Epson Edge Colour Management Software Gives Certainty In The Digital Textile Industry

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Colour Consistency

 Colour consistency is an increasingly important quality in the printing industry. 

In a market where campaigns are spread across various media and printed products, excellent colour management is essential for the print job to be of a high standard and for the client to be satisfied.

The guarantee of perfect colour consistency across media, from clothing to packaging, is a valuable aspect of providing a print service.

And so is the ability to guarantee this throughout time, on product batches that are no longer printed in one massive run, but ordered on-demand to avoid waste, both in cost and in environmental terms.

From Manual Control To Colour Management Software 

Before the International Colour Consortium was founded, internal graphic design offices sent their files to printers after having set up specifically for the printing machine that was going to be used.

Files were custom managed to satisfy the client’s quality requirements.

The process needed proofs (Chromalin), which would then become contractual proof of the quality of work and of colour consistency.

These systems are no longer feasible. Increasingly, we need to control the colours from different printers and on different materials automatically. 

Thanks to ICC standards, through colour management software solutions, and through the application of the 4C rule (Consistency, Calibration, Characterisation, Conversion), we can guarantee stable and repeatable results.

Pay Attention To Your Choices

Printers mustn’t underestimate the importance of good colour management.

They must pay particular attention to some characteristics of colour management software.

Choosing products that are designed for a specific printer often optimises many results and brings advantages, for examples in colour profiles or in the precision of soft and gradual hues.

These are two of the advantages that come with using the Epson EDGE Print Textile solution with the Monna Lisa printer.

The RIP Epson EDGE Print Textile software is a solution designed to complete the Epson total solution, which is the integrated solution for industrial textiles.

Using an integrated solution enables us to manage the whole process more efficiently and to use a single supplier, who will be able to assist and support the printer throughout the whole process.

Specific features make constant and accurate results possible. For example, the Epson Precision Dot technology controls droplets perfectly in order to reduce banding and dithering effects.

The Epson Multi-Layer Halftone randomises the pattern of halftone dots on every layer, solving the problem of the misalignment of dots. The Epson Dynamic Alignment Stabilizer guarantees a constant quality of print by controlling the control pulses of each print head chip

Epson’s software is also notable because it can be used with printers that are not part of the Monna Lisa line, achieving the same results in terms of colour.

This is a particularly useful feature when a machine is replaced or a new one is added, and it offers the printer the certainty that their investment is safe.