Digitally Modulated II (DM-II) Screening

400-500 lpi on CtP devices!!

When we ask people what they think of Auraia, we don't like to ask specific questions, but just hear what they have to say. In doing so, we sometimes get back things that we never thought of asking, as people respond about the issuues that affected them the most. Sometimes we get long replies, but sometimes we get short replies. Sometimes we get poetry, but sometimes we get something barely understandable in English. Each and every reply though is powerful as spoken by the person concerned, so we like to add them all, as sent to us, without editing. Together, they tell the truth about just how comprehensive a solution Auraia is to improved quality, ease of use on press, ink saving and much more. So please do have a good read - it's not what we say that counts, but what our customers experience.

Mr Juan Antonio Tena, CEO - Tu Grupo Gráfico, Spain (Commercial):

"Thanks to Auraia-II we can work with our web presses in jobs never dreamed before. Also we have gained access to the high quality market with our sheet-fed offset presses in a smooth way, without any problems or delays in production.

I'll never think of using an FM screen again.

The DM screen Auraia-II is truly revolutionary, achieving a never seen before printing quality with great ease and an impressive control over the printing output."

Spanish:

"Gracias a Auraia II podemos utilizar nuestras rotativas para trabajos que antes ni soñábamos y hemos conseguido acceder a unos mercados de altísima calidad con nuestras prensas offset a hoja de una forma sencilla y sin ningún problema o retraso en la producción.

Jamás volveré a pensar en utilizar una trama estocástica FM.

La DM es realmente revolucionaria, consiguiendo una calidad desconocida hasta ahora con gran facilidad y capacidad de control de la salida."

[Date: 29th November, 2011]

Darren Clohesy, Owner / PressMinder  - Mallee Printers, Australia (Commercial):

"We have been impressed with the characteristics of the screen on the press.

Using a 2 colour press for 4 colour work adds the challenge of paper stretch and maintaining register, the DM screen has more latitude for movement whilst retaining excellent quality."

[Date: 27th October, 2011]

Gavin Allen, Director - Crystal Media Group, Australia (Commercial):

"Crystal Media's move to Auraia screening was originally driven by the necessity of finding a way to extract more than the traditional 200 line screen from our Agfa Azura CTP system. The Azura system is very environmentally friendly but when jobs called for more than 200 # we were up against it. In addition to the standard type of offset jobs, Crystal Media prints 3d lenticular using standard inks and drying was also becoming a problem with the amount of ink that was being put down on the plastic lenses.

Traditional stochastic screens helped the situation but it wasn't until the implementation of the series one Auraia screening that we got the results we were after. The Auraia screening allowed us to increase our effective screen rulings to in excess of 300 line screen and we put down lots less ink ! The quality and sharpness of the print was immediately noticeable and was picked up by our clients who commented that the printed jobs were very sharp and crisp. The improvement in screens and vignettes was also very evident. Whist the bit maps created by Auraia look unusual, the printed results speak for themselves.

Crystal Media has recently upgraded to the latest Auraia II screening and whilst we thought it impossible, the results are even better! Auraia screening is the answer to your prayers if you are looking to get the best results possible from your CTP equipment. It consistently produces printed results of a quality far in excess of what you might think possible using traditional methods. Crystal Media is currently printing jobs that look like 400 line screen on plates that are only rated for 200 #. Auraia II, its got my vote."

[Date: 22nd October, 2011]

José Ángel Cabezón, Subdirector Técnico - La Voz de Galicia , Spain (News):

"Since early January we are printing not only La Voz de Galicia (100,000 copies/day) but ABC (12,000 copies/day) and Sport (9,000 copies/day). ABC and Sport are national wide newspapers, we print only a small amount of the total copies, but the ones with the best quality.

What to say about Auraia. It´s easy to use: platemaking is easy, no problems while printing, no problems with dot reproduction. It increases the print quality. Readers and advertisers like more Auraia printed copies than conventional 100dpi copies - it manage better badly registered copies, negative texts, text on photos.

Auraia allows our image department to increase the resolution of images. We really can appreciate the difference between our common images with 200dpi and the enhanced ones with 578dpi. It is really amanzing what we can get with the same paper, ink and press."

[Date: 5th September, 2011]

Brian Parkes, Owner - Parkes Print & Design, UK (Commercial):

"As an experienced user of Auraia-II from its early development I really feel it's one of the industry's most productive advancements to be released in the CtP (Computer to Plate) market.

In brief as a company, we see it as all the quality benefits of a hybrid FM screen without the problems associated with it. Typically we found any knowledgeable press or CtP technician will warn you of many problems with traditional FM screens, including hyper critical, time consuming plate processor and press settings, noisy flat tints and more potential for inconsistently in colour matching, where as for us Auaria-II delivers the quality print without any of the forewarned problems mentioned.

Obviously as a quality and service driven printer we maintain the equipment to a good standard but we still use exactly the same plates, low chem. plate processor, press inks and blankets, and the press minder loves it, in fact it simply makes quality print easier and flat tints are amazingly smooth ('unheard of for FM screens') and press productivity is improved as a result.

To date we have tested Auraia-II across a broad range of papers, both coated and uncoated, and the results are excellent, in fact on uncoated paper you could say stunning, as rosettes, dots or dot patterns are simply not discernable with the naked eye, a real fresh approach to printing uncoated where the norm in the industry is 150 or 175 lpi screen values for bond papers."

[Date: 16th May, 2011]

"When you look at the tints, they are so smooth there is absolutely no banding, no screening visible in it. And they look like solid tints, like solid flat colors. I‟m very impressed with this."

[Date: 11th May, 2011]

Gordon Pritchard, formerly Print Quality Marketing Manager - Creo / Kodak :

"So, yes, I did get a chance to look at the samples, and yes they are most impressive. If indeed Auraia-II screening enables Violet CtP to do FM in a reliable manner then it has the potential to be a disruptive (for the better) technology."

[Date: 19th April, 2011]

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