With the rapid growth in smart phones and e-reader tablets the way readers view published content have changed, the digital reading mediums have created new and exciting publishing channels for content owners.

Compose digital publishing engine offers easy-to-use re-purposing tools to enable publisher to convert print-ready PDF files into multimedia flipbook suitable for modern smart e-reading devices. The complete ePub solution includes brandable e-readers that publisher can made available for downloading (with or without charge) at the popular Apps Stores.

Compose offers three types of e-readers addressing the specific needs of the markets:

• XPNewsMag for the Newspaper and Magazine
• Tech Book for the higher education & technical e-publications
• Extreme Multimedia suitable for ebooks with embedded rich interactive and multimedia contents, such as children books or interactive educational e-books.

Compose e-Readers have the following powerful features:

• HTML5 and CSS3 support to provide rich interactive multimedia content such as photo, video, sound track, animation and dynamic web link.

• Encryption Protection to protect the intellectual property of the publishers.

• Enhanced Professional Layouts that make it easy to read mathematical or scientific equations of readers when viewing technical e-documents or non-Western  languages publications.

• Advanced search functions on the published contents. Ideal to offer content management facility to readers.

Express BigIceBox (BIB) is an intelligent and dynamic production imposition solution that optimises multiple jobs on a plate. It minimises paper wastage, brings high productivity and profitability; it fits into the modern world of printing, adopting JDF as a standard for job management.

Express BigIceBox integrates the prepress with the pressroom seamlessly, shortens the production time and reduces human errors. It not only provides a fully automated process from prepress but working together with Compose Express WorkFlow it also provides additional functionality such as preflighting, trapping, proofing and load balancing.

Optionally, BIB can take into consideration specialist requirements like those of the greeting cards segment where features such as tracking, embossing, debossing, foiling needs, etc. need to be taken into accounts.

Key features:

• Integration with MIS system
• Support JDF/JMF job input
• Provides order-based job submission
• Supports job tracking and management
• Dynamic imposition for multiple jobs
• Provides cost effective estimate layout
• Provides production job sheet with logistic information
• Alignment for easy to cut
• Step and Repeat according to different print runs
• Option to select different paper size at ease
• Assignment of Printing instruction
• Color bar and Marks are supported

Express LabelPrint v2 is an updated version of the popular digital label printing solution. Its  powerful ganging and step & repeat feature is designed to handle high jobs throughput, it shortens production time and reduces human error. It has a built-in costs estimator that can calculate the costs of each label job.

Working in conjuction with the  Express WorkFlow, LabelPrint can  provide a fully integrated label printing workflow with preflight, trapping and load balancing functions.

The LabelPrint is the ideal prepress software for short run digital label presses such as the APEX 1290. 

Compose will be launching its new advanced hang-tag printing solution that has been developed to meet the specialist needs of hang-tag print segment. It has advanced tools to manage complex hang-tag jobs, variable data requirements and dynamic job layouts to optimise production run.

Please come by our stand to see a demostration of this innovative hang-tag printing solution.

QuickFit4Print is an intelligent job placement solution that gang multiple jobs onto a designated plate size automatically, it optimises the print run by taking into accounts the different required print quantity and job sizes.

QuickFit4Print minimises humnan intervention and reduces waste, it  delivers efficiency and productivity and is the  ideal workhorse to work alongside Web2Print job submission systems.

Key Features:

• Jobs are packed for easy guillotine, front and back, customize color bars and marks.
• Switch with ease between sheet wise, work and turn, work and tumble imposition
• Print management reports for delivery and statistics.
• 3 versions to meet specific customer needs
• The Full Version supports online job submission with interface to Web2Print or MIS front-end

Express WorkFlow provides reliability, scalability,and efficiency to meet the ever changing demands of today’s prepress industry. It combines practical functionality with ease of use ensuring tight integration and smooth data delivery between all processes in your prepress workflow. Express WorkFlow has been extended to provide JDF support at every stage of the production process such as ink-key value, ripping preference, imposition method, folding instruction, binding and guillotine instruction, etc. It is the ideal modular-based solution for the commercial workflow.

Compose with our established experience in prinitng, colour management and expertise in RIP can  provide bespoke RIP and workflow solutions that are tailored for the exacting requirements of our OEM customers.

