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      CGS Oris Real Substrate Proof



      A fully colour-accurate digital proofing system for packaging, says Simon Eccles
                                                                                     How does it work?
                                                                                     There are two main elements to the system,
                                                                                     software and printer-ink combination. The
                                                                                     Flex Pack software handles the simulation
                                                                                     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
                                                                                     628MP, a version of the low-cost standard
                                                                                     VJ 628 that uses multi-resin inks instead of
                                                                                     the standard eco solvent type. The multi-
                                                                                     resin ink is broadly similar to HP’s better-
                                                                                     known Latex inks, and likewise is
      What does it do?                                essentially an improved version of the Flex   water-based with the pigments carried by
      This is a complete software, printer and   Specifications  Pack + Mutoh system introduced in 2021.   heat-activated resins. Müller says that the
      ink solution to print contract proofs onto   Platform   This used the same software and printer,
      a wide range of flexible and rigid packag-  Windows  but with Mutoh’s own resin inks that have   printer resolution is high enough to even
      ing substrates, developed by German             light cyan and light magenta, rather than   print halftones from 1-bit TIFF files, though
      proofing  specialist  CGS  Oris.  As  the   Printer Mutoh 628MP   the new set’s gamut-extending orange and   he says even customers who said they
      name says, these are the actual produc-  (standard), Mutoh   green, and that only hit about 90% of
      tion substrates rather than simulations,   1628MH (optional, pur-  Pantone colours.   wanted this are mostly printing contone
      including flexible packaging and pouch   chased via Mutoh chan-  According to Heiner Müller, director of   proofs.
      materials, shrink films, in-mould label   nel)  packaging at CGS, the target markets are   He admits that the drying system means the
      transfers, papers, folding boxboard and         primarily packaging design and pre-press   printer is relatively slow – an A3 sheet takes
      metallised board. Even metal can be   Max media thickness   houses that want to output proofs and test
      printed, which after coating can be   1.3mm (628MP), 16mm   dummies of new products. “The require-  about 15 minutes, but the system can be left
      baked.  The standard system comprises   (1628MH)  ment for physical mock-ups is much higher   to run unattended and the proofs are dry
      CGS Oris Flex Pack proofing software            in the UK than in Germany,” he says, put-  when they emerge. The VJ 628 is a compact
      plus a Mutoh ValueJet 628MP 24in roll-  Max resolution 1,440dpi  ting it down to the number of multination-  printer and the inks are non-toxic and
      fed printer (to which CGS has exclusive         als that have UK offices. There are already
      sales rights) and the newly developed XG   Inks CGS XR multi-resin             odourless, so the system could fit into a
      resin inkset, that offers extended gamuts       about 500 users of the earlier Mutoh-based   design office. The 24in media width allows
                                                      CGS solution, and they can switch to the
      to handle “almost 100%” of the Pantone   Colours CMYK plus                     B2-sized proofs or longer to be handled.The
      colour set. The inks are CMYK plus   orange, green and white  new orange and green XG inks after clean-
      orange, green and white.  Alternatively a       ing out the relevant channels. “Most work   alternate Mutoh 1628MH hybrid option
      Mutoh 1628MH 64in hybrid flatbed/roll   Speed About 15 minutes   with flexo printing,” says Müller, “but there   has a 64in width and a much larger foot-
      printer can be used with the same inks;   per A3  are some narrow-web labels, some offset   print thanks to the flatbed table. Raised-
      this is able to handle rigid media up to        and some gravure.”             image effects such as embossing can also be
      16mm thick: the 628MP can handle   Price From £34,000   He says that many customers had previ-
      smaller sheets but with a maximum   210x297mm/600x400mm  ously used the now-obsolete Kodak   simulated as a second overprint process
      thickness of 1.4mm.                             Approval XP4 laser pigment transfer based  using high-build clear UV inks on the
                                       Feed capacity 30mm  A2-plus digital proofing system, which was   Roland VersaUV LEF (2)-200/300 or
      When was it introduced and what                 highly regarded but very expensive, or the
      are the target markets?                         lower priced and quite widely used 2009   LEC2-330s baby flatbed inkjets. Cold foil
      In its latest ‘Real Substrate’ form it was      Epson SP WT7900 24in inkjet-on-film   can be applied by part-curing the UV ink to
      introduced on 1 July. However, this is          proofer which is no longer made.  leave it sticky.
            “This is essentially an improved version of the Flex Pack + Mutoh system introduced in 2021.”

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