Kodak is helping City Press Ltd. pioneer the next level of performance and quality for digital printing in Canada. City Press is the first commercial printer in the province of Manitoba to install a KODAK NEXPRESS SX2700 Digital Color Press. With a maximum sheet size of 14 inches by 26 inches and the Intelligent Color Option for more accurate color reproduction, the NEXPRESS Press both strengthens and expands City Press’ capabilities for services such as direct mail and variable-data printing.

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As the world’s foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses and creative professionals unleash the power of images, information and printing to enrich their lives.

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Esko provides tools for a holistic approach at folding carton design and production

Studio users extend the 3rd dimension and design folding carton packaging in context with the other brand message carriers of the entire packaging concept.

 

 

 

More than just a folding carton box
Many packaged goods come in more than just a folding carton box. For the packaging buyer, the Brand Owner, it is important to see all carriers of the brand message in relation to each other to ensure a consistent and common look and feel. 

Extending the 3^rd dimension
Esko extends the 3^rd dimension of folding carton box design all the way from the individual box to the final product on the shop shelves surrounded by its competitors. The Studio toolkit from Esko gives the designer a set of essential instruments to make clever design decisions based on the stopping power of the package in its natural habitat: the retail space.

Features

Studio Designer illustrates Esko’s holistic vision on packaging prepress: rather than merely showing the individual items of a packaging project, each component can be previewed separately or ‘in context’. This makes for faster, more efficient and more accurate packaging design.

Studio Toolkit adds easy-to-use structural design tools to Adobe® Illustrator®. The CAD structures provide for an instantaneous 3D virtual mockup of graphics and structure. The benefits of having the first moment of truth inside your favorite editor right from the production data: now you can easily fix any issues while at the start of the workflow.

Studio Visualizer adds the finishing touch. Its patented dynamic print visualization previews a wide range of substrates, printing and finishing effects in real-time. With Visualizer you can share the results as images or movies.

Studio Store Visualizer creates a genuine and hyper-realistic moment of truth experience by putting your packaging design in a dynamic virtual retail environment.

 

Benefits

• Work faster and more efficient
• No need to work in complex 3D software
• Catch possible mistakes early on
• Present your customers with hyper-realistic previews

 

Want to know more? Visit the Studio webpages or contact a specialist.

 

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WebCenter 12 evolves towards a multi-faceted Packaging Management solution

Originally designed as an online collaboration and approval tool, WebCenter has evolved into a true packaging management solution.  

 

 

 

A multifaceted solution
Specify packaging requirements, manage packaging assets and oversee the entire design and production process. The modularity of WebCenter makes it multifaceted solution, providing answers to different challenges:

• Packaging Approval Management Solution
• Packaging Process Management Solution
• Packaging Asset Management Solution
• Packaging Brand Management Solution

 

WebCenter creates your competitive advantage by taking cost and waste out of your production process and at the same time help you deliver Added Value to your clients.

Packaging Brand management

WebCenter is the ideal packaging brand management platform to streamline and control the complexities of brand execution.

Benefits

• Accelerated time to market via enhanced communication between internal & external project stakeholders
• Brings capability to take ownership of your data & assets
• Facilitates enhanced working between diverse global suppliers
• Improved quality thanks to better data capture and process control

Highlights

• Intuitive packaging briefing forms & workflow
• Flexible process design and execution framework
• Gateway to other 3rd party systems (PLM, DAM, ERP, etc)

Want to know more?
Read more at esko.com/webcenter or talk to a WebCenter specialist.

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