pressSIGN Features

pressSIGN Global Print Management subscription licenses

For larger enterprises with multiple print sites or brand’s with suppliers in multiple locations. Centralise all measurements with a pressSIGN GPM Server. Set and automatically share group-wide colour targets, custom spot colours & more. Monitor and compare the performance of sites, presses, operators and consumables etc. Our GPM subscription licenses can be purchased for any of the four client types – Digital, Trends, Standard or Pro and benefit from the following additional, unique features; Synchronisation with a central multi-site pressSIGN GPM server, PantoneLIVE support, Scheduled Email Reports, uploads to a brand’s Schawk! ColorDrive or X-Rite ColorCert ScoreCard server.

pressSIGN-Pro

For those who want to ensure every print job meets the target standard. pressSIGN-Pro shows the operator how to adjust each ink key across the press. It enables export of tonal curves and provides powerful analysis tools to help improve quality and productivity.

pressSIGN-Standard

Designed for manual process standardisation, curve exports and of particular benefit where automation is not possible, such as web offset, gravure, flexo and screen printing.

pressSIGN-Trends

For users who need to review the colour quality measurements captured by any of the other three client types, so they can offer suggestions, update correction curves, create or import new targets or spot colours and create PDF reports etc. Typically used in the prepress, production and quality departments.

pressSIGN-Digital

Low cost version for those who want to measure any kind of sheet, compare against a target of their choice, adjust the curves in a digital RIP if needed and make a PDF report.

Digital
Trends
Standard
Pro
functions
color targets        
ISO 12647, 15339, GRACoL G7, Japan Color
ISO 15311-2 A/B/C
import from ICC profile - CMYK or ECG
measured sheet
user defined
supported
spectrophotometers
       
X-Rite EyeOne Pro, i1 Pro 2, i1 Pro 3 and Plus, i1iO table, iSiS, SpectroEye, 530, eXact and 2  
X-Rite eXact AutoScan, EasyTrax S, IntelliTrax and 2 S      
Techkon SpectroDens and NG, SpectroJet and 2  
Techkon SpectroDrive and NG      
Barbieri Spectro LFP S3 & qb, SpectroSwing S2 and SpectroPad S2  
Konica Minolta FD-7 and Myiro-1  
Color Sentinel CS-110  
color adjustment information        
dynamic density adjustment for all solids  
tonal adjustments / dot gain / curve output – TVI, 4CX, NPDC options Digital RIPs Only
white ink control  
data import / export        
manual import of measurement files
hot-folder or AutoMode import from press closed loop inc Heidleberg Prinect API      
export to InkZone Loop, Rutherford and Printflow 3rd party closed loop systems      
settings - press targets, tolerance presets, dryback, colorbars, job templates
CxF spot libraries
PQX Export Only
         
Digital
Trends
Standard
Pro
functions
reports        
label print function
pdf measurement report with curve data
pdf scoring and production reports    
web reports interface
information views        
summary with TVI, NPDC or CIELAB
colorbar view showing ink zones    
single patch tools
estimates  
score trends    
value trends    
production mode    
NPDC
soft proof    
spot colors        
Pantone® libraries
custom spot libraries
CMYK + number of spot colors 12 12 12 12
spot color tints
only with GPM subscription        
multi-site server
job synchronisation from remote sites to a central GPM data-center server
synchronisation of shared settings from a central GPM data-center server to remote sites
PantoneLIVE support
scheduled email reports
Live Dashboard web portal
pressSIGN API allows 3rd party database access
Upload to Schawk! ColorDrive or X-Rite ColorCert ScoreCard servers