Mark Andy has introduced ProWORX Label Suite, an imposition tool designed to meet the needs of its increasing number of hybrid press users.
ProWORX Label Suite is an Adobe Creative Cloud extension tailored to Mark Andy’s hybrid presses. This new software has been designed to streamline and automate label production setup, including inline printing and embellishment processes. It provides job defining and imposition for printing and post-processing, including die-cutting, and allows for ‘more efficient and sustainable label production’, as detailed by Ben Richardson, senior DFE specialist at Mark Andy.
Mr Richardson said, ‘ProWORX Label Suite is another software solution in our portfolio, following the recently launched sMArt Link – a real-time, on-press data collection and press monitoring system for narrow-web devices. It is Mark Andy’s response to customer feedback on their requirements and expectations. It is designed to complement our top-class hybrid technology and offer converters an advanced software solution that brings efficiency and sustainability to the entire manufacturing process.’
As an Adobe Creative Cloud plugin, pre-press operators can download and begin working with ProWORX straight away in a software environment that they are already familiar with. Training is provided via self-paced guides available on my.markandy.com, or via a remote session with one of Mark Andy’s pre-press experts. As it is a 100% proprietary system from Mark Andy, it is tailored to the specifics of the company’s hybrid presses, as well as the different types of job that converters produce. ProWORX Label Suite is equipped with an intuitive panel space to design, calculate and record step and repeat data for semi-rotary and full rotary die-cutting. It saves and recalls imposition template files as well as exporting XML data for use in a pre-press automation system. The primary function is the creation of an automatic imposition grid with direct control of PDF layers for separation to die and flexo plates. Independent control of individual label lanes makes ProWORX Imposition perfect for multi-SKU gang printing, while data merge assistant features provide support for variable data printing. ProWORX Label Suite is compatible with Mac and Windows PC environment, but as an Adobe plugin, it does require an active subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Mr Richardson continued, ‘Mark Andy has continually expanded its portfolio of hybrid presses, based on inkjet and toner technology, which offers numerous options in terms of digital printing and conventional embellishment. Hybrid label production brings a layer of complexity to the production process that is combined with the need to make the best return on digital press investment. ProWORX Label Suite was created specifically to assist our customers to leverage the advantages of digital hybrid technology, whilst maintaining a high level of job throughput and accuracy.’
