– displays automation software and digitalfinishing hardware solutions.
There are many challenges facing large format printers, butproduction can be enhanced and operational efficiency increased with softwarethat delivers faster approval cycles, eliminates file errors, reduces idletime, improves workflow control and simplifies complex manual steps of digitalfinishing equipment. At its booth during SGIA Expo 2018, Esko focused on itsnew QuickStart solutions: Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign and WebCenterQuickStart for Corrugated, as well as two Kongsberg tables, showcasingend-to-end production workflows.
Both Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign and WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated are turnkey solutions that are built with proven workflows, allowing collaboration among teams or departments. In just five days, users are up and running, reaping the benefits of automation almost immediately.
Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign is a powerful workflow solution that boosts production capacity without adding headcount. By automating prepress work, sign makers can handle more jobs, faster. The complete process is automated from order, design and finish through to shipping.
Preloaded, proven workflows for sign and large format production make it very easy to eliminate repetitive tasks. Automation Engine QuickStart for Sign encompasses the traditional requirements, including preflighting and PDF optimization, automatic cut paths and bleed creation, and automatic nesting. Also included is a direct link to Kongsberg digital finishing tables, reducing waste in the most expensive step of the process.
WebCenter QuickStart for Corrugated offers critical project management tools that provide shorter time-to-market cycles. It increases a company’s capacity to handle more jobs over a wide geographic area without adding headcount, reduces errors caused by miscommunication and cuts approval cycle times from weeks to days.
On display at SGIA Expo were Kongsberg X24 and Kongsberg C64 finishing tables. The Kongsberg C64 is a multifunctional, digital cutting table for signage and display applications. Designed to keep up with today’s faster, wider digital printers, it is the optimal solution for short run production on all typical display materials. The highly versatile Kongsberg X24 offers value, precision and ease of use, with tools that offer the speed, power and flexibility to handle a wide variety of display materials. A Kongsberg X Sign Production Kit makes it easy to produce signs from flexible roll material or rigid sheets.