KDV Label has been using PC Industries’ Guardian OLP system, designed for prepress proofing and pressroom quality control, to oversee its label quality on a narrow web flexo press. Based in Waukesha WI, USA, KDV Label provides labels for markets such as consumer goods, beverage, food, chemical petroleum and more.

KDV Label has strict quality requirements when it comes to supplying customers with labels. Defects can always happen in the pressroom. Preventive measures are the best way to protect a company from shipping labels with defects and having dissatisfied customers. KDV Label implemented PC Industries’ OLP Offline proofing system to counter these issues at the source. Nick Scharber, prepress manager at KDV Label, discusses his experience with the Guardian OLP in its workflow and how it helped them deliver quality products. He says, “The system itself, ease of use, and access to the developers and support, prompted us to partner with PC Industries. After evaluating many inspection systems for our printed label products, we chose PC Industries OLP system for our needs based off of the features, cost and personnel. We have been using PC Industries’ OLP inspection system for over a year now and couldn’t be happier with our decision.”

In preparing for the press run, the Guardian OLP is used to verify register and job sign-off. By comparing press samples to the customer-approved master, the system helps guarantee plate quality and print job integrity. As for ease of use, these inspections typically only take a few seconds to perform, and can be set up with only a few clicks, to assure no interruption in the production process.

While a couple small issues arose, Scharber recalls that these were taken care of within a day, accompanied by a very positive customer support experience, thanks to one of PC Industries’engineers, Nick Baker. “Any struggles we had have been addressed quickly, and we even have made specific requests for modifications within the software that were implemented by PC Industries,” says Scharber.