Caldera’s New Prepress Automation Solution
While automating repetitive prepress tasks, PrimeCenter allows you to increase operator productivity and optimize your layouts to save time and reduce media usage.
Orders (or jobs) are first submitted to the prepress station, either manually, from a WebShop or from an ERP. Then, Caldera PrimeCenter generates nested layouts based on ”recipes” created by the operator.
After adding the marks and optimizing the nesting, PrimeCenter sends both PDF files (the print file and the cut file) to the production stage. At this stage, CalderaRIP software can be integrated to RIP the file before printing. After printing is done, the cutting can start!
Based on cutting-edge A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) technologies, our blazing-fast “Prime Nesting” algorithm achieves a high level of optimization while guaranteeing reusability. Minimizing media waste and beating the best manually generated nestings allow you to save money and scale up your production.
Create your own recipe and automate repetitive manual tasks such as preflight, bleed, assigning the sizes, assigning production configuration, adding the annotations, or QR codes. Save your recipe and apply it as many times as necessary!
Synchronization with Zünd Cut Center media and tools, and transfer of metadata for cutting automation.
Reduce the error rate, optimize your organization, save time when preparing the shipments and when searching for an order or a client.
Improves job tracking with XML technology. Can be integrated with all types of ERP, MIS and webshops.
Caldera PrimeCenter is a versatile tool that can benefit print operations of all sizes. Owner-operators will find that it integrates seamlessly with the RIP and helps save valuable time in file preparation. For medium-size print shops, it reduces the need for a dedicated prepress operator, freeing up time to focus on printing rather than preparation. In larger printing operations, the ability to automate daily repetitive tasks has significant benefits.
True Shape nesting is a “NP-complete” problem, meaning that it is not possible to find the best solution without a prohibitive time consuming inspection of all the possibilities. The exploding combinatory of solutions leads to mix different strategies (classically called heuristics) to avoid local optimums and maximize efficiency. Prime Nesting combines several heuristics to find the better match given a maximal allowed nesting time.
Without Prime Nesting // With Prime Nesting
Caldera PrimeCenter works for all types of Print&Cut applications, including:
PrimeCenter has a feature that can group together incoming files based on a specific data. That is called ”ganging.”
For example, if you have three multi-pages PDF files from two different customers, PrimeCenter will use Metadata -customer’s ID e.g- to queue the files in separated nests. This feature eases the finishing and delivery process.
Traditionally, what is called ‘data’ in the large format digital printing industry is what is printed. The data is printed.
Metadata is all the different information that comes with the printed file such as for example the order number, the professional channel, the order date, the delivery date, the printer, etc. It helps you organize, filter and enrich your files via QRcodes.
This new product comes with a choice of three editions:
Parameters for preflight, nesting and other functions are applied manually.
Layouts from incoming files are automatically generated, though not exported to the controller or the RIP. The application of parameters for preflight and nesting can be semi-automated via the creation of scripted actions.
Includes the features of PrimeCenter Pro, but the automatically generated layouts are also automatically exported to the controller or the RIP.
Caldera PrimeCenter supports :
Caldera PrimeCenter is a multiplatform software, compatible with the following operating systems:
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Windows 10 |
mac OS X Catalina |
Debian 10 |
Compatible with any RIP and cutter controller supporting PDF, but integrated only with CalderaRIP and Zünd Cut Center.
*Based on a 2020 survey from Caldera on a panel of 500 printshops.
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