Intelligent trapping
Page layout application controls for setting trapping parameters such as trap zones. Using standard tools such as plug-ins for Acrobat Pagemaker and InDesign or extensions for Quark, the Express Trap reads and applies settings from within the RIP environment and translates these settings intelligently into trapping parameters.
Trap-On-Fly Preview
Powerful Trap-On-Fly option allows previewing trap settings in the current zoom window instantly.
Trapping parameters adjustment tools
Flexible trapping adjustment tools to change trapping parameters on a page or page zone basis for single-page or multi-page jobs.
Ink remapping and overprint tools
Tools to control the number of separations and inks overprint. Combine spot colours into one, convert to process or rename them. Control inks output order.
Express Trap's Ink Remapping Tool
Separate trap colour reduction controls
Trap colour is the result of combining colours to create a trap, and trap colour reduction is the result of reducing the value of trap colours to lower the overall darkness of these combined colours.
Intelligent brush
Automatic adjustments of corner width when creating complicated trap shapes.
Easy Setup tools Configure trapping queues in the Harlequin RIP using special setting tools.
Express Trap support
Express Trap Viewer can work as a remote or server based automatic trapping station via a watch folder.
Cross-platform
Works on Windows and Mac platforms.
Enchanced i-Tone option - Hybrid Screening Technology
Hybrid Screening is a solution to the “highlight break” of flexography printing. The excessive highlight gain and minimum dot “requirements” - caused by the nature of small dots on flexo plates to “squash” and become bigger - have long been considered an insurmountable obstacle in the path of high-quality flexography printing. Hybrid Screening combines the best of traditional screening and stochastic by creating a smooth transition between stochastic highlight dots and conventional screening through the rest of the print range. You can now print highlights which truly fade to zero, and have precise control over subtle pastels and shadings previously nearly impossible to achieve in print production.
