Premedia / Prepress Services : Brand Marketing, Flexography, Lithography, Photography, Prepress Services, Digital Asset Management, Wide format printing : Splash Graphics, Inc.Splash Graphics, Inc.

Prepress

Brand recognition is the essence of your business, corporate colors, themes, and styles need to have visual continuity over many different production processes to provide immediate brand recognition by the consumer. Our sole focus is to monitor, control and manage the consistent visual appearance of your brand regardless of the process used to produce it.

As your premedia resource it’s our commitment to work with your web designers, graphic designers, manufacturers (offset, flexo, etc.) to achieve a consistent visual appearance. We serve as a premedia hub to these various production processes. This allows you to control, execute and deliver an assurance of confidence in your product to your consumers.

Prepress for all printing processes

Splash Graphics has 31+ years experience in preparing files and plate making for various printing processes. Our team consists of a skilled and experienced group of individuals who understand the craft as well as technical aspects behind color, fades, traps, color gamut, moiré, stochastic etc. Our prepress folks know how to manage the nuances between substrate and manufacturing processes to deliver brand consistent quality. Our file prep teams will ensure smooth production as you move down the manufacturing pipeline.

Digital prepress for Flexography & Lithography

Image work

Image Optimization
Color correction
Retouching
Image merging
Image restoration
Outlining
Shadow creation
Special effects

Proofing

Epson inkjet proofs
4-Cast Proof
Media-Rite Proof
Foresight Proofing (digital)
Inkjet imposition proofs
Overlay proof
Remote proofing
3D PDF Proof

Digital Assembly & RIP Services

Stochastic Screening
Moiré pattern reduction using screening options
Extended Gamut
Touch plates
Computer-to-plate (ctp) output 58″x80″
Film Output
Hybrid Screening

Output Services

Flexo Plate
Lithoplate VLF Upto(58″ x 80″)
Film Output Upto(30″ x 40″)
Coating Plates

Other Services

Digital Asset Management
Pre-production job analysis
Consulting on managing brand consistency across substrates.
Customized print production projects
Packaging die line creation

Kodak Flexcel NX Flexographic Plates

The NX plate is the most unique plate on the market today! Press crews swear by its reliability, consistency and longevity. Great looking fades and better ink densities while actually using less ink! Customers are enjoying better looking product, greater shelf impact and fantastic blends. The absence of oxygen and engraving the surface of the dot is resulting in some unbelievable printing.

Flexcel NX Plate Dots Vs LAMS Plate Dots

Benefits of Flat Dot Structure

Wider impression latitude
Faster make ready
Reduced plate wear resulting in longer life
Increased process printing, less spot colors

Issues with the traditional flexo plates:

Compressed tonal range
Compressed color gamut
Bump curves required
Separating tone work from solid and line work
Square pixel to round laser beam
Oxygen inhibition
Rounded dot structure
Difficulty in color matching
Shortened plate life
Using more than minimum number of plates
Confusing sustainability messages

Image Quality

Traditional CTP, cannot retain highlight dots without image correction. Also, the overall image looks posterized with shadow tones plugging up. With dot correction, resulting image will clip or will be flat due to limited tonal range.

Flexcel Plates Image Output Quality

“With Splash’s expertise and Kodak Flexcel NX plates, you will be able to print with the richness that the designer had intended.”

Image Transfer

Splash can help make dramatic quality improvements in the flexo pressroom:

Can use all 256 gray levels up to 300 lpi
Expanded tone range
Expanded color gamut
FM screening is practical for flexo

Flexcel Plates Image Transfer from file to plate

Offset CTP Services up to 58" x 80"

Computer to Plate: Image plates up to 58” x 80” directly from files.

We have been providing offset plate making services since 1996. We act as back up plate supplier to many high volume shops as well as primary supplier for many operations that have multiple locations.

Our services reach from coast to coast.

Proofing

Proofing G7, GMI, Pressmatch certified proofs at multiple locations simultaneously allows all people involved in the approval process to attend the same “virtual” meeting. Eliminating time consuming variables in the process such as shipping significantly expedites time to market/press. Regional and national brands have found our remote proofing to be of immense value.

Physical Proofing:

Splash Graphics offers three very unique options in the proofing space. All three options are great proofs each however offers progressively unique qualities based on your application or need.

Epson Proof (Economical proof – (Not advised for Flexo,))

Good for four color process
Average on PMS simulations
Weak on shadows and gradient fades for flexo
G7 standard

4-Cast Proof (Must for Flexo)

Flexo highlight dot simulation.
Good on four color process
Great on PMS simulations
G7, GMI, or Press Condition
Expanded gamut proofing
Matt / Gloss varnish options
Soft touch overall varnish simulation

Media-Rite (all the benefits of 4-Cast, Caveat: Proof on your supplied substrate)

Proof on most of your supplied substrate
Metallic simulation using our foil board (no longer on your substrate)

Foresight (Digital Approval for content)

Communication tool to convey changes
Route approvals within multiple people in a team
Ability to evaluate and collaborate

Remote Proofing:

Proofing G7 certified proofs at multiple locations simultaneously allows all people involved in the approval process to attend the same “virtual” meeting. Eliminating time consuming variables in the process such as shipping significantly expedites time to market/press. Regional and national brands have found our remote proofing to be of immense value.

Digital Asset Management

The traditional methods used to manage graphic arts workflows have changed drastically as a result of the introduction of digital asset management. This technology now lets authorized users at any location anywhere in the world, work on a project for design, production, management, graphic editing etc. in real time. It is not just an archiving tool but it is a vital part of the workflow.

Centralized Data Solutions
Final page files distributed to stakeholders anywhere with internet access.
Consistency (most updated version at all times)
Flexibility; 24/7 access
Efficiency – quick retrieval
Image files archived for various applications, i.e. offset, flexo, web
Brand approved assets available to all.

Please contact our customer service representative for more information about digital asset management.

Disaster Planning Service

The consequences of idle production facilities as a result of down CTP devices can be detrimental to daily operations. Additionally, the stress associated with delayed schedules, rerouting jobs, perhaps outsourcing and overtime headaches are detrimental to a business. Why not avoid all this by having a reliable back up CTP supplier that can be counted on?

Benefits of Splash as your back up CTP source:

No more worries
No waste of management, sales and staff time
No delayed schedules
No worry if parts don’t arrive on time
No need for expensive duplicate CTP back up equipment or associated ongoing expenses
No production delays
No overtime costs
Eliminate negative impact on customers
No press down time
Eliminate delays in finishing operations

How Program Works?

1. When you join the Splash back up program, we will coordinate with your pre-press department to work up all details.
2. Output of plates every two months allowing us to adjust and maintain compatibility.
3. When emergencies arrive we will be ready to step up.
4. We will stock plate material to meet your plate size needs.

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