Christinger earns litho comparibility certification on HP Scitex TJ8350
Christinger Partner in Switzerland is the first and currently the only print service provider to achieve the PSO / ISO 12647-2 certification on an HP Scitex TJ8350 industrial press. The certification process lasts for two years and indicates that results on the certified device are comparable to offset lithography and repeatable.
“The process is a comprehensive and time-consuming one and we felt that if we were to make it successful we should engage our key suppliers,” said Karlheinz Kaiser, CEO, Christinger Partner. “So, with HP, and colour management software supplier GMG, we began working through the process.”
GMG supported the certification process at Christinger Partner with its colour management consulting services. “Our main target is to increase and leverage the transfer of technical know-how about our products and technology towards the customer,” explained Steffen Raeuchle, product manager at GMG. “Christinger Partner benefits from intensive training on our key colour management solution, GMG ColorServer/SmartProfiler, to really get the most from its HP Scitex TJ8350.”
“It is not unusual for us to have parallel production of jobs,” Kaiser explained. “Being Switzerland, these are often divided along language lines: we do the longer runs on litho presses and the shorter ones digitally. Since these are large graphics, for example with City Lights displays and backlits, they should look the same. Also, printed products should look the same from the large public displays to store graphics, posters, point-of-sale materials etc. This way, they are consistent.
“With the certified PSO / ISO processes in place, the colour data is standard and the presses calibrated, therefore the results are assured,” Kaiser continued. “The result is independent of who prepared the file or operated the press.”