ESKO
Fast, accurate and giving the perfect look and feel of a carton virtually with all the effects, the Esko Software was a boon which integrated the thought processes of design agencies, the customers as well as the packaging developers to produce competitive, purposeful, high quality, cost-effective and visually attractive folding cartons.
Esko helps prepress department converts customer artworks into print-ready files within short deadlines without compromising on quality
Epson PROOFER + Sample maker
Integrated with the Esko software, the Epson proofer and sample maker has revolutionized the packaging proofing and sample making industry. And, it is this revolutionary technology that we have instituted in the pre-press department at Yamir Packaging.
By bringing the production of proofing sheets and subsequent sample making inhouse, not only has Yamir strengthened the proofing approval process with no cost of setting up production runs but it has also cut down on the lengthy and tedious process of sample making by hand. The Proofer also has a robotic arm to calibrate proofer with actual machine.
With no stages of machine-printed proofing (printing/ print outs of the single up artwork in sheet) and dummy proofing or ongoing production proofing, the software, proofer and sample maker together rule out human error and its related rejections and promise quick turnarounds of new jobs. The software comes with an integrated database and automatically creates plate layouts and keylines for die preparation.
Graphic designers in the Yamir pre-press team use Esko ArtiosCAD software with various plugins for structural design, product development and virtual prototyping.
While Esko's Deskpack product helps designers import all structural design files (CAD data) / artworks and helps create repetitions for print-ready production files, the Studio visualizer is a 3D packaging design tool which helps the Yamir Sales Team send different ideas of look and feel online to the customer or design agency to help them choose their final carton specifications. It creates exciting 3D visuals to show to the customers, ranging from PDF files with 3D content to movies, or a virtual carton shot. Esko Plato is the software that links the multi-up layout to the plate maker.
With complete 3D modeling and design integration, Yamir's prepress and the marketing team can produce mechanical prototype designs of cartons from the customer's artworks with permutation-combinations of surface finishes vis-à-vis backdrops of shopping centres, malls, medical shops or natural light. These are then emailed to the customer for approval.