As featured on WhatTheyThink, 30th July 2025 Global Graphics has been licensing the MAKO Core print SDK to independent software vendors and equipment manufacturers for years with great success. However, the new APEX GPU-native renderer brings a smarter an…

Following on from his first demonstration of Apex, David Stevenson, product manager at Global Graphics Software, is back with a second video — this time showing how Apex handles multi-page rendering. Apex™ is a new groundbreaking rendering technology de…

Jason Hook, senior project manager in the Technical Services team at Global Graphics Software, shows how an Ink Delivery System (IDS) can be monitored and controlled using OPC UA and a SCADA (Supervisory control and data acquisition) application. The prot…

Apex™ is a new groundbreaking rendering technology designed to boost performance and reduce costs. Built for high-performance, cross-platform applications, Apex runs entirely on the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) delivering exceptional high-speed renderin…

A Print Software Development Kit (SDK) is a specialized software library designed to meet the unique needs of the print industry. In this film, product manager David Stevenson highlights the key aspects to consider when choosing a Print SDK, including spe…

Find out more about the challenges and opportunities that inkjet printing will bring to smart manufacturing - from mass customization to being more sustainable. Smart factories are designed to autonomously run the entire production process and this will…

The print market is increasingly moving to digital. Digital presses are getting faster, wider, higher resolution with extended gamut color becoming common place. Digital presses are also moving towards fully variable data with mass-produced personalized o…

The Digital Front End (DFE) is a crucial component in inkjet printing solutions, acting as the nerve center that controls and coordinates the entire printing process. This film explores the role of the DFE in various aspects of inkjet printing, including …

Justin Bailey, managing director at Global Graphics Software, highlights SmartDFE at the Fespa 2022 exhibition in Berlin. SmartDFE is a full software and hardware stack that gives you everything you need to add print to the fully automated smart factory. …

As the use of variable data, press speeds and resolutions grows, the need to inspect the print for defects before it comes off the press and goes into finishing and converting is essential. In this film, David Stevenson, product manager for Mako™ chats t…

If you're looking for software to power your first or next digital press, it will need the right kind of software engine that isn't based on disk technology and drives your digital press electronics directly. In this film, product manager Ian Bolton expl…

Global Graphics Software's distinguished technologist Martin Bailey explains what variable data printing is, how it works, and why Harlequin RIPs with Harlequin VariData™ in them can help you build a digital front end (DFE) for a digital press that will d…

In this film, distinguished technologist Martin Bailey demonstrates how to work with spot colors in Harlequin Core. Martin offers useful tips and tricks and uses sample files and configurations to demonstrate: - Separation and Emulation - Adjusting Emulat…

Mako product manager David Stevenson gives a short demonstration of the vector transparency flattening feature in Mako Core. Read more about vector-based transparency flattening on our blog: How to retain print quality with vector-based transparency fla…