Prepress

Our Workflow

At the forefront of utilizing leading prepress workflow technology in North America, Kempenfelt has the horsepower for multiple rendering, ripping, and page colour generation in a matter of minutes. With a PDF rendering system in place transparencies are predictable and accurate, allowing your on screen vision to become print reality. Our colour accurate hard proofing system ensures accurate proofs at every stage. Utilizing Agfa Sherpa proof technology and colour tune management with spectrophotometer tools - profiles can be adjusted and tweaked to perfection.

Screening

In 1996 Kempenfelt became a leader in FM screening print technology that allowed a higher frequency of dots 99% perceptible to the human eye - with finer detail and "moire free" sharpness.  Our recent advancements into breakthrough XM screening technology brings the best of Stochastic (FM - Frequency Modulated) and conventional (AM – Amplitude Modulating) print screening worlds. Applying the use of hybrid screening creates the perception of smoother midtones and greater detail in highlight and shadow areas.

Project Management

Our project management system was developed to empower our partners and clients with a collaborative online proofing system. An instant online live communication tool with multiple users and project tracking system allows a project of any size to benefit from a smoother and more efficient way to manage your goals.

Image Capturing

Employing not only the latest image capturing tools but also the best in class traditional technologies - Kempenfelt can capture the image you need. With in-house digital photography, infinite resolution and large format drum scanning, and efficient colour accurate flatbed scanning, your images are right from the start - giving you a cost effective lead for further custom image editing.

Image Editing

With decreased budgets and tighter timelines in today's market - image photo editing is a powerful solution to create content realism with perfection. No need for expensive photo reshoots, custom models and sets, or difficult to manage colours and lighting.

Expert techniques such as digital pattern replacement, colour correction, image retouching and image flaw removal come together seamlessly. For example, where a room set is altered to reflect new mood lighting, shadow details, and custom decor to compliment a feature product such as wallpaper. Or, where a house exterior is completely rebuilt using image captures of a new brick product in which our experts use lighting, perspective, and intrinsic randomness to ensure realism with representing accuracy of the architecture.