Global Graphics will use Drupa to unveil Fundamentals, a software and engineering services package developed to help inkjet printer manufacturers get new machines to market quicker. It provides a single source for the key software components and engineering know-how required to build a digital front end.
“Fundamentals is the result of our interaction with inkjet press manufacturers who are pushing the boundaries of inkjet technology as they bring new models of presses to market,” said Martin Bailey, CTO, Global Graphics Software. “Companies often can’t solve the problems they face in the development phase of a new press on their own. That’s where we can step in and help them out with our combination of best of breed software and our new Breakthrough engineering service.”
Eric Worrall, who heads up the Global Graphics’ Breakthrough team added: “We work side by side with the manufacturer to create a solution that is truly customised to their press and its operating environment. In doing so we give the manufacturer access to our tools and a unique pool of print scientists and engineers with decades of specialist knowledge exactly when they need them.
“We are already working on solutions for cross head calibration, clustering and chaining on output, ink estimation, even controlling the beta test environment. We take our lead from the manufacturer and tackle whatever issue they want help with. For instance, we were recently engaged to improve print quality but switched to a problem with screening speed because it was an immediate win for the manufacturer.”
Fundamentals includes software from other vendors and marks the start of closer collaboration between Global Graphics Software and Hybrid Software, both of which share the same chairman in Guido Van der Schueren.