Whether you have specific needs for CTPs, digital presses, inkjets, web2print, label presses, or specific prepress or print related applications, we are happy to assist you.

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The Compose Express RIP v9 is an integral part of any professional prepress system, it is designed to handle today's toughest industry requirement, complex file format, matching ICC color. Tiff In/out, Transparencey, Hybrid screening technology, high performance and productivity.

We offer a full range of RIP for specific devices: Hi-Res RIP for CTP and Lo-Res RIP for colour devices or digital presses.

Compose offers a powerful set of in-rip options to fit the specific needs of users:

• Harlequin Precision
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• Dispersed Screening
• Harlequin Error Diffusion Screening
• Harlequin Chain Screening
• Harlequin Micro Screening
• In-RIP trapping
• In-RIP CIP3

Compose also offers add-on options such as the:

• Advanced Auraia DM-II Stochastic Screening
• Express Auto or Interactive TrapExpress
• InkScript for CIP3/4
• Express InkScript Optimizer for colour optimisation and print standardisation
• Lighting TIFF - Harlequin RIP TIFF accelerator
• Visual Proof - powerful soft-proofing and prepress tools
• RasterPrintStation - Compose's TIFF downloader
• Interface cards for popular CTPs

Compose will introduce D-Tone, a revolutionary precision colour management system that brings dramatic productivity gains and cost savings to the traditional print production ecosystem. The patent registered system enables any printers to easily and quickly achieve the highest production quality, including full ISO compliant results in a highly predictable and repeatable process. Developer and inventor, Andrew Yan, will be available at Drupa to demonstrate the D-Tone system.

Please contact us at DTone@compose.co.uk if you would like to arrange a personal demonstration or to discuss dealership or user-licensing arrangements.

InkScript Connect is a powerful and affordable press connection sytems to connect most of the  common press console to receive Ink Key preset value via Ethernet. It can read CIP3 data files from selected front end prepress system and deliver accurate Ink Key value to match press characteristics without operator intervention. It offers the most flexible conditions for ink key presetting, especially in a multiple press environment.

The Loop option enables automatic measurement and evaluation of control strips, as well as the continuous transmission of computed correction values directly to the print console during and throughout the production run to ensure print quality during the print run.

InkScript Connect works with wide range of printing presses and consoles. It can greatly  improve pressroom productivity by shortening make-ready time, reduce paper and ink wastage and bring modern press features to older generation of printing presses.

Compose can offers  a fully integrated Web2Print solution with a complete Web Store Front solution with online web marketing that is Search Engine friendly. It includes unlimited product and user support, pricing calculator for easy product configuration and user pricing, Sales Tax Calculation, Shipping calculation. Full shopping cart support with credit card processing and order management.

User art management system is availble that is built using the latest HTML5 Rich Internet Application technology into a browser based tool. Users can upload their art in all popular formats, it is then automatically preflighted using a powerful engine and reported back in a very simple user friendly fashion. Users can then edit the art in the layout of the exact specs for the product with freestyle control of positioning, scaling, rotation, layering and more. Final designs are then converted to print production ready PDF files and one last preflight is done.

Online PDF files can be automatically rips, traps and produces the final production file as well as an online zoomable proof. Approved proofs can then be added to the shopping cart for final checkout.

Further automation can be delivered through integration with our Express WorkFlow that can take customer jobs submitted from the internet, process them seamlessly through the defined prepress checking, control and approval steps. Electronic and Instantaneous feedback and warning can be sent to the prepress operators or the customers as they arise.

The APEX1290 is a flexible and affordable 4 colour digtal label press designed to make label production fast and easy. It has  full variable data support to take advantage of the high performance digital functionality. The solution also offers a selection of easy to use
applications for label imposition with innovative features to minimise media costs
and save production set-up time.

Key festures:

• High performance single-pass full digital LED production label press that support roll-to-roll or sheet-fed media
• Support roll-to-toll uncut or pre-cut label media
• Bundled with the Compose Express RIP – a market renowned RIP to provide speed and colour performance and Compose LabelPrint for efficient label jobs production
• Optional VariPrint the variable data printing engine to take full advantage of the APEX1290 digital printing capability
• Print at upto 9 meter a minute
• Cut-on-the-fly
• Large range of supported label media stock - paper, textile, PET, PT, vinyl, etc