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GMG ColorServer

Hi

The company I work for is decided on purchasing something called GMG ColorServer.

I hacve absolutly no knowledge of this and have no idea what it actually does, Could anybody in laymens terms tell me what it does and how it will help the company?

Thank you
Craig

p.s we run Litho and Digital machines :)
 
Hi

The company I work for is decided on purchasing something called GMG ColorServer.

I hacve absolutly no knowledge of this and have no idea what it actually does, Could anybody in laymens terms tell me what it does and how it will help the company?

Yikes! You're the Digital Print Manager and weren't involved in the decision-making process?
Hopefully you will be able to get "their" rationale so that you can compare that to the responses you get on this forum.

best, gordon p
 
Fear not, Craig, the GMG ColorServer is an excellent product.
Dont let others play "Karl Rove" and make you afraid of something that they also may not understand...:)

Call Juergen Roesch at GMG in the UK. He is one of the best people in the business.

ColorServer: GMGColor

http://www.gmgcolor.com/fileadmin/u...s_Review/2009_12_PrintWeek_ColorServer_EN.pdf

http://www.gmgcolor.com/fileadmin/u...rucker_Four-steps-to-standardize-color_EN.pdf

Perhaps your management bought the product for those who cant seek or find quick answers on this thing called the internet....;-)

The 3 links above will give you a concise overview - in layman's terms - of this product.
GMG UK contacts are below.

GMG UK
Judd Perring, Ian Scott
United Kingdom, Ireland
1st Floor Saxon House,
Hellesdon Park Road
NR6 5DR Norwich

email: [email protected]
Tel.: + 44 1603 789111
Fax: +44 1603 405059
 
Yikes! You're the Digital Print Manager and weren't involved in the decision-making process?
Hopefully you will be able to get "their" rationale so that you can compare that to the responses you get on this forum.

best, gordon p

I agree Gordon

I would have liked to have been more involved in the decision making but the directors had already decided that this is what they wanted.

Regards Craig
 
Fear not, Craig, the GMG ColorServer is an excellent product.
Dont let others play "Karl Rove" and make you afraid of something that they also may not understand...:)

Call Juergen Roesch at GMG in the UK. He is one of the best people in the business.

ColorServer: GMGColor

http://www.gmgcolor.com/fileadmin/u...s_Review/2009_12_PrintWeek_ColorServer_EN.pdf

http://www.gmgcolor.com/fileadmin/u...rucker_Four-steps-to-standardize-color_EN.pdf

Perhaps your management bought the product for those who cant seek or find quick answers on this thing called the internet....;-)

The 3 links above will give you a concise overview - in layman's terms - of this product.
GMG UK contacts are below.

GMG UK
Judd Perring, Ian Scott
United Kingdom, Ireland
1st Floor Saxon House,
Hellesdon Park Road
NR6 5DR Norwich

email: [email protected]
Tel.: + 44 1603 789111
Fax: +44 1603 405059

Thats perfect Ian

Thanks Craig :)
 
You will not regret. ColorServer is great product that will save you lots of time converting files between all color spaces very quickly.
 
If anyone can help you and make sence of it all it will be Juergen Roesch! This man is really a great guy with tons of knowledge. He was a great teacher too!
 
Juergen Roesch is now nicknamed "The Juergenator" and publishes a monthly column in the trueColors magazine published by GMG in the UK for their domestic customers (international customers can download it from trueColors: GMGColor - no login required). There is even a Chinese version (available at GMGcolor).

You'll find plenty of information in there on ColorServer, as it is the Juergenator's favourite product because of its almost unlimited versatility and unrivaled quality.

- RGB to CMYK separation
- CMYK separation standardisation
- output space transformation
- TAC control
- resolution adjustment (use full res camera RGB in your incoming PDF)
- sharpening (GMG's 3D sharpening looks great in print)
and even more:
- use it to drive all different kinds of digital print devices like Indigo, Durst, Vutek, Inca, UV, solvent, ... (for easy profiling add the SmartProfiler Add-On - next month's trueColors will have a few stories on that product)

We got plenty of industry references from the smallest shops all the way up to the likes of Polestar (you mentioned you are from Sheffield) or IKEA (featured in one of our earliest trueColors).

...and if you're in doubt, contact Juergen Roesch directly at [email protected]

Cheers,
Juergen

PS: yup - that's me - and thanks for all the recommendations from all over the world

PPS: and "HI" to Gordo, still remember being once a panel speaker 10 years ago with him at a Seybold in San Francisco (long time ago ...)
 
PPS: and "HI" to Gordo, still remember being once a panel speaker 10 years ago with him at a Seybold in San Francisco (long time ago ...)

Jurgen - holy smokes! I was hoping that was a long forgotten moment in prepress history LOL.

Sept 1999 @ Seybold, that was when printers were very concerned about proofing with CtP since there wasn't any film to make the proofs with. I gave the keynote presentation to set the stage for the panel and audience discussion.
Attached is one of the slides from that presentation.
Things have changed a bit since then for sure!

best, gordo
 

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I think I was still scribbling my notes while you did your part of the presentation. :rolleyes:

Right as I write this I am setting up a printer to ISO print standards - ColorServer and its sibling InkOptimizer (GCR tool) part of the package.
And just as in your presentation then it is all about process control and sicking to numbers. While yesterday I had a meeting with one of those printers that believe it being "customer service" if they adjust each job to a customer's liking (or supplied laser printout).
Turns out clients leave and business revenue caused by low margins isn't as good as it used to be ...
 
Hi
Colorserver all the way, I use it for our RGB workflow that we use for catalogue work and newspaper advertising. I have 40 or so different colour specs from Offset, Gravure and Press profiles. So I can send 1 ad (stored in Adobe RGB) to lots of different mags with minimum work. Also the PDF to PDF conversion is great, nothing worse than building a job for one printer then to be told at the last minuet that the spec has changed.
Well thats my 2p worth
Steve
 

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