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CGS Oris Real Substrate Proof

A fully colour-accurate digital proofing system for packaging, says Simon Eccles

gravure.” He says that many customers had
previously used the now-obsolete Kodak
Approval XP4 laser pigment transfer based
A2-plus digital proofing system, which was
highly regarded but very expensive, or the
lower priced and quite widely used 2009
Epson SP WT7900 24in inkjet-on-film
proofer which is no longer made.
How does it work?
There are two main elements to the sys-
tem, software and printer-ink combination.
The Flex Pack software handles the simula-
tion of print processes and also rips and
drives the printer. CGS says this includes
iterative 4D colour management and spot
colour management, with the ability to
simulate flexo, gravure or other analogue
and digital processes.
It’s Windows based and doesn’t need a
high-power server. It can be accessed
remotely by any web browser with permis-
sions. The standard printer is the Mutoh
What does it do? Specifications with a maximum thickness of 1.4mm. 628MP, a version of the low-cost standard
This is a complete software, printer Platform: Windows VJ 628 that uses multi-resin inks instead of
and ink solution to print contract proofs When was it introduced and what are the standard eco solvent type. The multi-
the target markets?
onto a wide range of flexible and rigid Printer: Mutoh resin ink is broadly similar to HP’s better-
packaging substrates, developed by 628MP (standard), In its latest ‘Real Substrate’ form it was known Latex inks, and likewise is
German proofing specialist CGS Oris. As Mutoh 1628MH introduced on 1 July. However, this is water-based with the pigments carried by
essentially an improved version of the Flex heat-activated resins. Müller says that the
the name says, these are the actual pro- (optional, pur- Pack + Mutoh system introduced in 2021. printer resolution is high enough to even
chased via Mutoh
duction substrates rather than simula- channel) This used the same software and printer, print halftones from 1-bit TIFF files, though
tions, including flexible packaging and but with Mutoh’s own resin inks that have he says even customers who said they
pouch materials, shrink films, in-mould Max media thick- light cyan and light magenta, rather than wanted this are mostly printing contone
label transfers, papers, folding boxboard ness 1.3mm the new set’s gamut-extending orange and proofs.
and metallised board. Even metal can be (628MP), 16mm green, and that only hit about 90% of He admits that the drying system means
printed, which after coating can be (1628MH) Pantone colours. the printer is relatively slow – an A3 sheet
According to Heiner Müller, director of
baked. Max resolution: packaging at CGS, the target markets are takes about 15 minutes, but the system can
The standard system comprises CGS 1,440dpi primarily packaging design and pre-press be left to run unattended and the proofs are
Oris Flex Pack proofing software plus a houses that want to output proofs and test dry when they emerge. The VJ 628 is a com-
Mutoh ValueJet 628MP 24in roll-fed Inks: CGS XR multi- dummies of new products. pact printer and the inks are non-toxic and
printer (to which CGS has exclusive sales resin “The requirement for physical mock-ups odourless, so the system could fit into a
rights) and the newly developed XG resin is much higher in the UK than in design office. The 24in media width allows
inkset, that offers extended gamuts to Colours: CMYK plus Germany,” he says, putting it down to the B2-sized proofs or longer to be handled.
handle “almost 100%” of the Pantone orange, green and number of multinationals that have UK The alternate Mutoh 1628MH hybrid
colour set. The inks are CMYK plus white offices. option has a 64in width and a much larger
There are already about 500 users of the
orange, green and white. Speed: About 15 earlier Mutoh-based CGS solution, and footprint thanks to the flatbed table.
Alternatively a Mutoh 1628MH 64in minutes per A3 they can switch to the new orange and Raised-image effects such as embossing can
hybrid flatbed/roll printer can be used green XG inks after cleaning out the rele- also be simulated as a second overprint pro-
with the same inks; this is able to handle Price: From £34,000 vant channels. “Most work with flexo print- cess using high-build clear UV inks on the
rigid media up to 16mm thick: the ing,” says Müller, “but there are some Roland VersaUV LEF (2)-200/300 or
628MP can handle smaller sheets but narrow-web labels, some offset and some LEC2-330s baby flatbed inkjets.
This is essentially an improved version of the Flex Pack + Mutoh system introduced in 2021.

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