Colour Software Profiles Printers And Monitors

Colour Confidence has extended its own-brand product range, with the introduction of the new Studio XR2 and Colour Confidence Profiler.

Said to be suitable for graphic designers or anyone interested in colour accuracy, both packages are claimed to combine functionality and affordability.

The Studio XR2 offers users a starter kit, whilst the Colour Confidence Profiler goes a step further, providing professional standard tools for monitor and printer profiling.

Colour Confidence said that Studio XR2 includes X-Rite's Eye-One Display 2 monitor calibrator and two of the most popular products from the Colour Confidence own-brand range - the Kodak Colour Management Check-Up Kit and Total Balance.

Total Balance is described as a convenient and durable flexible grey card that helps photographers produce correctly exposed images with good tonal range.

The Eye-One Display 2's Eye-One Match software is said to offer easy and advanced monitor calibration modes, creating an accurate, trusted source for image viewing and editing.

The Kodak Kit completes the process, offering a way to check the accuracy of a user's results.

The Colour Confidence Profiler is a monitor and printer profiling system and is claimed to be the first to offer professional level performance for under GBP500 (EUR750).

Built around the industry standard Eye-One Pro automated measuring device, the package includes monitor calibration software and the Colour Confidence Print Profiler ICC profiling application.

Colour Confidence added that whilst most other packages - including some in a higher price bracket - concentrate solely on RGB profiling, the Colour Confidence Profiler is designed for flexibility and is suitable for RGB and CMYK printers.

That added functionality means that should a user's needs change, there is no need to upgrade the system.

The Profiler continues to go beyond comparable systems thanks to the inclusion of EFI Color Verifier, a program designed to help users check the accuracy of a printer profile, spot colour drift problems, or check consistency between printers, added the company.

Until now customers have been forced to choose between RGB and CMYK profiling and either slow patch-by-patch measurement, or the more expensive automated reading devices.

The Colour Confidence Profiler eliminates the need for compromise, offering automation, as well as profiling for RGB and CMYK printers, said Colour Confidence.

The Studio XR2 and the Colour Confidence Profiler are available from the Colour Confidence Colorstore network and selected resellers.

The products are the first of several additions to the Colour Confidence own-brand range planned for 2007.

Geoffrey Clements, managing director of Colour Confidence, explained: "A key element of the Colour Confidence ethos is that we are a dedicated colour company providing systems from all the leading manufacturers and this is something that will not change.

However, based on customer feedback, we feel there is a strong demand for affordable, colour management products at entry and professional levels, and we have chosen to be pro-active about filling this gap in the market." And he added: "At Colour Confidence we are committed to de-mystifying colour management, and making it affordable for as wide an audience as possible is a major part of that.

The merger between X-Rite and GretagMacbeth has led to major product rationalisation and an understandable lack of new product activity.

By introducing not one, but two new key systems, we're aiming to ensure consumer choice is maintained.".

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