GMG updates colour management software

The GMG ColorServer delivers consistent and repeatable colour results to all output processes - offset, gravure and digital print, as well as online digital displays. It automates the transformation of RGB, CMYK, spot colours and mixed data to a standard, definable output colour space. With GMG ColorServer, data from different sources will behave identically on the press. The result is a marked reduction in make-ready times and paper waste.

GMG gamut mapping ensures that colours are ideally converted between different colour spaces. GMG's DeviceLink approach avoids drawbacks of ICC technology, such as re-separation of the black channel. A completely new set of profiles makes GMG ColorServer 4.8 a plug-and-play solution that covers all-important international printing standards.

"Given the nature of content distribution, while GMG ColorServer is used predominantly for print, we are finding that many companies are also using GMG ColorServer for online colour, converting files to RGB. Just as brand and product colours must match in a printed brochure, packaging or display, they should also reproduce as accurately as possible on a monitor's web page or mobile device," said Michael Farkas, GMG marketing director.

"While we have added many new features to GMG ColorServer 4.8, GMG has two new, particularly helpful tools," adds Mr Farkas. "The first is the Paper Adaptation tool, our solution to help print houses overcome the problems of a mismatch between the paper tint of the proof according to ISOcoatedV2, GRACoL, JapanColor or any other standard, and the white point of the actual paper they will print.

"With this tool you just pick the colour of your substrate and ColorServer will adapt the data to match the proof. This solves a common problem experienced at almost every printing facility throughout the world. Also, GMG ColorServer can now output files from a PDF hot folder directly to any Windows printer."