Sinapse’s third PrintSkills Contest is now open for free registration from graphic education centres around the world. Schools will be invited to compete in both design and print, using Sinapse Printing Simulators over the Cloud. The finalists and their coaches will receive an all-expenses paid trip to decide the winner in a live competition at drupa 2016. Last year, Ryerson University GCM (Graphic Communications Management) student Sylvia Ma won the prestigious Sinapse Print Simulators’ SHOTS North American Print Skills Contest. The PrintSkills contest is sponsored by PIA (Printing Industries of America), EFIA (European Flexographic Industry Association), PTAC (Print Technology Association of China) and the screen manufacturer Elo Touch Solutions. Contest registration is FREE and is open through December 2015 at www.Sinapseprint.com.
For the first time, Flexo technology will become a competition in addition to Sheetfed. The contest will use Sinapse Print Simulators for Sheetfed (6-colour) and Flexo (8-colour) to assess problem-solving skills. The Cloud versions of these simulators will be available for practice, problem solving and competition rounds. Practice problems will include those used in recent WorldSkills competitions. Contestants can use the simulators in any of a dozen languages and the Sinapse multi-lingual learning management allows results from all contestants to be easily compared and posted regularly on the competition website. In each round, contestants will practice with simulators, then compete to solve Flexo and Sheetfed press problems.
Each team will also submit individual print job designs for Sheetfed and Flexo. The winning designs will be incorporated into the simulator to be used in the final rounds of the contest. Each competing centre will form a team of students with one coach to compete in four rounds. The designer of the best poster, the designer of the best package, the print finalists and their respective coaches will all win an expenses-paid trip to dupa 2016 in Dusseldorf, Germany, the world’s most prestigious print fair, where the “live” final will be held. The winning school gets a two-year connection to the simulators of their choice. All participants will be listed on the contest website and receive official certificates of achievement.
Sinapse Print Simulators (Saint-Aubin, France) is the world’s leading supplier of print training simulators for flexo, gravure and offset presses. The company’s ongoing worldwide competitions – including results, evaluations and new exercises – are coordinated through a cloud-based interface. Its Print Simulators completely simulate the running of a printing press, reproducing a wide variety of printing conditions and problems that can be used for training, skills assessment, performance enhancement and process analysis. Simulation can also be used to familiarize other staff with the printing process, improve teamwork and increase process efficiency. The company’s simulators are available for all major printing processes.
Sinapse Print Simulators’ worldwide PrintSkills Contest is now open
