CMYK Optimizer ECO offers unequaled ink savings capabilities thanks to its Dynamic Black generation. It is aimed at medium to large printers.

This version brings you all the benefits as the « Press » version offers (for more info go to the product info section of CMYK Optimizer Press) and additional benefits are:

• Maximum GCR option
• Dynamic Maximum Black generation

Optimized files for problem-free printing:

PDF files come from a variety of sources; they contain elements having different colour spaces and separation options. These files need to be harmonised and adapted to suit the printer’s actual printing conditions to ensure accurate rendering of the approved proofs.

Alwan CMYK Optimizer allows a pre-press company or printer to check and correct automatically and dynamically the colours and ink weight characteristics of incoming files, before sending them for film or plate output. It can be used with any four-colour process (+ spots) regardless of the output technology so is suitable for litho, flexo, gravure, digital, screen etc. The hotfolder-based system offers automatic and dynamic dot gain compensation, TAC correction and black generation for optimal printing.

In everyday production, the printer has to deal with files received from different sources that do not print well on the press. This may be due to a variety of reasons, such as a mismatch between colour separation and press profile or between the black generation in the file and the optimal black generation for the used process, or between ink values in the file and press and paper requirements.

Overmore, printers often do not know a long way in advance on which press a job will be produced. Therefore, it is not possible to use the press profile for the CMYK separation on the pre-press system. The stock to be used on a job is sometimes chosen or changed at the last minute depending on price or availability, colour and dot gain reproduction can vary dramatically accordingly.

The benefits of using Alwan CMYK Optimizer include:

• Standardisation of CMYK files from all sources
• Output files made compliant to the printing press requirements- Improved printability, faster make-readies and finishing
• Improved colour rendering and quality
• Better match with colour managed proof
• Solves virtually all set-off problems caused by heavy ink weights
• Easier and more stable printing
• Substantial ink savings of up to 30 per cent
• Uses state-of-the-art Alwan LinkProfiler technology to build high quality ICC DeviceLink profiles in a dynamic way

Standardised PDF in prepress:

At the very start of the process, it is crucial for a service provider or publisher to supply files that comply with current industry file standards. This enables partners at every stage of the graphic production line to accurately proof and reproduce the files without any printing problems.

Alwan solutions ensure standardised files that can be used by anyone in the production line, anywhere in the world.

Alwan CMYK Optimizer® is the first Preflight, Standardisation and Optimisation software for four colour separation files.

It allows photographers, designers and prepress companies to quickly and accurately produce documents for problem-free printing. Printers gain the capability to control and improve the printability of files containing four-colour separations by optimising the separation according to the actual process/press/paper. Standardised files using CMYK Optimizer will generate reproducible proofs as well as plates and cylinders that allow optimum printability and runability on press.

CMYK Optimizer Prepress is designed for publishers and small sheet-fed printers

CMYK Optimizer offers many technical innovations which are unique to Alwan software like preflight features, dynamic analysis and calculation of optimal total area coverage (TAC) of ink, , dynamic DeviceLink profiles building and XML reporting.

This CMYK Optimizer version guarantees publishing professionals to produce quality four-colour separations for all your publications and offer great benefits such as:

• Preflight and Standardisation
• Problem-free printing of documents and advertisements
• Reproducibility of proofs by the printer
• Standardisation of files in accordance with ISO standards and ECI ICC profiles
• Generated PDF files compliant with the certified PDF/X1a and PDF/X3 fi

Alwan CMYK Optimizer®

Alwan CMYK Optimizer® is the first Preflight, Standardisation and Optimisation software for four colour separation files.

It allows photographers, designers and prepress companies to quickly and accurately produce documents for problem-free printing. Printers gain the capability to control and improve the printability of files containing four-colour separations by optimising the separation according to the actual process/press/paper. Standardised files using CMYK Optimizer will generate reproducible proofs as well as plates and cylinders that allow optimum printability and runability on pres.

CMYK Optimizer Photo for photographers and small agencies.

This software optimises RGB images for output on CMYK devices and delivers images according to colour standards.

This CMYK Optimizer version guarantees professional quality four-colour separations for all your images and offer great benefits for photographers & designers:

• Problem-free printing of images by the printer
• Reproducibility of proofs by the printer
• Standardisation of images in accordance with ISO standards and ECI ICC profiles
• Compliance with ECI and Ghent Working Group specifications

Alwan colorPursuit™ is a software that allows you to assess the colour quality of your devices and of the ICC profiles that you produce or use.

colorPursuit™ also allows you to assess the colour reproduction capabilities and quality of your workflow.

Pick a colour or an image with colorPursuit™ and see numerically and visually how well it is rendered on each device of your workflow to the printing press.

