As with most printers in the current economic climate, the
way in which Galloways operates has had to change significantly over the last
few years. While they produce print across the full spectrum, they recognized
that a niche area for them was print requiring a high level of colour accuracy
which can be costly due to the additional time and technology required. A
solution that could offer both enhanced quality and produce cost efficiencies
in the process was always high on the company’s agenda.
Matt Galloway, Sales and Business Development Manager,
Galloways, said: “We’re always looking for ways to tailor our colour critical
service and we monitor the market carefully for the latest software solutions.
Through our meetings and discussions with GMG we felt that they would be an
excellent partner for us and their products would help us to achieve our
goals.”
“We were impressed with the results of the press/ink tests
and the clarity and detail highlighted in the reports. Galloways produces a lot
of colour critical work matching print to a physical product so our
expectations were extremely high but so far we have been very happy with the
solutions recommended by GMG.”
With guidance from GMG Technical Sales representative, Paul
Bromley, Galloways has invested in GMG ColorProof software to drive its two
44-inch Epson Stylus Pro 9890 SpectroProofers for the production of
high-accuracy digital proofs. Used alongside GMG ColorServer it offers the
company the perfect solution for a standardised and simplified proofing and
colour management model that delivers consistent colour print results time and
again. With GMG ColorServer, data from different sources will behave
identically on the press; the result is a marked reduction in make ready times
and paper waste.
Galloways also uses the GMG Ink Optimizer software solution
for fully automated ink reduction. Using GMG DeviceLink technology, the CMY
colour component is reduced and the black component increased, resulting in
significant ink savings for the company without affecting the proof to print
balance.
Galloways has also more recently invested in CoZone
Collaborate, GMG’S comprehensive web platform that includes a collaborative
cloud-based content approval and monitor proofing workflow. This will enable
Galloways to manage, review, proof and approve jobs within a secure online
hosted soft-proofing environment. It is a cost-effective, scalable and
easy-to-use system for collaborating, reviewing, proofing and approving media
files prior to production, which speeds up the whole process for Galloways’
clients.
Besides the two Epson Stylus Pro printers, Galloways’
production environment includes a 5-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 press,
6-colour Speedmaster CD 102 press, and Ricoh Pro C751EX production printer.
Since installing GMG software, the company is able to calibrate its proofing
system, digital print presses and litho presses to the same standard each day.
This gives Galloways the assurance that its printed collateral, whether on
coated or uncoated material, is colour accurate however it is printed. This
also gives its clients peace of mind that the final product will look exactly
as designed.
Matt says: “Since investing in GMG Solutions, we have been
very happy with the results, knowing should we require any advice or have any
particular client demands GMG support is there for us. Our investment has given
us even greater confidence in our proof versus print results and the
flexibility of producing both coated and uncoated proofs for approval is
proving a real hit with our clients.’
GMG MD Toby Burnett says: “Galloways is a great example of a
high end printing company where the importance of getting it right first time
is the only option. Working in partnership with GMG has helped them to manage
all processes within the litho and prepress department, from order to print,
which in turn has improved productivity and the bottom line.”
