PressLink: A Closed-Loop Solution for Better Printing

What is PressLink? PressLink is an advanced closed-loop color control system for sheet-fed, offset presses. It integrates hardware and software to collect real-time color data and autonomously adjusts the press’s ink keys, ensuring consistent and accurate color throughout the print run. PressLink will continuously work to optimize color quality, reducing the risk of errors and waste. Autonomous Keys PressLink provides real-time quality control feedback and automatic ink key adjustment during the print run. By automating…

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Apr 2023

By Carlos StanzaClosed Loop Color ControlComments Off

Closing the Loop on Color Management in Offset Printing Environments

Closed loop color management is becoming an important trend in offset printing environments, and for good reason. Press runs continue to get shorter which means more makereadies and reduced profits for printers. For those of you that have already invested in an automated color bar scanner to shorten your makereadies, you are half way there. So now let’s talk about “closing the loop” on color, examine the benefits, and see just why this trend is…

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Feb 2021

By Dan DupuisClosed Loop Color Control, Scanning DensitometersComments Off

Offset Closed-Loop for A Lot Less

Are you currently only using a handheld densitometer in your offset pressroom to perform print quality control? Have you considered investing in a closed-loop color control system but backed off because you thought the price was out of reach? Well, what if I told you that Techkon offers a solution with a price tag in the mid $30,000 range? That’s right! A full blown, closed-loop, system with the same software feature set as our automated…

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Apr 2020

By Steve RankinClosed Loop Color Control, Scanning DensitometersComments Off

SpectroDrive…The “Switch” Is On!

Here at Techkon, we are thrilled with the response we have gotten since we launched our “Make the Switch” campaign at the end of 2019. Back in December we started this campaign by highlighting the unique features and selling points of our SpectroDens handheld spectrophotometer and the response has been tremendous. This month, we are continuing the “Switch” campaign but with focus our SpectroDrive, automated, sheet scanning spectrophotometer. But before I highlight a few of…

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Jan 2020

By Steve RankinClosed Loop Color Control, Make the Switch, Scanning DensitometersComments Off

What’s the Best Spectrophotometer for Automation in the Pressroom?

I know what you’re thinking…..”he’s the ‘Techkon guy’ so naturally he’s going to say that a Techkon spectrophotometer is best”. And you would be right! Then, I could go on and on and give all the reasons why our instruments are so much better than the other, “x-type”, devices. However, I’ll save that comparative information for another session because the focus of this blog is about how to automate your pressroom color measurements for increased…

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Dec 2019

By Steve RankinClosed Loop Color Control, Inline Color Quality, UncategorizedComments Off

SEE WHY THESE CUSTOMERS CHOSE PRESSLINK CLOSED LOOP COLOR CONTROL

WHY CLOSED LOOP? Closed loop press side color management improves the stability of your print processes on older presses. This is especially important as customers continue to demand greater color accuracy and color consistency from their print supply chain. Rather than turning away or losing business because you can’t meet a customer’s quality specifications or pricing expectations, modernizing your presses with closed loop makes it possible to deliver the right product at the right price,…

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Nov 2018

By Carlos StanzaClosed Loop Color ControlComments Off

Components of a Closed-Loop Color Control System and How They Work Their Magic

Adding a Closed-Loop Color Control System is often the best and most effective way to breath new life into an older offset press. The result is automation which decreases job make-ready times for instant time and material savings but it’s also the “great equalizer” too, which increases the color consistency across individual press runs, over time, and even across multiple presses or different shifts of press operators. However, to better understand how the closed-loop system…

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Apr 2017

By Carlos StanzaClosed Loop Color ControlComments Off

Improving press productivity with closed loop color control

With shorter print runs, presses are printing many more jobs per day. In this scenario, it becomes particularly important to reduce make-ready time. One way to get there is is with an ink-key presetting system. A typical after-market system consists of software for calculating ink coverage from pre-press data and a hardware box that enables communication with the press console. Ink coverage can be calculated from CIP3/4 or from other RIP formats. Ink presets are…

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Feb 2016

By Carlos StanzaClosed Loop Color ControlComments Off