FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2004
Onyx Graphics Partners with the Avery Dennison Graphics Division to Offer Online ICC Profiles
MIDVALE, UT -- Onyx Graphics has partnered with the Avery
Dennison Graphics Division North America to provide ICC profiles to
customers using Avery Dennison media products in large format printers
driven by Onyx Graphics software packages. Onyx Graphics will develop color
profiles for Avery Graphics, making it easier for customers to use Avery
media for digital printing applications. The profiles are now available
online through Onyx Graphics¹ and Avery Dennison¹s web sites.
Developed by the International Color Consortium, ICC profiles are widely
used throughout the digital color display and printing industries to
translate color data created on one device (e.g. an RGB monitor) into the
native color space of another device (e.g. a CMYK inkjet printer), ensuring
accurate color reproduction.
As part of this agreement, Avery Graphics will exclusively offer barcodes on
all profiled pressure-sensitive and banner solvent inkjet printable media
that are run on the most popular solvent and eco-solvent printers. With a
simple scan using a standard barcode reader, users can eliminate the need
for manual settings on ink configuration, media type, page size and heat
settings, streamlining the workflow process and reducing the margin of human
error. Onyx Graphics and Avery Dennison will provide barcodes on new media
as they become available.
"I am very excited about this proactive partnership between Onyx Graphics
and Avery Dennison as it shows a high level of commitment to our mutual
customers," said Cassey Scoffield, Director of Sales & Business Development
for The Americas at Onyx Graphics. "The goal is to make it very easy for
our customers to incorporate Avery profiles into Onyx Graphics workflow
giving them the ability to produce high quality prints while reducing their
media waste. I am also excited to introduce Onyx Graphics barcode
technology to this solution as I see this "industry first" becoming an
industry standard."
"We are very impressed with the manner in which Onyx strives to offer not
just software but solutions to their customer base," said Tom Durner,
Business Development Manager, Avery Dennison. "This is a strategy which we
have employed for years as well. With this alliance of two industry
leaders, our goals are to simplify the printing process by minimizing
non-productive time searching for the correct profile and making the
printing process more profitable by eliminating scrap generated by having to
adjust colors."
ICC Profiles Online Available from Onyx Graphics or Avery Dennison
To download the free media profiles, visit www.onyxgfx.com
, click on
"Downloads," then "Driver and Media Library." Visitors to Avery Dennison¹s
web site should go to www.averygraphics.com, click on the "Digital Printing"
button under the "Products" tab, then select "ICC profiles" under the
"Resources" tab.
Onyx Graphics Participates in Avery Dennison¹s Graphics University
Onyx Graphics representatives will also be available for portions of Avery
Dennison's Graphics University (GU) program relating to color management and
profiling. Located in Cleveland, Ohio, the GU program blends classroom
theory with hands-on training. Attendees learn about Avery Graphics
products, industry trends, technological advances in material conversion and
application of materials during live demonstrations. For more information
about Avery Dennison Graphics Division or Graphics University, visit
www.averygraphics.com
About Avery Dennison
With offices in Painesville and Hamilton, Ohio, Avery Dennison Graphics
Division North America features a broad range of products for super-wide and
wide format digital printing, traditional printing technologies and cut
signage applications. Its products are used in applications ranging from
short-term promotional graphics such as signage, banners, labels, exhibits,
displays and bus-wrap markings to long-term durable graphic applications
such as fleet markings, backlit signs, vehicle striping and graphics. The
Graphics Division is a division of Avery Dennison Corporation, based in
Pasadena, California. The Company develops, manufactures and markets a wide
range of products for consumer and industrial markets. The Company had sales
of $4.8 billion in 2003.
About Onyx Graphics
Onyx Graphics, a division of Océ Display Graphics Systems, Inc., develops
and markets commercial printing software and solutions for the digital color
printing marketplace. Its award-winning and market-leading products include
Onyx ProductionHouse, Onyx PosterShop, Onyx RIPCenterTM, Onyx ProofCenterTM
and Onyx PosterGenieTM software packages. Onyx Graphics is the leading
developer of large format digital color printing software with the largest
installed base worldwide. For more information, visit Onyx Graphics at
www.onyxgfx.com
.
"Onyx" and "Onyx PosterShop" are registered trademarks, and "Onyx
ProductionHouse," "Onyx RIPCenter" and "Onyx ProofCenter" are trademarks of
Onyx Graphics, a division of Océ Display Graphics Systems, Inc. All other
product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks and are
the property of their owners and are respectively acknowledged.
