The extended collaboration covers metallic effects produced inline on the AccurioLabel 400, combining white toner with silver label stocks.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has expanded its partnership with Color-Logic to bring metallic and decorative effects to the label market, giving label converters and commercial printers a route to producing them on the AccurioLabel 400 press with white toner.
The move builds on Konica Minolta’s introduction of Color-Logic’s design and embellishment tools for cut-sheet production. The extended collaboration covers metallic labels produced on silver label stocks using Konica Minolta’s white toner, without post-press foiling or specialist finishing.
Done in one pass
Mark Geeves, Co-Founder and Director of Sales and Marketing at Color-Logic, says, “Anything printed on a silver label stock can be transformed into premium metallic effects, with predictable results and faster time to market. It’s all done in one pass of the press, there’s no need for post-finishing, and designers can visualise the effects before going to press.”
Color-Logic says combining white toner with metallic substrates opens up as many as 924 metallic colours, including 50 shades of gold. Konica Minolta compares the result to MGI digital embellishment, the difference being that the work happens inline rather than in a separate finishing pass.
The Color-Logic software suite comes with a lifetime licence and lets designers build metallic and decorative effects inside Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator without complex masking or manual colour manipulation. It includes a structured colour system for metallic effects and a visualisation tool for previewing embellishments before production, which the company says holds brand colours consistent and cuts waste by taking the guesswork out at the design stage.
Geeves adds, “Konica Minolta customers now have a predictable, designer-friendly workflow for producing metallic labels that stand out on the shelf. We’re delighted to deepen our partnership and support the UK market with tools that make premium embellishment accessible to everyone.”
The applications the two companies have in mind include prime labels, short-run and versioned packaging, premium FMCG and cosmetics labels, collectibles and limited-edition products, along with speciality work that needs high visual impact. Producing those effects without a separate finishing step is aimed at short-run, high-margin label jobs.
Malcolm Smith, Category Manager for Professional Print at Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd, concludes, “Our partnership with Color-Logic continues to evolve in ways that deliver real, practical value for customers. By extending these capabilities to the label market, we’re helping converters and commercial printers unlock premium metallic effects with exceptional simplicity. It’s another example of how Konica Minolta is supporting customers to differentiate, grow and reach their potential.”
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