Game-changing software “powered by Tilia Labs”
(Ottawa, Canada) July XX, 2020 – Tilia Labs, Inc. (tilialabs.com), a leading developer of planning, imposition, and Artificially Intelligent automation software solutions for the graphic arts industries, has revealed the collaboration behind the latest Onyx Graphics product currently turning heads in the wide format community. ONYX TruFit is a new shape-based nesting software that draws on the tilia Griffin layout software to introduce game-changing time and media savings at an industry-first price point.
Released this spring, Onyx TruFit uses artificial intelligence to search millions of combinations for the most precise nests and media utilization. It is designed to work seamlessly across both Windows and Mac OS platforms and with any RIP solution on the market. With the objective of delivering speed and simplicity to even the most complex nested layouts, ONYX TruFit saves print production time and reduces media usage by up to 50 percent.
“At Onyx Graphics our primary focus is on helping customers increase productivity, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge with superior print and color quality,” comments XXX, XXX at Onyx Graphics. “Tilia Labs was the obvious partner to work with us on this mission. Their solutions have garnered such widespread recognition for using artificial intelligence to transform production planning and layout from an onerous necessity into a real competitive opportunity. We added “Powered by Tilia Labs” to the TruFit product description because it immediately positions it as industry-leading technology.”
In drawing upon the Tilia Labs feature-rich technology, ONYX TruFit benefits from Tilia Griffin’s intuitive true-shape nesting, which finds the most cost-effective layouts in minutes, taking into consideration all factors in the production process such as printer, media, inks, cutting and finishing equipment.
Additional highlights of ONYX TruFit include:
- Single-click image tracing to reduce file preparation time
- Double-sided printing generated instantly for decals, stickers and other print applications
- Automatic cut-path and tool type recognition to work seamlessly from design file to print file
- Multi-page PDF edit capabilities to eliminate excess white space
- Automated workflows using ONYX hot folders
- Unchanged original file properties to maintain consistency between applications
- Output PDFs for any RIP solution available today saving costly software changes
- Open architecture to work cross-platform on Windows or Mac OS
“We’re proud and excited about our part in the development of ONYX TruFit. It has been enjoyable and rewarding to collaborate with an industry leader of long standing with such a vast installed base,” says Sagen de Jonge, CEO of Tilia Labs. “Like most print service providers, wide format printers are feeling increasing pressure to produce more with less but and the need is particularly acute when dealing in very short runs on premium or specialized substrates. TruFit is tailored specifically to help ONYX customers meet that challenge and flourish.”
ONYX TruFit software – covering the entire portfolio of ONYX end-to-end solutions including ONYX Thrive print workflow, ONYX PosterShop, and ONYX RIPCenter – is available to all ONYX customers by requesting a key update and to all other customers through a license purchase. ONYX TruFit is also available for non-ONYX RIP users and can be obtained through a license purchase.
About Tilia Labs, Inc.
Tilia Labs is a software company based in Ottawa, Canada that builds prepress software for planning, imposition, and automation of applications spanning the full range of graphic arts sectors including packaging, labels, commercial, and wide format printing. With a keen focus on emerging IT developments, the company is dedicated to identifying disruptive technologies capable of delivering real competitive advantage to its customers and partners worldwide. Maintaining ease-of-use as a core principle, Tilia Labs has designed a portfolio of products to deliver a seamless interface between prepress data and production in generating fast, accurate estimates, reducing prepress time, automating error-prone tasks, maximizing media usage, and reducing post-press complexity. Founded in 2012, Tilia Labs has a network of partners and resellers worldwide. For more information visit: www.tilialabs.com
About Onyx Graphics, Inc.
Leading the market since 1989, Onyx Graphics is dedicated to helping customers increase productivity, reduce costs, and gain a competitive edge with superior print and color quality. Its passion for delivering superb color led to the development of ONYX Color, Onyx Graphics’ own color engine optimized specifically for large format inkjet printing. Innovative, productive, and satisfied customers around the globe help motivate the company to continually develop and enhance its leading-edge technologies. Global channel partnerships and longstanding relationships with printer manufacturers position Onyx Graphics as a market leader in powerful, reliable, large format printing workflow software. For more information, visit www.onyxgfx.com.
