New PRISMAsync Server Features Promise Improvements for In-plants
Gordon Rivera
When Canon U.S.A. debuted PRISMAsync Print Server version 5 at Graph Expo 16, which provides additional color correction features and workflow integration capabilities, Gordon Rivera was encouraged. The supervisor of Campus Graphics at Allan Hancock College currently uses PRISMAsync version 4 and PRISMAprepare on his in-plant's Canon production printers, and the upgrades in Version 5 were exciting when he saw them in a demo at Graph Expo.
"What especially interested me was the Pixel Precise Preview and the enhanced ability to edit CMYK on the device," remarks Rivera. "That was a huge improvement over version 4."
With Pixel Precise Preview, operators can further analyze jobs that had undesired print outputs. PRISMAsync Print Server V5.1 enables the operator to check the job in great detail, including viewing of what CMYK the RIP produces based on the input file, job settings and system settings. With CMYK Editing, corrections can be made with immediate feedback in the realistic preview. This feature is available from the user interface as well as from PRISMAsync Remote Manager.
Currently, Rivera notes, his printers' drivers do not accurately display imposed RIP files. "We have to proof a first print to check for conformance," he notes, "so hopefully the preview feature will reduce makeready and click charges."
PRISMAsync Print Server version 5 boasts out-of-the-box G7 calibration, an embedded color profiler and expert color optimization. These features, Rivera says, will save in-plants like his a lot of time.
"We currently G7 calibrate now, which takes around 15 minutes per day to complete," he explains, "so hopefully the new out-of-the-box G7 calibration would make the calibration process more efficient. I also hope that the embedded profiler will make profiling easier than our current process. And I hope that we can see the before and after CMYK curves that validate G7 grayscale compliance."
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
