Trigon’s Patricia Pinto takes proofing to the next level

“Initially when the journey of Trigon began back in February 2008, we were doing proofing on a small scale and we had to convince the customers to get the proofing done with us and the biggest disadvantage was the Kodak machine which we had at that time couldn’t print on the actual substrate,” said Pinto. “Slowly we earned the trust of the customer by giving the best out of what we have,” she added.

According to Pinto, the method of proofing and the technology used for proofing has changed a lot in the years. “Earlier proofing used to be just taking out colour printouts and sticking it onto the product and but now we are in a position to demonstrate the final pack on the product with the help of software on a computer screen and we can now take prints on the actual substrate with our Kodak NX Approval machine, added Pinto. 

The tools of trade used by Trigon ranges from Kodak NX approval, Esko Konsberg for prototyping, pre- distortion software for shrink sleeves and 3D studio visualisation.

The success of Trigon attributes to the softwares they use in producing the mockups and colour management. Pinto’s emphasis was on the 3D visualisation software from Esko. “This tool is a time and money saver for a pre-press house. They can help one visualise the post-production processes before hand and have a 360 degree look of the product,” said Pinto.

“The 3D studio visualisation software has the ability to provide the customer with embossing, shine processes on the computer screen which helps the customers to cut down to single option instead of four or five mock-ups,” she said.

“For every job, we give a timeline of 24 hours. We receive the artwork from the agency in four options and half the day goes in for the colour separation for the print. Later we make the 3D model of the pack using the 3D studio visualisation software in two hours and send it for approval. The final stage is the making of mock-ups from the approved artwork,” said Pinto.

“Time is money in the current scenario and to preserve time pre-press is an important stage before entering into printing,” concluded Pinto.