Amfortis is a dedicated all-in-one PDF workflow solution for packaging converters and label printers, covering all prepress production tasks from preflighting, stepping and repeating and proofing to rendering.
Amfortis uses ECO3’s Digital QuickStrip mechanism to render a single artwork, which then gets stepped to fill a complete print sheet. This has two great advantages: it keeps file sizes and hardware requirements low, which speeds up your production process. It also ensures a perfectly consistent print quality. As the box is rendered, before it is placed, it will always retain its characteristics, no matter its position or orientation.
Amfortis incorporates our revolutionary SPIR@L screening, which replaces the traditional ink dot with more efficient shapes. The result? Excellent print quality and significant ink savings, as well as increased printing speed and stability on press!
Built into Amfortis is our comprehensive print standardization software PressTune, which gives you a firm grip on print quality and color consistency and lets you share objective evaluations with brand owners. You’ll benefit from faster make-ready, lower ink and paper consumption, and smoother approvals.
Amfortis manages jobs, outputs plates, and creates proofs. However, it can also drive digital presses or wide-format printers for sample or short-run production, as well as cutter devices.
Amfortis integrates with ECO3’s Arziro, an Illustrator plug-in that makes it easy to add specific design elements to artwork for brand protection. Arziro not only protects printed packages against counterfeiting, it also enhances their shelf appeal, thus enabling you to create added value for brand owners.
Since implementing the Amfortis workflow, we have seen a significant improvement in our efficiency and accuracy. The step-and-repeat tool is incredibly intuitive; with just one die layout, the program automatically repeats all the poses based on the die-cutting plan, eliminating any possibility of human error.
Luciana Bianchi, Product Development - Overprint (left in the photo)
Read moreAmfortis automates many aspects of the process while reducing the need for manual intervention, helping us reduce human error, save time, and increase overall production.
Thomas Niskach, Creative Services Manager (right) - Accurate Box
Available as a cloud solution that is monitored 24/7 from ECO3’s ISO-certified data centers, Amfortis Cloud lets you focus on your core business while rising to future challenges: growing amounts of data, secure storage, multi-site operations…
As it is subscription-based, Amfortis will fit your needs exactly, while being aligned at all times to the latest technological developments.
The integrated Amfortis PDF editor contains a complete set of prepress, editing and quality assurance functions, such as trapping, separation handling, barcode creation, object-based screening and many more.
ECO3 has a 25+ year track record when it comes to developing JDF-based workflow software solutions. Amfortis builds on our well-known Apogee Prepress workflow software for commercial printers to meet the specific requirements of packaging and label printers.
Amfortis is backed up by our experienced service and support organization, so you can remain up and running at all times.
Amfortis works its magic best in cooperation with ECO3’s dedicated plates, platesetters, imagers and pressroom products for offset and flexo printing. We are happy to discuss bundling deals with you.
| Amfortis Server | |
|---|---|
| OS requirements (depending on throughput and reliability requirements) | - Windows 10 and 11 (Pro for Workstations and Enterprise) - Windows 2016 (Standard Edition) - Windows 2019 (Standard Edition) - Windows 2022 (Standard and Datacenter Edition) |
| Hardware requirements | - Dual CPU - Min. 16 GB Ram - 250 GB hard disk |
| System architecture | - Client-server system – allowing remote operator access and system management - Modular set-up - based on task processors that handle specific workflow tasks - Dynamic load-balancing – run multiple instances of task processors or move them to separate PCs for high volume workloads - Intelligent color management – built-in color optimization to guarantee highest output quality |
| Task processors (some optional) | - Automate – rules-based automation and file processing - Export – output files for integration with third party systems - Hot folder – automatically process incoming files - Impose – dynamic imposition and step & repeat module - JDF Input – import job data from MIS or planning systems - Normalize – validate and process PDF files - Open Connect – import bitmap data from third party RIPs - PDF Render – Adobe APPE-based RIP with built-in trapping - Preflight – check incoming PDF files - Press – generate ink key settings, optimize processing for specific sheet sizes,… - Versioning – process multi-lingual or other versioning jobs … and more, including drivers for platesetters, proofers, large format printers,… |
| Amfortis Client | |
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| Hardware requirements | - Windows 8, 10 or 11 - Windows 2012, 2016 or 2019 - MacOS X 10.7 and later |
| Languages | Chinese (simplified and traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish |
ECO3 Solutions magazines highlight industry trends and our latest products and services. These 16- and 20-page PDF magazines are available in three editions aimed at commercial and packaging printers, flexo printers and newspapers. The magazines are offered in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.
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