Generation Printing calls new Metrix 1.5
"amazing". Saves them 2-3 hours every gang
layout they print.
Sydney, Australia, January 10, 2005 -
Having used Metrix 1.5 for just a few weeks Edward Kouwenhoven,
co-founder of Generation Printing, Vancouver, Canada, declared
"Metrix is amazing. It is saving us 2-3 hours of work
for every gang layout we print, which is opening up new markets
to us. We can pass these savings on to our customers to win
even further business." LithoTechnics Pty Limited (www.lithotechnics.com)
debuted Metrix 1.5, the first upgrade of their latest product,
Metrix, at GraphExpo in October.
According to Frank Romano, Professor Emeritus,
Rochester Institute of Technology School of Print Media, "Metrix
works like magic. It optimizes press sheet layouts for ganging
multiple products, eliminates the complexities of gang printing
and minimizes stock waste, placing as much product on a press
sheet as possible, while considering printer/press capabilities
and product specs such as grain direction."
Metrix is the first truly automatic layout calculator
designed specifically for estimators, customer service representatives,
production planners, and prepress operators. The new 1.5 version
can plan up to one hundred products, all of different sizes
and quantities, mixtures of flat and folded work, and each
with different bleeds and grain direction requirements. Metrix
calculates the layout at the click of a button.
"Gang printing is very profitable, and
more and more commercial printers are using Metrix to capitalize
on this opportunity," says Rohan Holt, LithoTechnics
founder. "Metrix eliminates the complexities of gang
layouts, enabling even the least skilled planner to confidently
create instant layouts."
Metrix can also export Preps® templates,
streamlining prepress production, and exports JDF and CIP3
data to cutters and folding machines in the finishing department.
Metrix integrates with compatible MIS systems by importing
JDF (Job Definition Format) product specifications.
About LithoTechnics
LithoTechnics is a privately held company founded in 2003
by Rohan Holt. Holt is the original inventor of SuperImpose™,
the product that was adapted and renamed UpFront® when
it was acquired by ScenicSoft in 1999. Based south of Sydney,
Australia, LithoTechnics is a software company focused on
providing key tools and technologies to enable print workflow
automation. LithoTechnics is a full member of the CIP4 Organization.
