47 Issue 254 - August / September 2024 email: news@signlink.co.uk textiles, high-glossy substrates or inking systems like UV inks, foils, and rough materials such as ceramics. “The large aperture improves the measurement data quality and the included Pol filter improves measurement data on substrates with specular highlights by filtering out the gloss, which helps to cover a larger dynamic range and better detail drawing especially in the dark areas of a colour profile,” May adds. Future Developments Given the recent advancements in this sector, we can look forward to more developments and new solutions to make life even easier for sign-makers and wide-format printers. This could be boosted further with more collaboration between developers and equipment manufacturers. Screen Graphic Solutions took this a step further in April, adding Germany’s “This ecosystem should be kept up to date and regularly maintained, otherwise the risk of losing colour control, consistency, and quality, as well as producing unexpected colour output is high and the cost of colour reproduction can increase,” May comments. “High colour fidelity makes the difference for production partners, brand owners, as well as for customers who choose you. In addition, ISO production standards, ISO standards for measurement and colour assessment conditions and measurement technologies, and the quality of profiling software are constantly evolving in the graphic industry.” With this, May flags some of the latest offerings from X-Rite. The new i1Publish Pro 3 and i1Publish Pro 3 PLUS products offer most up-to-date measurement instruments including a profiling software in i1Profile, which enables users to profile all input devices such as a scanner, camera, monitors, and virtually any kind of printing system and material, across conventional and digital, with RGB, CMYK, or CMYK plus up to four additional colours. i1Pro 3 features the classic 4.5mm aperture and is suitable for common paper and other smooth substrates. i1Pro 3 Plus has an 8mm aperture size plus an additional polarisation filter (M3), which May says is designed to measure on challenging substrates like textured papers, CGS ORIS to its own group of companies. CGS is primarily engaged in the development and sales of colour technology products, working on colour management and digital proofing solutions since its establishment in 1985. Screen, then Dainippon Screen, began to build a business partnership with CGS in 1991 when the two companies cooperated on the development of colour technologies for scanner and recorder systems. Acquiring CGS takes this to the next level and could open doors to new advancements with colour management technologies. The core message here for sign-makers and wide-format print businesses is to ensure their systems are up to date. Only by investing in and upgrading to the latest solutions in colour management can you take advantage of the latest advancements and enhancements, and produce higher quality work as a result. COLOUR MANAGEMENT Brand manufacturers attach great importance to accurate colour reproduction across the entire range of printed products ▲ X-Rite says the right colour has an essential influence on a purchasing decision
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