ColorGate has released three new solutions - Productionserver 21, ColorEqualizer and Rapid Spectro Cube LED. All three will be available from mid-April.
Productionserver 21 is the latest version of the company’s Rip and colour management package, which has now been installed more than 16,000 times. Version 21 features the latest Adobe PDF Print Engine 5.6, which keeps Productionserver compatible with the latest creative applications and PDF standards used in the printing industry.
Depending on the file type and the hardware used, the processing speed has been increased by up to 20%.
Unicode support has been completed, so that file names, spot colour names and other designations can now also include international fonts and special characters.
For users that do not use ColorGate's Media Device Synchronization (MDS), a new ‘full gamut’ function has been introduced to make better use of the printing system's colour gamut. There are special enhancements for décor and ceramic printers in the Retouch module and the Color Correction Loop module.
Also, Version 21 includes support for many new digital printing systems (a constantly updated list can be found online). The ColorGate products Proofgate and Filmgate have also been updated to Version 21.
All users with a Value Pack valid on the release date will receive the new version free of charge.
ColorEqualizer is designed to simplify colour communication between textile designers and textile printers, and comes in two versions - ‘Design’ and ‘Production’.
The software extracts the key colours from the design and generates a ‘Color ID’, which is passed on to the production partner or the production department together with the design. The printer uses the counterpart ColorEqualizer Production in order to capture the printed Color ID colorimetrically. Then the Color ID is printed together with the design on the production printing system. The result is also measured. If the print result differs from the original design, ColorEqualizer calculates new print data. After three iterations at most, a print result is achieved that matches the colour of the design. Because ColorEqualizer iteratively optimises the print data, the solution works with existing Rip and colour management workflows, regardless of their brand.
Both ColorEqualizer Design and ColorEqualizer Production are available as subscription or as purchase licenses.
The Rapid Spectro Cube LED is an ICC profiling solution comprising hardware and software. The internal LED illumination makes for a high colour-rendering index (CRI) - RSC LED's architecture matches the colour vision of the human eye.
A colour profiling solution is included which supports linearisation, profiling (CMYK, RGB, aNyColor) and the Media Device Synchronization (MDS) of the Productionserver. The colour profiles created with the Rapid Spectro Cube LED can be used in all ICC-based colour workflows, including those from other manufacturers.