Alwan ColorHub Unique Advantagescompared to workfl ow systems and other color servers

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Alwan ColorHub (ACH/X) - formerly CMYK Optimizer - is a unique solution that enables print production stakeholders to communicate, manage and print colors that match customer expectations.

Think of ColorHub as a piece of magic that allows you to match color... of all your jobs... on all print devices from digital to wide & grand format to offset and everything in-between.

Dynamic DeviceLink® technology

ACCURATE COLORSAlwan Dynamic color management: Every image, every brand color and every page is assessed in order to identify the intended colors when the PDF document was created and to reproduce these colors on the actual printing process. Alwan will make on the fly as many DeviceLink profiles as necessary in order to apply the most accurate color conversion to each PDF element.

HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTIONAll files need color adaptation to specific output requirements. Alwan ColorHub users process EVERY job through the software. Some process over 1000 jobs a day.

Most other color server users only pick and choose which jobs to process.

Gregory Hill, Manager of Prepress Systems At Sandy Alexander

QUALITY COLOR CONVERSIONSAlwan ColorHub converts all RGB files “on the fly” with Adobe Photoshop® color quality, honoring different embedded profiles and rendering intents automatically.

RGB conversion of other color servers gives a different result compared to Adobe® Color Engine.

PDF InRGB

PDF OutRGB, CMYK,

Spot, Lab,Gray, HiFi

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All other systems just apply a user-selected DeviceLink Profile to the entire PDF.

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COLOR QUALITY, SIMPLY THE BEST

Alwan Dynamic GCR and Ink Saving technology calculates the minimum amount of ink that is necessary to print each image and each color on the actual output process.

All other systems apply the same GCR level to all colors and images.

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HIGH INK SAVINGS

ΔE average: 0.3

FOR ALL IN-GAMUT COLORScalculates the

minimum amount of ink that is necessary to print each image and

All other systems apply the same GCR level to all colors and images.

ΔE average: 0.3

FOR ALL IN-GAMUT COLORS

HIGH PRINT CONTRASTAlwan Dynamic TAC reduction AND black generation technology calculates the exact amount of Total Area Coverage and black that is necessary to print shadows and dark colors of each image without any loss of details and print contrast.

All other systems will optimize TAC OR black generation of images and graphics to a user-selected choice, even those which do not need it.

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Alwan ColorHub passes all 16 tests of this industry testform with a score of 100% (source KEE Consultants)

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PANTONE RED 032 PANTONE REFLEX BLUE PANTONE GREEN

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K25 RGB 191.191.191

K50 RGB 128.128.128

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6. Transparencies

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Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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KEE CONSULTANTS’ PDF COLOR PROCESSING Testform v.2.0

This document as well its contents are the intellectual property of KEE Consultants.Any partial or complete reproduction, translation, editing or modification, by any physical,

electronic or virtual means is strictly forbidden without the prior written consent of KEE Consultants.

© KEE Consultants 2010 31 chemin du Plan du Loup - F-69110 Sainte Foy Lés Lyon - France

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It is no coincidence if ACH/X passes all industry testforms including KEE Consultants testform with a score of 100% when all other systems score between 30% and 59%.

BEST-IN-CLASS PDF/X COLOR MANAGEMENT

PSO, G7®, ISO STANDARDIZATION, SIMPLY UNIQUE

Alwan PDF color preflight technology assesses all PDF content, checks a large number of color elements, text, graphics, tints, spots, layers, transparent objects etc.Then it applies the necessary color management to optimize all PDF content for the output process.

You can give any PDF file to Alwan ColorHub, it will be color managed, “cleaned» and made simple for an easy and error-free processing by your RIP, even if it is not recent.

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Alwan ColorHub is the only color management system that can connect your prepress to your pressroom via Alwan’s process control software: PrintStandardizer (APS/X).

When used in tandem, the outcome of these two software is simply unique: matching proofs and brand colors on every job, virtually without human intervention.

ACH/X performs color separations and ink savings based on actual press printing conditions and capabilities. APS/X ensures that press is printing as expected and feeds ACH/X with any change in the printing process that needs to be taken into account at color management stage.

This is why ACH/X is unique, used by hundreds of PSO and G7® certified printers worldwide, and recommended by the finest color standardization experts in the world.

BEST-IN-CLASS PRESSROOM STANDARDIZATION

RIP

AlwanPrintStandardizer

AlwanColorHub

Digital and analog print device

Spectrophotometer

AlwanPrintVerifier

Job - PDF file

Closed loopwith printdevice RIP

Closed loopwith prepress

Color Management

Complete and unique color control and standardization solution

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ACH/X can work with workflow systems that use JDF and XML to communicate with and drive third party systems.

ACH/X processing can be fully controlled and automated from the prepress workflow system without even the need to launch the application.

Examples of JDF and XML applications are Dalim Twist, Enfocus Switch, KODAK Prinergy and Esko Automation Engine.

Many other prepress and workflow systems including proprietary systems drive ACH/X seamlessly using ACH/X integration SDK.

HOT FOLDERS ARCHITECTUREACH/X can work as a hotfolder based color server. Received PDF files in, Optimized-for-press PDF files out!This is the easiest implementation of ACH/X and is particularly adapted to quality control and color normalization of PDF files prior to pushing them in production workflows such as AGFA and FUJI systems.

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with Prinergy workfl ow and the operator of the

prepress department found that it was very easy to work with.

There’s really no extra time involved to run a job through Alwan and it makes everybody's job easier to prove against press. You

hardly notice it’s there from a prepress standpoint

Patrick Myrhe, Color SpecialistNorth America

Conventional sheetfed printing

JDF, XML AND RBA INTERFACE

WORKFLOW INTEGRATION, SIMPLY THE EASIEST

INPUT OUTPUT

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ALWAN COLOR EXPERTISE - info@alwancolor.com Copyright 2015 Alwan Color Expertise. All right reserved. All trademarks, logos, and brand names mentioned in this publication are property of their respective owners.

All images and photographs here featured are the copyright of their respective owners. Alwan Color Expertise reserves the right to modify software specifications and content cited in this document without prior notice.

Alwan’s Positive Cash Flow Payment Plan (PCFPP) allows Alwan customers to pay gradually for their Alwan software, ensuring that savings always exceed the required monthly payments.

These savings are achieved thanks to Alwan’s software benefits among which: automation, ink savings, shorter make-ready, or simply elimination of color mismatch problems and related reprint costs.

With the challenging economy context, PCFPP has been an enabler for many projects. It is interesting to note that in the vast majority of PCFPP projects, customers were so happy that they finally decided to fully pay for the software well before time.

Decision makers feel that they take no risk by buying Alwan. They start paying after a successful trial period, they pay less than what they actually save, and they can stop the plan whenever they wish without penalty. Many customers ended up paying the software in full during or at the end of the trial period!

David Hunter,Pilot Marketing USA

100% Satisfaction and 2 months money back guarantee

PCFPP

POSITIVE CASHFLOW PAYMENT PLAN, THE DEAL MAKER

Production and cost savings happen on day one, the client also has a no-quibble 60 days cooling off period and a payment plan to protect cashflow!

Mark Anderton,Colour Engine, UK

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