Tag: Colour management

  • Goss launches Omnicolor II update for M600

    Goss has announced an Omnicolor II upgrade for its M600 16-page web press. This press control is said to reduce start-up waste by anything from 20 up to 50 percent.

  • Epson updates wide format aqueous printers

    Epson has announced details of four new wide format printers, all using aqueous inks. Epson is in the process of phasing out its Stylus Pro range so these are branded as SureColor P printers and are targeted at the proofing, fine art and photographic markets.

  • Packz completes Colibri integration

    Matchmycolor and Packz have completed their software integration program, as announced in December 2014. This allows customers using Packz prepress productivity tools to specify and manage brand colours through Matchmycolor’s Colibri. Judy van de Langkruis, managing partner of matchmycolor, explained: “We ensure the integrity of the colour is maintained at all stages: from design, hard…

  • ISO adopts CxF colour exchange format

    The International Standards Organisation, or ISO, is to take over X-Rite’s Color Exchange Format, currently at version 3, as a new standard for color data exchange and verification covered by ISO 17972-1:2015. As such, this gives the graphic arts industry an accurate, efficient way to communicate color information across any supply chain.

  • GMG updates OpenColor

    GMG has released OpenColor 2.0, which it claims is a significant update of this profiling software. It’s mainly aimed at the packaging printing sector where the sheer variety of printing technologies, spot colors, substrates and number of inks trick packaging proofing into running a gauntlet of compromises. It can be used with GMG’s ColorProof to…

  • X-Rite updates i1iSis chart reader

    X-Rite is to launch a new version of its i1iSis range of automated chart readers. The new i1iSis 2 and i1iSis 2 XL use i1 spectral technology to accommodate M0, M1 and M2 measurement illumination conditions which makes for more accurate measuring of the optically brightened substrates that are now commonly used in grand format,…

  • NEC updates SpectraView software

    NEC has released its SpectraView II calibration software in Europe for its MultiSync PA range of professional desktop monitors. (It’s already available in the US.) These monitors support hardware calibration via the 14-bit internal look up tables to maintain their colour accuracy and are targeted at photographers, designers and agencies.

  • Heidelberg updates Prinect Inpress Control

    Heidelberg has released v2 of its Prinect Inpress Control. This is a spectrophotometric inline color measurement system that can be installed on a Speedmaster press to provide on-the-fly measurement and control of both color and register.

  • X-Rite unveils new master-level spectros

    X-Rite has announced a new series of spherical benchtop spectrophotometers, the Ci7800 and a slightly cheaper version, the Ci7600.

  • Pantone printer program updated

    X-Rite has updated its Pantone Certified Printer Program for commercial printers and packaging converters in order to keep up with new industry standards.

  • CMA launches cloud-based colour management

    CMA Imaging has developed a cloud-based colour management solution called ColorCloud.

  • Heidelberg to host Open House event this week

    Heidelberg is hosting a head to head between two Speedmaster B2 presses, one running LE-UV and the other conventional, as part of its Hei Tech Challenge Open House.