A new video released by Color-Logic, developer of the Process Metallic Color System, shows how, when used together, the Color-Logic system and HP SmartStream Designer enable graphic designers to automatically produce white-ink masks necessary for printing variable-data in metallic using digital presses. “Producing metallic images, text, vector graphics or sequential numbers with digital presses on a metallic substrate necessitates producing a white-ink mask for every variable-data field in a design,” said Color-Logic Chief Technical Officer Richard Ainge. “This means that variable-data printing in metallic was virtually impossible until Color-Logic developed a foolproof technique, enabling HP SmartStream Designer to automatically and effortlessly produce the required white-ink masks with a simple click of the designer’s mouse.”
An 11-minute Color-Logic YouTube video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N7BCta1jB8 shows how to prepare files using Color-Logic with HP SmartStream Designer.
Color-Logic develops colour communication systems and software tool sets for a variety of special-effect printing applications. Color-Logic’s decorative and metallic effects utilizeexisting workflows of printers and designers, yielding “dynamic results” without the use of special equipment.