Compatible
Compatible
PressProfiler is fully compatible with Heidelberg printing presses running the Press Center 1, 2 or 3 software such as the XL, SX, CX, SM & CD range of offset printing presses. It enables the very latest models to run in push-to-stop mode.
PressProfiler is a seamless replacement for the manufacturer’s original CIP3 and JDF interface, allowing you to connect your modern Heidelberg press to your prepress and MIS systems for all the benefits of make-ready automation using the Intellistart system on your printing press. PressProfiler is also compatible with older CP2000 and CPC 1.04 console presses.
PressProfiler connects directly over the network to your Heidelberg Press Center 1, 2, or 3 equipped press, including XL, XL2, and XL3 push-to-stop models. It enables your press operators to load job data on their touch-screen or WallScreen in exactly the same way as with the original system massively reducing manual setup steps for every print run.
Enjoy the full productivity benefits of your press investment by connecting it to a prepress interface, loading job preset data directly into the Intellistart or Intellistart 2 system to automate your make-ready or build push-to-stop run lists. Supporting not only CIP3 PPF files but also additional job data from MIS systems in the form of JDF or XML, PressProfiler can preset not just the inking data but also paper properties and sizes, customer details, scheduled print times, clock counts, and allowed overs. Unlike many competitive solutions, with PressProfiler you continue to use all of the ink-key calibration, colour measuring, adjustment, and job editing features that come with your printing press directly on the touchscreen of your printing press.
This means your printers can select the paper type directly on the press, and the ink key settings will be adjusted for the best preset on that paper type utilising the built-in Characterisation Curves.
Presses with a licence for ColorAssist will be able to have their calibration curves automatically adjusted at the press of a button to improve accuracy over time. Inpress, AxisControl, and ImageControl colour scanners with automatic follow-up continue to work just the same as they would with an original CIP3 interface.
Third-generation Press Center consoles with Inpress, Axis, or ImageControl systems that require the Color Archive to be supplied by prepress are also fully supported. PressProfiler Bridge allows them to load, create, and update spectral and CIELAB colour values for the in-built colour scanners to use for automatic colour control.
PressProfiler goes far beyond CIP3, merging in data from your MIS system provided by XML or JDF from systems such as Metrix, Pace, Tharstern, Switch, and more, to automate more of the make-ready process including paper types, paper sizes, scheduled print times, clock counters, customer details, high-resolution job previews, and more.
PressProfiler is yours to own with a single one-off purchase; it doesn’t require an ongoing subscription.
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The PressProfiler Report option adds feedback from your printing press, making the connection between MIS and Press a two-way street using JDF and JMF. The invaluable data it provides helps you to maximise your press productivity by showing exactly how long jobs are taking and how much material is being used, without relying on manual feedback.
View the data either in PressProfiler Report’s own user interface or within the job tracking of compatible JDF-enabled MIS workflows. This allows you to know what job is on the press, time on press, number of sheets run including wastage, how many times the press has stopped, and why, as well as full job history, costing data, and operator reports.
Report provides an easy-to-understand visual display of press productivity and events. All the data is collected automatically with no need for any manual input from the operator. It allows people within your company to respond quickly to unforeseen changes on the press, such as a damaged plate, misfeeding paper, drying taking longer than expected, and much more.
PressProfiler Report lets you review any previous time period, such as a day, week, or month, to spot production bottlenecks and compare different periods, different presses, or different press operators.
You can see exactly how your presses are performing day-to-day over a period of time. It can also help you to understand those often unaccounted-for non-productive times to inform decisions about work schedules and productivity, reducing unnecessary downtime and poor performance.
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Press Center, Speedmaster, Instant Gate, Intellistart, ColorAssist, Intellistart, Inpress, AxisControl, and ImageControl are trademarks of Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG and are used here solely to identify the products with which PressProfiler is compatible.
PressProfiler has given us consistent results from the first time we tried it. With PressProfiler CIP3 we can save as much as 70% on make-readies.
With run lengths continuing to fall, such savings on make-readies are essential. This enhancement will pay for itself in no time at all. PressProfiler is a great value product.
PressProfiler gives us ink data for jobs that allows us to make a fast start, shaving off minutes per make-ready, and saving a whole bunch of waste sheets as well. Multiply that by all the presses and jobs we run every day and the savings really add up.
Dramatic savings on make-ready were accompanied by a much more straightforward approach to good colour on the press. We are now swiftly into good colour on every job, allowing us to make savings on materials as well as time.
The decision to add PressProfiler was an essential move in our opinion: speed, reduced waste, and greater colour consistency are all critical issues for any printers. This package does it all for us, and at a fraction of the cost of similar kit from the press manufacturer
PressProfiler is a product that represents great value. To do the same with the press manufacturers own branded package would cost five times as much. The team at Prepress UK do a fantastic job at a great price!
The ease of working with this system allows for it to be very quickly picked up by our press operators, and is just another step forward with our focus on driving efficiencies through our workflows and operations. It has to be said, the cost saving was also a nice bonus!
Use the profit calculator to find out how much your business could profit from installing PressProfiler.
With automatic ink key presetting providing faster make ready and saved paper PressProfiler can pay for itself in a matter of weeks, leaving you significantly increased profits, year after year.
