Consulting without buzzwords – we deliver measurable results. Market leaders like Heidelberg Druckmaschinen rely on our expertise. Industrial companies, agencies, and printing companies benefit from our high-end expertise for efficient workflows.
Do you want to avoid surprises online and during print output? We are happy to support you with customized training sessions on image processing and color management, including valuable practical tips. We develop media-neutral workflows with you that enable color-accurate outputs across all media channels.
Our color consultants assist you in building color-accurate workflows, from color settings in Photoshop and InDesign to creating PDF-X files, all the way to output on various output systems and color-accurate proofing systems.
Is the color wrong? Complaints in printing can be business-threatening. We help you set up your workflows to be complaint-proof: From image editing software to monitors and output devices, our experts ensure reliable color accuracy in your company and support you in maintaining these standards sustainably.
We assist you with certification according to ISO 12647-2 (ProcessStandard Offset/PSO) or ISO 15311 (ProcessStandard Digital Printing/PSD) in prepress and printing. We provide the necessary color management expertise for data preparation and show you how to adjust the plates for your specific printing processes with process calibrations.
We work with you to set up workflows to print with extended color gamuts, multi-color (CMYKOGV), and/or FM screens.
Do your purchasing or print clerks need guidance through the jargon jungle? Our team clarifies all questions related to prepress, color management, and supports you with your specific printing problems in clear and practical training sessions.
Our consultants develop systems with you that ensure your corporate design is color-consistent across all media channels, starting from data creation in-house or at the agency and with your suppliers for printing, online, packaging, varnishing, textiles, and much more.
Our Color Consultants develop quality assurance concepts for print and online products, create color worlds in a media-neutral color space, establish consistent color management in-house and with suppliers, and provide expertise on color gamut expansion in prepress and press.
Efficiency, cost optimization, and quality are crucial in the modern media industry. We have helped many companies in the industry gain valuable competitive advantages with Process Consulting. Our approach is as individual as your needs: from a practical presentation for you and your employees to the complete setup of your prepress department, including responsible management over several years. Is this investment worth it? Our clients report significant productivity improvements and quality enhancements within a short period of time. It's best to see for yourself: our team looks forward to working with you!
If you already know your specific needs, you can also directly book one of our training modules. The training content comes directly from our operational practice: we only train what we implement ourselves on a daily basis. Hardware and software have been known and tested by us since the beta phase.
The timing in media production has reached dizzying levels. And still produce in an organized and secure manner? At ctrl-s, we see ourselves as a partner on equal terms: We make your process as transparent as we would want it for ourselves as an industrial company or agency. Our online portals, for example, offer you the option to check the current status of your project down to the minute. You’ll always have approvals and to-dos in sight – after all, you will be instantly informed via email automation.
Particularly our customers from printing houses are fond of using our remote service offerings: For instance, we transmit proof-ready projects 24/7 directly to your output devices via data connection, saving you valuable working hours through the automated presetting of your machines – from the saddle stitcher to the cutting machine.
And of course, your contacts are always available by phone for you.
Who hasn’t experienced this? The project pressure is enormous, corrections are unclear or get lost via analog or digital means, the approval doesn’t come through, or the contact person is unreachable. RemoteServices offer intelligent processes: fixed data transfer, comfortable correction cycles, and a clear and fast approval process – all of this and much more is combined into one system. Moreover, RemoteServices are intuitively operable, and with internet access, you already have all the prerequisites. Try RemoteServices with your next project at ctrl-s!
The components of RemoteServices are as comprehensive as your tasks. We integrate our services into your value chain. And of course, your customers can also interactively participate in the processes!
Complete correction and approval processes for pages and sheets, professionally and color-accurately binding. In an easy-to-use online portal, you communicate with us and your customers.
We handle the data output in your printing company: the absolutely binding data – pixelated by the CtP RIP – are automatically transmitted to your systems and output according to your needs and customer requirements: either as a complete print sheet on your plotter or as a booklet on a laser copier or digital printing press. With the latter, you save time-consuming folding and gluing of the print sheets.
You or your clients upload PDFs, which are then prepared, transferred, and output in the ctrl-s workflow for color-accurate output on a proofing system within your premises. You can produce color-accurate proofs in-house without having to invest in expensive and complex proofing software. We handle the configuration and quality monitoring.
Your existing CtP recorder or a recorder selected in collaboration with our systems specialists as a requirement for RemoteImaging. We provide independent advice and have excellent connections in the used machinery market.
Fully automated transfer of recorder-ready data from the ctrl-s workflow systems to your in-house CtP recorder. You save time-consuming and error-prone data processing and can do without expensive workflow systems. However, you still benefit from in-house plate creation: no transport times and quick reprints if a plate is damaged in the printing press.
Fully automatic transfer of preset data for printing presses, cutting machines, and saddle stitchers directly from the ctrl-s workflow system. This enables significant advantages in setup time and helps save valuable waste.
Your employees use software installed by ctrl-s on the internet. Clear benefits: 24/7 availability, accessible worldwide, always the latest powerful versions, no capital investment in rarely used features, administration, training, workflow optimization, and consulting by ctrl-s specialists.