The Cambridge-based software developer said that it has made improvements to TrapPro, its in-RIP trapping engine, resulting in an up to eight times increase in trapping performance, due to the more efficient use of memory.
Global Graphics chief technology officer Martin Bailey said: "TrapPro always produced very good traps, but in the past some complex pages took longer to process than was profitable. We're now well below the threshold where that's a problem.Obviously, as run lengths come down, you can't afford to wait for plates, so the ability to process pages quickly
is paramount."
The company has also fine-tuned its Harlequin ColorPro module, which provides colour process control to give increased accuracy to spot colour conversion.
The update follows Drupa 2008's launch of Harlequin 8, which introduced multi-thread rendering to build upon Duo and Quad core technologies.
Global Graphics improves trapping and transparency in Harlequin 8.1
Global Graphics has introduced "substantial enhancements" to trapping and transparency performance, as well as spot colour processing, in the latest version of its Harlequin RIP, the Harlequin Plus Server RIP 8.1.
