Profiles
Export Week
Export Week handles the profile checks, packing notes and print consistency issues that matter when work must leave through OR Tambo or long courier routes.
How Export Week fits a production week for export work
Export Week is built for jobs that need to leave the country or travel long distances without obvious colour surprises. It covers profile checks, consistency notes and packing-related print concerns, including work moving through OR Tambo.
Export Week centres on prints that must hold colour after packing, linehaul and handover at the far end. For FastJET, Stormjet and Skywalker setups, the note set focuses on profile stability, ink laydown and media behaviour when jobs move through OR Tambo or long courier routes. Durban humidity, Highveld dust and power interruptions can all change how a sample looks against the packed shipment.
Start with the machine settings and the first approved print kept on file. That record helps when a crate is reopened, a batch is rerun, or a carrier delay forces a second dispatch on the same artwork. Keep the note near the RIP station or file it with the purchase order so settings are not guessed from memory.
Checks packed with export runs
Export Week gives you a set of references tied to the exact job, not a vague file trail. Expect profile check points, packing reminders and batch-to-batch controls that matter when prints leave South Africa or sit in transit longer than a local delivery. One dependable route through the shift is more useful than multiple trial settings that never reach dispatch.
Before the shipment closes, match Export Week with the press note and a swatch reference so reprints line up with the approved set. Do the last verification before cartons leave for OR Tambo or a long courier lane, especially where repeat panels must sit side by side at destination. ICC work starts from a test print on your usual roll, together with the RIP version you run.
- Batch checks for packed export jobs
- Approved first print recorded for reference
- Machine and job details kept together
OR Tambo and courier variables
Export work often meets airport cut-offs, depot scans and longer storage before installation. That is why these notes pay attention to repeatability on running FastJET, Stormjet and Skywalker units, especially where separate batches must look like one job on site. A production room in Johannesburg may need different handling from a coastal shop sending the same graphic through the same route.
Coastal moisture can shift drying behaviour on certain media, while inland dust can show up in maintenance timing and early test sheets. Load-shedding also affects when the first acceptable sample is captured and whether a restart lands on the same settings. Export Week treats those conditions as part of the print record, not as afterthoughts once cartons are taped closed.
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Documents to keep with dispatch
Use Export Week for runs packed for export, where consistency across batches matters more than a default profile path.
Store the calibration record with the approved swatch, job sheet and packing note while everything is still at hand. When a buyer asks why a repeat batch differs, those pages make it easier to check profile choice, media and machine settings against what actually left the print room. Include the reference with the export file so future reruns start from the same baseline.
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