Patch Application(sm) Coating patterns, cold seal, hot seal and gluing applications all require customized patterns. Harper GraphicSolutions will coordinate the graphic requirements for your pattern rolls. Our review committee will evaluate the requirements for your application and calculate required cell structure and volume. Our Harper GraphicSolutions department will then design and layout the graphics to match your guidelines.
Graphic Banded Roll Layout(sm) A Banded Roll Trial is necessary to accurately determine the required lines screen and volume for your Anilox selection. Harper GraphicSolutions will work with you and design a graphic layout that matches the bands of the roll, and also include relevant targets. The Graphic layout will be emailed to your in-house pre-press department or your pre-press vendor.
FingerPrint Layout(sm) Harper GraphicSolutions will work with you and custom design FingerPrint layouts for the Narrow and Wide Web industry. Each graphic layout will be reviewed to match your print width and repeat length. Once finalized, the layout will be emailed to your in-house pre-press department or pre-press vendor.
Fingerprint Process Management(sm) Getting control of your process often starts with a fingerprint of your current situation. Harper can help set-up and run a press fingerprint of your operation. We then follow-up with a customized report showing the results of your press fingerprint with a suggested plan of action moving forward.
Color Management(sm) If you are struggling with matching contract proofs to press on new jobs some of the time, we can help. Many situations create a great deal of ambiguity and guesswork for designers who create and proof colors on their desktop devices. Scanned colors do not look the same when they are displayed on a monitor; on-screen colors do not match the printed proof; and the colors in image files display and output differently at each production site. Color management helps solve these problems at the display level, and in turn provide solutions down stream, as well. With a quality process evaluation our consulting team will analyze the objectives and supply you with a comprehensive game plan to decrease down time and increase efficiencies.
Pre-Press Management(sm) An ongoing challenge for customers is the numerous variables in the pre-press department. We will evaluate current workflow and define a quantifiable operating procedure that will ensure the maximization of your equipment and personnel.
Press Room Management(sm) As we look at improving upon our customer’s processes we will break out the different areas of the process and ask the pertinent questions to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the customer. After which we will propose specific solutions to address current challenge. We have broken this out into the following key areas as follows:
Graphic Team Meeting(sm) The Graphic Team Meeting has proven to be successful with our customers by utilizing components of our marketed services and incorporating the synergy of co-suppliers. Harper GraphicSolutions’ Technician choreographs a meeting to include our anilox expert along with your ink, plate and substrate suppliers. The group will get together to discuss ways to meet the goals and objectives of your printing operation.
Flexsys Simulator Training & Upgrades(sm) In today’s production environment, it is difficult to find and maintain individuals whose possess the troubleshooting skills needed in the pressroom. Furthermore, clients are expecting higher quality at a reduced cost, which puts a strain on profits and leaves very little room for waste or downtime. Inexperienced operators are forced to learn their troubleshooting skills at the expense of making mistakes while running in a production environment. With the technology that is available to us today, we are able to train and assess an individuals though process and troubleshooting skills without absorbing the cost of wasted materials and valuable press time. The FlexSys simulator will increase production, reduce waste and strengthen employees troubleshooting skills from the novice to the expert press operator.
This dynamic training tool will provide solutions to your most challenging situations. Return on Investment When making decision regarding the value of ones investment, nothing speaks clearer than an ROI. Harper GraphicSolutions will put together a Return On Investment that outlines current cost centers and the value of the solutions program being proposed. This will give an illustration of operating waste, employee and substrate costs in comparison to program cost and more importantly the savings to be had as a result of the HGS program.
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