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for Magazines

Supported Devices:

 Epson 4000/7600/9600/10600
 Canon W6200/8200
 Roland FJ540
 Mutoh Rockhopper II

The most accurate proofer on the market, operating at a fraction of the cost of current brand leaders, the Cyclone Digital Proofer for Magazines provides new production flexibility for publishers, graphic artists and print professionals.

With the world of magazine publishing constantly challenging itself to improve color quality and printing efficiency, Colorbus has developed its specialist Cyclone digital proofer technology to maintain and precisely reproduce screening information on leading inkjet devices. Profiled to any press or existing proofing method, it delivers true contract proofs, faster, more cost effectively, more efficiently and more accurately than any other digital proofer on the market.

The Cyclone Digital Proofer for Magazines brings clear financial benefits to magazine publishers that have lost money in the past when printed advertisements have failed to match their commercial quality contract proofs.

Outstanding, reliable contract color quality at both local and remote sites is what makes the Cyclone Digital Proofer for Magazines so unique in the publishing environment. High productivity and low
running costs from an upgradeable solution ensures a future proofed investment that guarantees eye-catching results ahead of your competition.

Key benefits:
  Magazine accurate – profiled to any printing process, sheet fed-, web offset and gravure, for accurate printing
  Prints Imagesetter/CTP plates – Cyclone Fidelity prints CTP files retaining dot structure and screening information
  Maximum productivity – spools, RIPs, and prints simultaneously to all connected output devices
  Identical Remote proofs – unique calibration software which provides consistent print results regardless of location
  Easy to use – intuitive GUI displaying live previews & preflighting of jobs .
  Flexibility – upgradeable to drive a combination of other digital proofing devices, both copiers and inkjet printers

Key features
 Cyclone GUI Viewer
 Color Accurate Visual Proofs
 Lan or Wan soft Proofing ability
 Online Sign off feature
 Drives LF & desktop printers
 Drives LF printers & CLC copiers
 Active RIP & printing Previews
 Job Previews
 Multiple Language GUI
 Job Queue Management
 Instant Reprint
 Job Log & Job Accounting
 Multiple Virtual Printer Queues
 Hot Folder Support
 Fast Printing Modes Supported
 RGB and L*A*B* alarm
 Control strip insertion
 Selectable Output Resolution
 Electable Output Speeds
 Auto or Manual Scaling
 Auto or Manual Rotate
 Auto or Manual Nesting
 Tiling features
 Step & Repeat features
 Auto Printing job Info label
 Spot Color Support
 Lockable Printer Configurations
 Scan to Print features
 Colorbus Custom Profiles

Color management
 ICC Color profiles supported
 Support for CIE Color Space
 Accurate RGB/LAB Color tables
 Business Graphics
 sRGB
 Named Spot Color Support
 Accurate CMYK printing to SWOP
 Euroscale
 Japan standard
 Densitometer support
 Xrite DTP-32, 34 & 41
 Separate Format Rendering
 Custom Press profiles
 Custom Proofing profiles
 Site exchangeable profiles
 Named / Spot Color Support

Hardware (minimum)
 2x Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz Processors
 2 x 40GB SCSI Hard drive
 512MB DDR ECC memory
 17" TFT monitor
 Keyboard and mouse
 CD ROM drive 48x
 CD-RW drive
 1.44 floppy disk drive
 10/100 Base T network card
 X-Rite DTP-34 densitometer

Cyclone Software
 Cyclone Manager Digital Proofer
 Cyclone Visual Proofer Lite software
 Fast Internet Streaming
 3 Concurrent User License
 Multiple Account Login
 Client print comments
 Client online Sign off
 Version manager & History
 Cyclone ICC ColorBuilder
 PS2TIFF – generate TIFF images
 Cyclone Batch Printing utility .
 Cyclone calibration software
 Cyclone manager remote-view
 Cyclone job log software

System Software
 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

AppleTalk Printing Services
 Microsoft FTP Software

Page Description Language
 JAWS Postscript 3

Network connectivity
 Ethernet Auto-Sensing 10/100
 Appletalk
 LP/LPR via TCP/IP
 NetBEUI
 Novell 4 Bindery and NDS
 Mac (OSX)
 Windows 95/98/ME and 2000
 UNIX and Linux

Device Driver Supplied
 One printer driver for Epson 4000/7600/9600/10600 InkJet printer
or
 One printer driver for Canon desktop BJW 2200 or BJW 8200 pigment InkJet printer

Upgrade options
 Visual Proofer Upgrade
 Additional connection for pigment based printers
 Graphic Arts Proofer .Connection for Canon CLC11XX or Xerox DC12 Color copiers
 Newsprint Proofer .Connection for HP 10500 or Canon BJW 7250 printer

Other
 Windows 2000 Server

Cyclone Digital Proofer Formats
 Workflow File Formats Composite Tiff, Eps & Jpeg PS level 1,2,3 with Spot seps
PDF X with Spot seps DCS with Spot seps Cyclone Fidelity Formats (optional)
 ROOM Workflow File Formats Tiff Group 4, Tiff/IT Scitex CT/LW Harlequin Page PGBs Heilelberg Delta List

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