Germany-based PerfectPattern’s web-based EasyApps utilize the company’s powerful algorithms to calculate the optimal layouts of gang forms for entire job pools in seconds. These make up the powerful sPrint One engine, which is also used in sPrint One, “the most modern solution for dynamic sheet optimization and print planning.” Billing is based on usage, but because of a temporary introductory offer, the apps are now available free of charge. PerfectPattern will explain the benefits and usage of the apps in a webinar October 26. The sPrint One EasyApps calculate cost-optimized gang forms for large-format and offset printing in seconds. “Every printing company is familiar with the time-consuming and complex calculation of printing a multitude of different jobs with maximum efficiency,” said the company. “Without suitable software, executing this process with the necessary speed and precision is virtually impossible.”
PerfectPattern’s small, specialized web apps accomplish in seconds what would typically take hours of manual work. The EasyApps currently calculate jobs with variable sheet heights and section lengths, as well as jobs in 4-colour and 8-colour offset printing. Additional apps will be available at a later stage, said the company. The apps are accessible through PerfectPattern’s EasyApp portal on the web. After registration, users can import the data from their print jobs in a .csv format (e.g. from Microsoft Excel), with the help of a convenient assistant. The calculation can be started as soon as the set-up data is specified. “Many print houses are investing heavily in printing presses, but most of them do not carefully exploit the potential of their existing machinery,” said Robert Meissner, one of PerfectPattern’s two Managing Directors. “With our EasyApps, they now can optimize the production of their print jobs. They maximize the capacity utilization of their presses, minimize set-up processes, and decisively lower material waste and production costs.”
A comprehensive EasyApps report indicates the amount of material required and the size of the sheets. The sheet layouts for the entire job pool and the total costs for material and printing are also shown. Each calculation results in a JDF file that contains all of the necessary information, which can be transferred to familiar workflow systems such as Prinergy, Apogee, Fuji, KIM and others. Billing of the optimization of the print jobs is based on usage. However, as part of the introduction of the first EasyApps, the apps can be used free of charge until October 31, 2017.
EasyApps are based on the same powerful algorithms that PerfectPattern developed for its flagship product sPrint One. While the EasyApps focus on optimizing sheet layouts, sPrint One combines sheet optimization and capacity planning in one solution. During the fully automated planning of print jobs, all influencing factors, as well as the complexity of their relationships (including printing machine, material, colour, costs, deadlines and much more) are taken into account in sPrint One. The solution decides which jobs are collected and when, and determines which machine they’re printed on. Free capacities are filled with helpful suggestions.
PerfectPattern launches sPrint One EasyApps for optimization of printing sheets
