SmartGPS (Graphic Positioning System), first introduced this year during the Drupa printing equipment fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, is now being tested on various substrates in processors' own print forms. SmartGPS is available for both the 10-color FP16S-10 flexographic press as well as the 8-color model FP14S. Werner Fasse, marketing manager at equipment maker Fischer & Krecke, which makes the SmartGPS, says printers have been testing the beta versions of SmartGPS under production conditions on their own hardware. Feedback indicates that processors have been able to achieve increases of speed because the inefficient processors of registering and impression setting have been eliminated and take place during the plate mounting stage. The reduction of changeover time and material usage results in cost savings in production, says the company. The commercial version of SmartGPS is now available. To contact the manufacturer, Fischer & Krecke GmbH (Bielefeld, Germany), part of the Bobst Group, use T: +49-521-30-480; www.bobstgroup.com.