Asanti how-to videos for sign&display applications
Asanti is a powerful workflow solution for the large-format printing industry. It supports Agfa wide-format printers as well as a wide range of third-party printers. This makes it the perfect production hub to manage all your print data and devices. Below are videos highlighting many of Asanti’s advanced features.
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Banner and canvas extensions
Asanti offers different ways of adding bleed to an image that lacks it. You can also add various marks to artwork. This includes the option to indicate where grommets or eyelets need to be inserted on large banners, truck covers, etc.
Banners & canvas extensions
TrueShape Nesting
This function optimized the retention and positioning of irregular shapes, based on the embedded cut path and copy count. It reduces media waste and minimizes print time.
TrueShape Nesting
Tiling & montage instructions
Asanti’s powerful tiling editor allows you to split large prints into multiple parts, with options to change the order, size, overlap, and build sequence of tiles. The workflow can add tile marks to each print and generate a sheet with montage instructions for installers.
Tiling & montage instructions
Spot color handling
Asanti offers various ways to handle spot colors, using its built-in color management system to achieve the best match on any substrate.
Spot color handling & changing
Spot colors & cutting paths
Sometimes the cutting path of a box, display, or other complex shape is defined using a path colored using a spot color. In Asanti, it is easy to pick up that information and even automate the process if your customer always uses the same naming convention.
Spot colors & cutting paths
Missing cutting paths
If artwork does not contain a cutting path but you still need to cut along a contour, Asanti can help with that too.
Missing cutter paths
5 layer printing
How to print two images on top of each other on a clear substrate using a fifth white layer in between the two pictures.
5 Layer printing
Using HotTickets
Automatically process files by simply moving them to an Asanti folder. Asanti picks up the files, preflights and renders them without any operator intervention.
Using HotTickets
Tiling HotTickets and presets
Watch the HotTickets video first, before viewing this example on how Asanti offers even more automation options.
Tiling HotTickets & presets
Production Dashboard
The Production Dashboard is a browser-based tool to inspect the ink consumption, media consumption and printing time of Asanti jobs.