Announced Today, New X-Rite Product Discontinuations: In order to continue to provide our partners and customers with the most efficient products and technology, we will be discontinuing the following models effective April 27, 2018 and replace them with a new instrument. Stay tuned for another detailed announcement regarding updates to the eXact Portfolio coming later in … Read More...
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Day three of the FTA Fall Conference didn't disappoint! With opening speakers taking a deep dive into color science and the math behind it, the audience had to put on their thinking caps from the very beginning. I think that's one of the best things about the Fall Conference - it gets quite technical! Mark … Read More...
Thats right!Techkon is the first device to incorporate SCTV in their SpectroDens! So what is SCTV? ISO 20654:2017 - This method for the calculation of Spot Colour Tone Value (SCTV) produces approximately uniform visual spacing of tones between substrate and solid. It can be calculated from spectral reflectance or colorimetric measurements of the solid ink, substrate and one or more patches of … Read More...
Released in April 2017, the new generation TECHKON SpectroDENS 4 has some noteworthy updates! The same three SpectroDENS models are available allowing you to upgrade from Basic to Advance to Premium as your needs change. Key NEW SpectroDENS Features and Changes Even more accurate spectral curves - now reporting every 10 nm (vs previous models … Read More...
Clarifying the Facts for G7® or NNC G7® (also called Near Neutral Calibration, NNC) is not a new term and I am sure many already have at least a basic understanding of what it is, but in my discussions with individuals and companies I still encounter some confusion on the true meaning and application for G7®. To simplify … Read More...
Top 3 Countdown to Improved Color Measurement Techkon has some cool new releases set for the first half of this year. The SpectroDRIVE and SpectroDens received a face lift for 2017 as well as improved functions and features. Perhaps more exciting is the much anticipated release of the GV Spectro for inline color measurement. Once again Techkon … Read More...
Why Do you need a Light Booth or Viewing Station? The Color Focus A key goal in prepress and the pressroom is getting a good color match. Ideally you have measurement devices and software to assist with a more objective assessment of color; however, at the end of the day you still need to look at … Read More...
As the Flexo print market continues to evaluate print quality to rival other print processes, Pressroom Process Control becomes even more critical. ‘If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing’ - W. Edwards Deming You cannot repeat or improve a process unless you know the capability … Read More...
As much as we believe in and preach the merits of process control and quantification within our industry, it’s great to occasionally receive feedback that validates the “pleasure being worth the pain.” This happened to occur again recently in conversations with a customer who has implemented the Perfect Proofer Ink Proofing System into its operations. Read More...
That’s a great question and an easy one to answer....a Spectrophotometer! Why? Because a Densitometer doesn’t measure color. What? A densitometer measures the absence of reflected light. Let me prove it. You can measure a solid Cyan patch and get a reading of 1.25, you can also measure a solid Magenta patch and get a … Read More...