The partnership, which went live on 1 March, covers products including automated colour conversion suite GMG ColorServer and GMG ColorProof software for verified contract proofing.

“With over 50 years’ experience in the printing industry, SOS is the perfect partner to further strengthen our colour management offering into the UK market,” said GMG Color UK commercial director Russell Weller.

“Whether it’s high-end colour accurate proofing, realistic mock-ups, or best in class colour conversion, GMG UK, in partnership with SOS, can fulfil the entire end to end colour management process.”

The deal also includes GMG’s prototype proofing solution.

According to the two companies, the Roland LEC2-330 UV printer sold through SOS can be driven by GMG ColorProof and GMG OpenColor to “provide reliable calibration and profiling when producing mock-ups on production substrates, with finishing possibilities including metallic effects”.

“GMG has excellent credentials and a great reputation; we can only benefit from having them on board as we strive to maintain our position as the go-to source for colour expertise in the UK print market,” said SOS technical manager Omran Anwar.

As well as colour management software, SOS also supplies CTP kit, workflows, blankets, inks, plates and chemicals and has reseller deals in place for Epson, Fujifilm, Roland DG and Yotta wide-format printers. It’s also a reseller of Konica Minolta cutsheet printers.

Last year the business acquired CTP kit reseller and support specialist Prepress Services (PPS) to expand its product and service offering.