Three seminars were arranged for the last day of the exhibition

COLOUR MANAGEMENT
HEWLETT PACKARD 
- Tarunjeet Sarao
- Mike Horsten

Large format imaging (LFI) and Colour Management there of was handled effectively by Market Development Manager of HP India Ltd. Mike Horsten of Color Gate Digital Output Solutions GmBH of Hannover who have a RIP to drive the LFI device gave a brief on the special features developed for the model. It has become a fact that an image we are expected to reproduce does not necessarily have a single destination. Because of the diversity of application it might be put to and the diverse devices we may have to use in the repro chain management of colour becomes very important. It was discussed how colour management relies on process control.

AGFA INDIA
PDF, Apogee, Work Flow, CtoP for Commercial Printers
- P.V Manohar
- Veronioque Sierens

Ms. Veronique Sierens presentation started with the mention of the company’s involvement in developing the PDF format along with Adobe way back in 1997. The 1997 Seybold Bulletin predicted that PDF would be the future and it has come true now.
    PDF has changed the documents are processed by using efficient, reliable and compact PDF digital masters. In the workflow one thing does not change the open prepress Interface OPI. A server is a solution where files (Hires) can be centrally stored and freely accused. Smaller LoRes files are used freely for position and reference only in the documents to enhance the performance the of workflow and the transfer over Ethernet. At the output stage the LoRes files can be easily replaced by the HiRes just in time.

Total Print Solutions 
Heidelberg India 
-Vijay Pareek
-Frederick John

Total print solutions were offered by the Heidelberg India Ltd. team of Vijay Pareek and Frederick John. The current scenario in the printing industry is such that the customer demands quality, competitive pricing, fast deliveries, one stop solution all required to be performed with limited inputs. All this has to be performed by the print provider with system from different manufacturers, which may not necessarily match. The printer has to bring to terms Prepress, Proofing, Plate maker, Finishing, Special Finishing and laminator to one another in order to satisfy his customer. Total print solutions offered by Heidelberg encompass Prepress, Digital Print, Quick Print, Commercial Print, Industrial, Packaging, Newspapers, and Commercial Webs, Finishing solutions. Prepress solutions offered were on network hardware such as scanner, RIP stations, Proffers, Imagesetters, and Image Manipulations stations. Quick print solutions offered were with a Macintosh, a Quick setter, Quick Proofers all connected to a quick master or GTO52 Press. Commercial print solutions offered scanners and Macs connected by a delta Technology to Prime setter and then to the Presses like SM52 and SM74. Cutting, folding and complete binding stations having compatibility can be connected to the system online. Digital Print solutions offered involved inputs received via network through Delta Technology served to Quick Master 46DI or Speed Master 74DI digital printers.