Onyx Graphics announces the release of Onyx Automation Libraries
Onyx Graphics announced the availability of new Onyx Automation Libraries to help print shops automate faster, improve print workflow efficiencies and reduce manual errors. These automation resource libraries contain examples of print and cut workflow configurations using Quick Sets and Adobe swatch libraries used for cutting. Current libraries can be used immediately after download, or as examples that can be edited or adjusted to directly impact the automation workflow needs of a print shop. Included are example Quick Sets for banners, wraps, grayscale, and tiling with a variety of finishing mark settings. Also provided are Adobe Illustrator color swatch libraries for common cutter devices such as Summa, Graphtec, and HP to further reduce set up time for print and cut workflows.
“As print shops pivot to provide new and innovative print applications and streamline print processes, it is clear automation is essential to achieve business goals,” says Matt Crawford, director of Product Marketing at Onyx Graphics. “Onyx Quick Sets provide a fast, easy way to automate. These Quick Set examples will help print shops focus on production instead of file preparation.”
Onyx Automation Libraries are exclusive to Onyx software and with their release, join the wider host of Onyx user resources developed for Onyx users around the globe. They include myOnyx, an online gateway containing smart business tools, product help, video tutorials, knowledge-based articles, and whitepapers to help keep Onyx users’ businesses running smoothly; Onyx TV, the official Onyx YouTube channel with quick tips, how-to videos and Onyx news; Onyx Training, web-based and hands-on Onyx certification workshops and free educational webinars to further customer knowledge on Onyx software; and Onyx Advantage, the company’s subscription-based support and maintenance program with easy access to online help and a dedicated technical support hotline service center.
Availability
Onyx Automation Libraries are available now to all Onyx users through the myOnyx portal. New users are encouraged to create an account on the company’s website at www.Onyxgfx.com/my-Onyx.
2023 promises an interesting ride for print in India
Indian Printer and Publisher founded in 1979 is the oldest B2B trade publication in the multi-platform and
multi-channel IPPGroup. While the print and packaging industries have been resilient in the past 33 months since the pandemic lockdown of 25 March 2020, the commercial printing and newspaper industries have yet to recover their pre-Covid trajectory.
The fragmented commercial printing industry faces substantial challenges as does the newspaper industry.
While digital short-run printing and the signage industry seem to be recovering a bit faster, ultimately
their growth will also be moderated by the progress of the overall economy. On the other hand book
printing exports are doing well but they too face several supply-chain and logistics challenges.
The price of publication papers including newsprint has been high in the past year while availability is diminished by several mills shutting down their publication paper and newsprint machines in the past four years. Indian paper mills are also exporting many types of paper and have raised prices for Indian printers. To some extent, this has helped in the recovery of the digital printing industry with its on-demand short-run and low-wastage paradigm.
Ultimately digital print and other digital channels will help print grow in a country where we are still far behind in our paper and print consumption and where digital is a leapfrog technology that will only increase the demand for print in the foreseeable future. For instance, there is no alternative to a rise in textbook consumption but this segment will only reach normality in the next financial year beginning on 1 April 2023.
Thus while the new normal is a moving target and many commercial printers look to diversification, we believe that our target audiences may shift and change. Like them, we will also have to adapt with agility to keep up with their business and technical information needs.
Our 2023 media kit is ready, and it is the right time to take stock and reconnect with your potential markets and customers. Print is the glue for the growth of liberal education, new industry, and an emerging economy. We seek your participation in what promises to be an interesting ride.
