X-Rite and Esko combine to show an Extended Gamut Solution for ConvertersAt drupa 2016, X-Rite and its sister company Esko will highlight digital color communication, measurement and workflow tools that enable printers to leverage the benefits of fixed palette printing.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., May 31, 2016 - At drupa 2016, X-Rite Incorporated, a global leader in color science and technology, and its sister company Esko will showcase a
range of color and workflow solutions to help printers and converters successfully transition to extended color gamut or fixed palette printing. Package printers moving to extended gamut printing are able to match a wider range of brand colors than possible with four-color process by using a more efficient seven-color printing process. Combining X-Rite Pantone and Esko solutions with extended gamut printing allows printers to reduce job setup times and change over costs, support shorter job runs and improve turn-around times.
Vibrant and colorful packaging can help a product stand out on the shelf, but achieving custom colors can involve cost and time constraints, said Adri n Fern ndez, Vice President, PantoneLIVE , X-Rite Pantone. Extended gamut printing opens up new color palette possibilities for brand owners and converters without the added expense of spot color printing. X-Rite Pantone is committed to helping printers close the gap between CMYK and spot color printing by providing the tools needed for specifying, measuring and monitoring color in an extended gamut printing process.
Increased product variation and lean manufacturing mean that converters today face the challenge of shorter print runs, said Bernard Zwaenepoel, Senior VP Software Business, Esko. Implementing extended gamut printing helps converters reduce press setup time and increase press efficiency. We are pleased to be working together with X-Rite Pantone, the color authority, to deliver an integrated solution for converters.
At drupa 2016, May 31 through June 10 at the D sseldorf Fairgrounds in Hall 8B A23, X Rite Pantone will showcase the latest digital color communications and management solutions that support a converters transition to extended gamut printing. Featured products include PANTONE PLUS SERIES EXTENDED GAMUT Coated Guide, PantoneLIVE , ColorCert : X-Rite Edition and X-Rite measurement devices including X Rite eXact and IntelliTrax2. Esko will feature Equinox, an ecosystem of tools to help converters implement an extended gamut workflow.
The PANTONE Extended Gamut Guide
With the PANTONE Extended Gamut Guide brands, designers, and print suppliers can quickly visualize how Pantone reference colors will appear when reproduced using a fixed palette of CMYKOGV ink colors; even before moving ahead with a packaging project.
For the first time brands and designers can easily evaluate fixed palette approaches and better communicate color intent to suppliers. Depending on the substrate, extended gamut will open up approximately 80 to 90 percent of Pantone colors, making many popular brand and corporate colors achievable using a fixed ink set. This allows designers to create more complex color blending and cleaner transitions of color in packaging design.
PantoneLIVE Helps with Color Specification
When it comes to specifying color, the PantoneLIVE cloud-based approach makes the sharing of digital color standards easy and secure across the entire packaging supply chain from brand owners, designers, premedia, ink suppliers and printers. This ensures that everyone in the production workflow is working with the same achievable standards to drive color consistency across different printing processes and substrates.
The PantoneLIVE spot colors are useful when extended gamut printing is employed. By using a common PantoneLIVE spot color reference between fixed-palette and spot color reproductions of packaging or labels, brands can achieve their desire for on-shelf consistency. PantoneLIVE has a wide ecosystem of supporting solutions, from design and editing of packaging graphics files, to color separation, proofing, ink formulation, quality control and scoring.
X-Rite ColorCert Delivers Process Control
The foundation of a successful extended gamut print process includes the ability to control color across the entire production process and across multiple locations. ColorCert: X-Rite Edition provides real-time monitoring of color performance to ensure stable production and consistency of extended gamut colors. With ColorCert, users can create color specifications and monitor production. A scorecard applies a score to each job, site or client based on specified color tolerances.
The ColorCert approach to extended gamut is simple. The solution yields a score that reflects the overall quality level of an extended gamut run. This provides a fast and easy way to verify the process is in control. In addition, ColorCert provides the ability to drill down on any specific metric to support troubleshooting when overall quality levels indicate adjustments are needed.
X-Rite Color Measurement Devices and Esko Equinox tools
When ColorCert and PantoneLIVE solutions are used in conjunction with X-Rite's measurement solutions, converters are equipped to start transitioning to extended gamut printing in the pressroom. X-Rite's family of spectrophotometers, including the new X Rite eXact Xp and the new fully automated X-Rite IntelliTrax2, offer accurate and repeatable color measurements for extended gamut printing on a variety of substrates including flexible film.
Esko offers Equinox to complete the solution for extended gamut printing. At all steps in the workflow, the Equinox ecosystem provides tools to implement extended gamut in a simple effective way. From fingerprinting the press, to conversion of packaging artwork, to gamut expansion of images, Equinox provides the ri
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X-Rite and Esko combine to show an Extended Gamut Solution for ConvertersAt drupa 2016, X-Rite and its sister company Esko will highlight digital color communication, measurement and workflow tools that enable printers to leverage the benefits of fixed palette printing.
