TLMI Lunch and Learn – From Prepress to Press: Automating Inspection for the Digital Label Workflow

Digital label printing is rewriting the rules of job changeover, and inspection systems need to keep up. This session explores how Baldwin’s Guardian PQV integrates with ESKO prepress workflows and HP digital presses to enable fully automated job changes with zero operator setup, and how the new DataCentral defect tracking platform gives label printers the roll-level quality intelligence they need to manage waste and deliver defect-free product.

Attendees will leave with a clear picture of what an end-to-end automated inspection workflow looks like in practice, and what it takes to get there.

Key Takeaways
• Prepress integration eliminates the inspection setup bottleneck at job change — the system knows the job before the press starts
• DataCentral provides roll-level quality intelligence, not just defect counts — enabling smarter waste management and compliance documentation
• Automated inspection is now a participant in the digital press workflow, not a bolt-on afterthought

Speaker:

John Cusack, Product Line Leader for Inspection, Color and Register at the Baldwin brand of BW Converting

John Cusack is Product Line Leader for Inspection, Color and Register at the Baldwin brand of BW Converting, within the Barry-Wehmiller group. With over 25 years of specialist experience in print inspection technology — spanning the full evolution of 100% Print Inspection technology — John leads platform strategy, voice-of-customer programs, and AI R&D direction for Baldwin’s ICR product family. He has presented at multiple TLMI Lunch & Learn sessions and brings a practitioner’s perspective on where automated inspection technology is headed for label and packaging converters.

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