tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78978356691681848272024-02-09T14:33:53.834-08:00Colorants (and raves) - CHROMiX BlogMusings on color management, CHROMiX products and services and other relevant topics.Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-29781942512024120522022-11-08T17:47:00.001-08:002022-11-08T17:47:14.224-08:00Curve4: Now with Maxwell!
Guess what new feature is being added to Curve4?Long-term color tracking
and trending for your entire print organization!Guess how much that will cost? No additional charge for any Curve4
customer!
Bonus question: How hard will it be to implement?Two easy setup
items in Maxwell and two easy setup items in the new Curve4.
Steve Upton explains the details in Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-36951571226287930232022-10-19T02:32:00.003-07:002022-10-19T02:34:04.329-07:00Articles and Upcoming Webinars announced @ Printing UnitedWe've announced two upcoming webinars and released new articles at the Printing United show this week:
Webinars:
Curve4 / Maxwell Integration Webinar
See how great Maxwell functions have been added to Curve4 for free. We're hosting a webinar Nov 1, 2022 at 11:00am Pacific Time for those who missed the PU show or want more details. Sign up here
Maxwell 22 Launch
See how many Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-25698834261561751422022-10-19T02:15:00.001-07:002022-10-19T02:15:03.861-07:00ColorThink 4 AnnouncedColorThink Pro version 4 announced at Printing UnitedThis long-anticipated update is a huge upgrade from version 3 and includes countless additions and improvements to the Grapher, Profile Inspector, a new Color Assets handler and integrated instrument support.Demos & 3D Holographic LED display giveaway @ CHROMiX booth N1071Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-35660600561944259522022-10-19T02:07:00.001-07:002022-10-19T02:07:28.506-07:00 Maxwell for Press Operations at IWCO Direct: Ease, Efficiency, and ExpedienceAfter difficulties with spot color and process control, IWCO Direct, North America’s largest direct mail marketing distributor, found that CHROMiX’s Maxwell system reduces waste, increases accuracy, and mitigates workflow obstacles.The Dilemma: Day-to-day, IWCO Direct runs twelve high-speed, high-volume Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-12057243721687956512022-10-19T01:56:00.003-07:002022-10-19T01:56:32.217-07:00Maxwell 22 Launched @ Printing United A completely rebuilt web interface provides interactive graphing, ad-hock comparisons, dynamic dashboards and peer comparisons using live data updates. Jobs and Track reporting available for both workflow types. Integrated brand color reporting across all services. Integrated help andSteve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-45919905454940467592022-10-10T16:28:00.000-07:002022-10-10T16:28:02.988-07:00Big upgrade for Curve4 usersOur Curve4 users are getting a big upgrade at Printing United. Online tracking, trending and notifications provided free and uploads are integrated right into Curve4. See us in booth N1071 (near Kodak) and/or register for free webinar covering all details on Nov 1, 2022Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-27210387188904769502022-10-03T21:43:00.002-07:002022-10-03T21:43:45.133-07:00Getting very excited about our booth (N1071) at upcoming Printing United expo Oct 19-21. Launching new Maxwell, Announcing ColorThink 4, free upgrade for Curve4 users and 3D Holographic LED display giveaway. Don't miss! #printingunitedexpo Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-91827266794336465262022-08-31T12:38:00.001-07:002022-08-31T12:38:22.943-07:00Color Management all the more important when having supply issuesIt's no secret that many in the print industry are having problems getting and maintaining stocks of substrate material. Recent surveys show that the industry expects the situation to get worse in coming months. If this hasn't happened to you yet, it probably will! When you have different substrates being pulled from irregular sources, this is a good recipe for color inconsistency and Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-2960023816082614662022-06-14T16:06:00.006-07:002022-06-14T16:13:02.968-07:00CHROMiX is the WINNER of the 2022Barbieri Excellence Award for Business PerformanceCHROMiX has been selected by Barbieri for it's Excellence Award! "CHROMiX develops software for the digital printing market and spectral color data is a cornerstone for its software evaluations. We found there there is a deep understanding in how to connect and integrate spectral data and color Rick Hatmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149337554489251687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-5775513227838238372022-01-20T13:33:00.003-08:002022-06-14T15:53:20.784-07:00Color Management conference is ON!The Color Management Conference put on by Printing United Alliance is full speed ahead this year. This annual (until last year) conference is going to be at La Jolla just North of San Diego - a welcome location in January after a wild winter in North America.I am happy to be presenting a new session at the conference. Following up on the fun we had last time we met (below) - this year my session Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-47874003523443251872022-01-07T12:05:00.003-08:002022-01-07T12:05:26.523-08:00Color changing carWelcome to a brand new year - new color technology!BMW unveiled a color-changing car which uses E-ink, similar to how the Kindle reader screen works. This does not emit light, but reflects light and allows items like ebooks (and this car's color) to be visible in broad daylight. The demo car is limited to a black and white palette, but they claim that the technology can be expanded to include Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-65838331909730221862021-04-29T12:56:00.001-07:002021-04-29T12:56:28.539-07:00Color Ready 2021Printing United Alliance is offering a virtual conference coming up Jun 9th and 10th, 2021, called Color Ready!https://www.printing.org/events/color-ready-2021This makes for a great substitute for the annual color conference, normally in San Diego. Instead of sitting in an actual conference hall listening to a speaker for an hour, these sessions are concisely limited to 20 minutes and Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-49233378535745958682020-12-03T17:50:00.001-08:002020-12-03T17:50:53.084-08:00ColorThink as ArtWe always love to see how our software is used in your work. I was browsing the website for Eizo displays and was surprised to find a screenshot of our ColorThink Pro software among the scrolling slides on their homepage. https://www.eizo.com/home/#Evidently a marketing person at Eizo is making use of the beauty of these colorful 3D gamuts as seen in the ColorThink Pro 3D Grapher. &Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-72354226077203039242020-11-05T15:58:00.001-08:002020-11-05T15:58:21.105-08:00Brobygrafiska Curve4 in Scandinavia! Brobygrafiska is the top graphic arts school for graphic artists in Sweden and Denmark. As they say on their website, they have their roots in printing, and they look forward to digital innovation of the future. Located in Sunne, Sweden, they are now using Curve4 to share the beauty of G7 with fans in Scandinavia. It's great to see more Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-23847203310672700522020-04-07T12:33:00.000-07:002020-04-07T12:33:55.893-07:003D printing to fight CoVid-19
3D printing is being used to create adhesive stickers that can be attached to surgical masks. The 3D printer lays down nanometric fibers coated with antiseptics – which improves the trapping of nanometric particles and efficiently neutralizes viruses from droplets that might reach the mask.
