Esko and GMG announce technology partnership with release of ArtPro+ GMG OpenColor Connector

The collaboration brings two market leaders together to satisfy the demand for highly automated and globally connected colour management solutions.
Creating a smoother and more efficient colour conversion process for packaging and label printers, trade shops and premedia houses, the new ArtPro+ GMG OpenColor Connector enhances the connectivity and data exchange between the two class-leading solutions. This integration ensures uninterrupted file processing and colour conversion, without losing mission-critical metadata between systems – allowing both solutions to operate at their best.
Geert de Proost, Director of Product Management at Esko, comments: “The manual reseparation of images and artwork to match brands’ colour accuracy demands can be a laborious and error-prone process. But by automating the reseparation using GMG OpenColor technology, via the unique integration with Esko ArtPro+, prepress professionals can now accurately visualise colour in before-and-after states and assess colour deviations on-screen with precise Delta E readouts.”
Rainer Schmitt, Head of Product Development at GMG, commented: “Esko and GMG have a shared goal of delivering fully integrated digital workflow and colour management solutions, focusing on a friction-less user experience.”
The new connector will deliver wide ranging benefits for customers using ArtPro+ and GMG OpenColor, including:
• The creation of a standardised and automated process for colour matching and reseparation of multi-colour image and vector data, eliminating manual work, reducing the risk of errors and saving up to 60 minutes of operator time per job
• As ArtPro+ can modify colours, it is now simple and quick to add file edits after conversion for Multi Colour Process Printing
• Enhanced colour precision on press through standardising colour conversion using GMG’s enhanced spectral colour technology