Addressed Problems

colour shifts, monitor mismatch, proof mismatch, poor separation can be very frustrating and may take endless time to understand and solve:

• Where do my colour reproduction problems come from?
• Is it the scanner, the monitor, the working space, the proofer or the press profile?
• Are there better devices I can use for my job?
• Which is the best profile for my scanner, my proofer or my printing press?
• How accurate is my proof?
• How will the press print my colour or my image?

Benefits

• Total Predictability
• ICC Device, colour Space and DeviceLink profiles assessment
• Gamut calculation and estimation of the Quality Index of a Device
• Estimation of the reproduction quality of an image in a workflow
• Estimation of the reproduction quality of a colour in a workflow
• True Softproof display of assessed colours and images

Competitive Advantages

Alwan colorPursuit™ introduces a new concept to colour management quality assessment. It includes innovative and original features not found on other colour management software.

Alwan LinkProfiler is a profiling software that allows you to create sophisticated and accurate ICC DeviceLink Profiles. It includes many innovative and original features not found on other profilers.

Addressed Problems

If a CMYK file is to be colour managed for a destination CMYK digital proofer or printing press using ICC Device profiles, source CMYK data will be converted to CIELAB using the source ICC device profile, and then CIELAB colours are converted to destination CMYK values using the output ICC device profile. In this operation, important information about the source file contents can be lost.

For example, source pure C, M, Y or K colour elements like text, colour tints, vector graphics etc… are converted to 4 colour CMYK on the output.

This can practically cause undesirable artifacts on the proof like grainy and dirty colours or misleading information like wrong dot structure.

On the printing press this CMYK->CIELAB->CMYK transformation may cause undesirable effects and even printability problems.

If black text or line art turns into CMYK, it will be very difficult to register, will have unsharp borders and will require more ink to print.

Benefits

• Alwan LinkProfiler Publish Edition

Alwan LinkProfiler™ ICC DeviceLink profiles ensure:

• Improved digital proof colour and visual match
• Accurate Press to Press colour match
• Optimal output black generation and TAC (total area coverage) for the destination printing press
• Preservation of C,M,Y,K, CM, CY, MY colours purity with dot gain compensation
• Preservation of achromatics
• Preservation of CMY colours under solid black
• Preservation of solid and registration marks
• Choice or rendering Intent
• Choice of black point compensation

• Alwan LinkProfiler Print Edition

All the above +

• Custom GCR
• Maximum Black option for maximum ink savings

Competitive Advantages
The best DeviceLink Profiles for demanding production environments:

• Spot on digital proofs
• No more registration problems due to 4 colour primaries
• Ink Savings on the printing press
• Total control on the output black generation and TAC with any ICC compliant output device profile
• Developed, tested and validated in demanding press printing environments
• Used to produce ICC colour managed proofs and prints for multi-million circulation titles

Alwan LinkProfiler is a profiling software that allows you to create sophisticated and accurate ICC DeviceLink Profiles. It includes many innovative and original features not found on other profilers.

Addressed Problems

If a CMYK file is to be colour managed for a destination CMYK digital proofer or printing press using ICC Device profiles, source CMYK data will be converted to CIELAB using the source ICC device profile, and then CIELAB colours are converted to destination CMYK values using the output ICC device profile. In this operation, important information about the source file contents can be lost.

For example, source pure C, M, Y or K colour elements like text, colour tints, vector graphics etc… are converted to 4 colour CMYK on the output.

This can practically cause undesirable artifacts on the proof like grainy and dirty colours or misleading information like wrong dot structure.

On the printing press this CMYK->CIELAB->CMYK transformation may cause undesirable effects and even printability problems.

If black text or line art turns into CMYK, it will be very difficult to register, will have unsharp borders and will require more ink to print.

Benefits

• Alwan LinkProfiler Publish Edition

Alwan LinkProfiler™ ICC DeviceLink profiles ensure:

• Improved digital proof colour and visual match
• Accurate Press to Press colour match
• Optimal output black generation and TAC (total area coverage) for the destination printing press
• Preservation of C,M,Y,K, CM, CY, MY colours purity with dot gain compensation
• Preservation of achromatics
• Preservation of CMY colours under solid black
• Preservation of solid and registration marks
• Choice or rendering Intent
• Choice of black point compensation

• Alwan LinkProfiler Print Edition

All the above +

• Custom GCR
• Maximum Black option for maximum ink savings

Competitive Advantages
The best DeviceLink Profiles for demanding production environments:

• Spot on digital proofs
• No more registration problems due to 4 colour primaries
• Ink Savings on the printing press
• Total control on the output black generation and TAC with any ICC compliant output device profile
• Developed, tested and validated in demanding press printing environments
• Used to produce ICC colour managed proofs and prints for multi-million circulation titles