The upgrade, which was effective from January, means all Truepress 520HD machines will now be equipped as standard with Konica Minolta Sensing’s Myiro automatic colour calibration system.

Consisting of an auto-scan spectrophotometer and software bundle, the Myiro system will save printers from wasting otherwise productive time on colour calibration, according to Screen Europe.

The new system, where operators are guided through calibration by the ‘Myiro tools for Screen’ software, requires several minutes at each stage of calibration in addition to printing time: the entire process now takes around 30 - 45 minutes, according to Screen, in comparison to the two or three hours required by the previous calibration method for the 520HD.

Costing around €8,000 (£7,110), the Myiro is a stand-alone system designed for the Truepress.

Taishi Motoshige, marketing director at Screen Europe added: “The big difference with our previous system will be the standard built-in quality control, complying to common industry standards such as Fogra PSD, G7 Verify and ISO validation print, because this is what our customers will use every day.”

“Thanks to the spectrophotometer, our customers will detect colour differences before the human eye can see them, earlier than before, and in much more detail.”

The fact that Myiro’s software detects where to measure, he added, allows the system to be one of the most accurate measurement technologies on the market.

Owners of existing 520HD presses will be visited by a Screen Europe technician, who will be showing customers the new Myiro system.

“Colour calibration is the essential, final step in the setup of a printing process,” said Markus Hitzler, technical sales manager of graphic arts at Konica Minolta Sensing Europe.

“This step ultimately determines whether the qualities of the press, paper and ink can be fully utilised. It also has a significant influence on commercial aspects, such as ink consumption. Only with perfect calibration does the machine print exactly what the designer created.”

Myiro - from the Japanese ‘iro’, meaning ‘colour’ - will be displayed at Screen Europe’s Amstelveen showroom in the Netherlands, and from Screen Europe’s soon-to-open Aalsmeer Inkjet Innovation Centre Europe in the spring of 2023. 

Screen Europe said it was planning to introduce the Myiro calibration system to its Truepress Jet L350UV label press.