GMG Introduces OpenColor Software Solution

TÜBINGEN, GERMANY—November 7, 2012—GMG, a leading developer and supplier of high-end color management software solutions, has announced the commercial launch of GMG OpenColor, a software system that offers precise and predicable spot color simulation—and with less effort than other systems.

While producing accurate color proofs for most print applications is a relatively easy process—particularly when using GMG ColorProof—creating accurate proofs for packaging is still quite difficult. Package printers are increasing use of multicolor printing. Yet, standardization does not exist because spot colors and custom ink sets with more than four colors are typically used, along with a wide range of print processes and substrates. Many times, these sets are comprised of solely spot colors, without CMYK. In addition, brand owners expect tight color tolerances and reliable results for their brand colors, which require a good understanding of overprinting—the behavior of inks when printed on top of each other. And, offset doesn’t overprint like gravure—ink film thickness and trapping properties are very different. Thus, printing and packaging companies spend an extraordinary amount of time fingerprinting their presses for all possible job variations, which includes a wide range of substrates, from paper to foils. This process is expensive, cumbersome and unreliable.