PLUS printer include
PVC-free Kavalan Butterfl y Weldable Blockout Banner, PVC-free Kavalan Sunlight Weldable Frontlit Banner, Kavalan Spiderweb Mesh and PVC-free Kavalan Gecko 320GB. The HP Latex R1000 PLUS is a continuous tone printer that includes an integrated i1 spectrophotometer for calibrating the material for accurate colour reproduction. “HP Latex printers include an automatic colour calibration feature, but to ensure that customers
gain superb results from our premium eco materials, we offer a manual (offl ine) custom profi le service that guarantees optimum colour and even greater control,” says CMYUK’s colour specialist, Rob Cawston.
To create custom profi les, Rob used Barbieri’s Spectro LFP qb Textile edition automated refl ection and transmission spectrophotometer to calibrate the printer offl ine through the ONYX RIP rather than through the HP printer – the usual
Print & Stitch roadshows break for summer P
rint & Stitch have completed their fi rst half of this year’s shows with record breaking visitor attendance. Heading into a short summer break, the Print & Stitch shows will return in September for their second half of shows, including Norwich, Haydock, Southampton, Watford, Bristol and Plymouth. “The fi rst half of this year’s shows have
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exceeded all expectation, with such a positive response from both visitors and exhibitors. We look forward to the second half of the shows taking us to the back end of the year with the same success” – Emilia Hepple, organiser.
“The group of exhibitors and organisers delivered a well managed event. The regional events are growing in popularity”. –
Jim Nicol, TheMagicTouch, exhibitor. “2023 has been the fi rst year that Regatta Professional has taken part in the Print & Stitch roadshows. These shows have proved to become a vital cog in our system as the Print and Stitch shows allows us to talk to our distributor partners and jointly help customers to understand the products we have.”
Snap Products & The Pen Warehouse hosts The Advantage Group
nap Products and The Pen Warehouse proudly welcomed members of the Advantage
Group for a comprehensive visit to their premises in Hampshire. The event aimed to showcase the wide range of products and services on offer, as well as provide insights into product performance and innovative printing processes. Lawrence Angelow from Advantage attended with four group distributors: Jiggle, Something Different, Bushey Promotions and Merchandise Branding. The highlight of the visit was a captivating factory tour that offered the members a fi rst-hand experience of Snap Products and The Pen Warehouse’s state-of-the- art production facilities. Witnessing the cutting-edge technology and streamlined processes, the visitors gained valuable
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allowed the visitors to observe the diverse and innovative collection, including new products from Chili, the carbon neutral brand.
The day concluded with a private dining experience, shared stories and future planning. Overall, the Advantage Group’s visit was a resounding success, providing an immersive experience and enlightening the visitors about the company’s printing prowess, diverse product range, and exceptional brands.
knowledge from behind the scenes. Throughout the day, the Advantage Group had the opportunity to discover the extensive range of products and services available. The brand and product showcase
Lawrence from the Advantage Group commented: “Particularly impressive is Snap Products & The Pen Warehouse’s technical branding ability and range of state-of-the-art equipment […] The product presentation was also of great benefi t, and I am sure the new product additions will be welcomed by the industry.”
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procedure for HP customers. Rob also implemented the additional step of turning on the G7® Grayscale option within the ONYX Media Manager application. This controls two aspects of printer output – tonality and grey balance – that defi ne a shared visual appearance for printed greys over multiple material types.
“Improving neutrals is a sure-fi re way of ensuring that different printers and disparate substrates align better. It adapts the white point in the profi les in a similar fashion, so for example if you have a yellow and a bright white material, you can adapt the colour in such a way so that the output looks comparable – it’s a clever way of achieving a closer match. Initiating the G7 offers a greater uniformity of colour across a wide variety of substrates,” he says.
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