DRUPA 2004 -- Gearing Up for the Big Show

Picking Up a Six Pack

Tackling the same issue is M.Y. PrinTech B.V. with its FMsix technology. Noting that it was developed by a printer for printers, the company bills the system as "the best kept secret in six-color printing" of packaging.

According to Jan Goovaerts, sales and marketing manager, M.Y. Cartons B.V. (which spun off PrinTech to market the system) did not set out to increase the gamut of CYMK printing, but rather was seeking a user-friendly solution for reproducing spot colors with greater consistency. PrinTech claims its technology can reproduce 85 percent or more of all specialty colors within tolerances smaller than the color variation normally seen with use of a special ink.