The project is in a pilot phase at the moment.
https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2020/04/Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-88313658307061275642020-01-24T15:59:00.000-08:002020-01-24T15:59:15.500-08:00Say goodbye to an old friend
i1Pro - Rev A
You knew this day was coming color management geeks. With the release of its latest version of i1Profler, X-Rite has revealed that its flagship software will no longer support the earliest models of the i1Pro spectrophotometer.
The i1Pro first came to market in 2001 which is a million years ago in digital imaging years. It has been a stalwart Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-42768873087420264732019-11-04T16:47:00.000-08:002019-11-04T16:47:27.145-08:00I Love a Color Management Mystery!Gumshoe, private detective, crime solving...
Deductive reasoning, sleuthing, observing…
A perplexing case, a curved pipe, a deerstalker cap...
I'm putting together my session for #COLOR20 in San Diego. This year John Thornton and I are putting more fun into the topic of color management. This conference gets better every year. Hope to see you there!
https://color.printing.org/Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-38245675659322307962019-10-19T14:14:00.000-07:002019-10-19T14:29:49.849-07:00ColorThink Pro and 64bits (Catalina)
ColorThink, our venerable color graphing and diagnosing tool, has been available in one form or another since August 2000 and has users in over 90 countries. We continue to develop updates for the current releases and have also been working on a significant upgrade for some time.
Our plan has been to have a 4.x upgrade before macOS Catalina (10.15) was released. Apple's new macOS has removed Steve Uptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15008548505546991694noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-85264344770330002312019-09-11T12:34:00.000-07:002019-09-11T12:34:13.463-07:00JVH Digital Festival coming in October
If you are in the State of Washington in early October, make plans on coming to the:
JVH Digital Festival
October 3, 2019
Bellevue Washington
The Harrington family are a top-notch dealer for large format inkjet printers in the local Seattle market. They are generously hosting this free educational event for their customers and anyone who is interested in learning more about Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-38310690402009264762019-08-05T13:46:00.000-07:002019-08-05T13:46:34.526-07:00G7: How a big company does it
Our friend Jeff Collins,
and another friend, Mike Todryk, of IWCO Direct have a great discussion on how Mike was able to take a company with an enormous variety of printing devices & technologies, and transform it so that they know where their color is, they have their color under control, and they maintain a "shared neutral appearance" - through the wonder of G7. Mike shares details Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-65835668696748231662019-07-02T13:06:00.000-07:002019-07-02T13:10:25.884-07:00i1Pro 3 Plus instrument from X-Rite
For years this blog has been proudly telling our profiling secrets to all who would listen. One of the policies that makes for a better profile, for certain papers and fabrics, is the use of polarized measurements. Our president, Steve Upton, has been hammering on the instrument makers for years to please include polarizing capability into their new instruments. One company Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-35282515593393932482019-06-10T15:35:00.001-07:002019-06-10T16:25:02.609-07:00Secret Color Codes
Microsoft recently announced that they are in development of a new Xbox gaming console. Those who hang on these news items scoured the daily videos prior to the announcement, to see if Microsoft gave any advanced clues. In the videos were screen elements that looked like "R 255" "G 86" and such. It turns out they were leaving a clue about the internal code name for thePatrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-57851319567768756662019-04-11T12:11:00.000-07:002019-04-11T12:29:43.694-07:00Print Gamut Ins and OutsThe March/April edition of the SGIA Journal has published an excellent article by Steve Upton:
Print Gamut Ins and Outs
The article is chock-full of interesting bits of info about color gamuts. Learn what can be done to increase a printer's gamut, what does not work, how different systems like xCMYK & CMYKRGB compare, and get an "insider's view" of how gamut volume calculations are Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-41828310930247851182019-03-01T18:07:00.000-08:002019-03-01T18:07:48.819-08:00CHROMiX hosts a Seattle SGIA Boot Camp at DCG One in April
Are you in the Seattle area, want to learn color management like a pro and become certified?
Then check out this 3 day paid event! SGIA, famous for their successful Boot Camp series nationally will conduct a Boot Camp training on April 2-4, 2019 at DCG One in Seattle.
CHROMiX is proudly sponsoring. It's rare for a national group like the SGIA to come through the Pacific NorthWestRick Hatmakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02149337554489251687noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897835669168184827.post-91178972912951593322019-01-21T13:01:00.000-08:002019-01-21T13:01:18.292-08:00Happy Birthday, CHROMiX!
CHROMiX celebrated 20 years as a company by hosting a taste of birthday cake for everyone at the color management conference
in San Diego earlier this month. For those who have never been to this
conference, consider going next year - as it's a smaller, more intimate
setting where you can learn more about how to improve the color in the
print room, the camera, or the display on your Patrick Heroldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15683017858192932065noreply@blogger.com0