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Exciting News! X-Rite Acquires MeasureColor
X-Rite has officially acquired Colorware B.V, the creators of the renowned MeasureColor software, a leading solution for color management in printed goods and packaging
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MeasureColor Production 24.3
MeasureColor Production 24.3 offers enhanced job information, print quality measurements submission status, improved transfer to X-Rite ScoreCard server and automatic job setup for Image module.
MeasureColor Reports 24.3
NEW in MeasureColor Reports version 24.3: new Job Browser feature which allows you to browse through your customers, jobs, and even measurements efficiently.
MeasureColor Production 24.2
Color drift correction with HP Indigo curve-on-curve correction.
MeasureColor 24.2 simplifies the operator’s tasks. It can fix color drifts on HP Indigo presses in just a few seconds. By measuring a color bar, MeasureColor can indicate if the machine is still operating within its calibrated state. If not, clicking the Optimize button will export a correction LUT (LookUp Table) directly to the DFE of your HP Indigo. Simply rerun the job with the correction LUT, and you’re back on track, all within a matter of seconds. With MeasureColor 24.2, performing a curve-on-curve correction is super easy, thus enhancing productivity.
Athena Graphics
The ProCure service program helps printing companies update their fingerprints and focus on measuring colors during every print run. Color bar measurements show the press is still running within spec. MeasureColor user interface helps press operators understand where and how to improve quickly. Athena Graphics and ProCure help print companies stabilize the print process variations, reduce make-ready waste, and increase productivity quickly.
MeasureColor Reports 24.2
MeasureColor Reports version 24.2 introduces significant improvements under the hood with enhanced data transfer technology and data processing, reducing press downtime. Default reports views have been upgraded, incorporating opacity measurements and introducing new reports like ‘MultiSpot DeltaE’
MeasureColor 24.1
MeasureColor 24.1 connects effortlessly with i1 Pro 3 and NIX SpectroL for precise color measurements. New features include average spot measurements for uniform prints and improved Auto Import.
MeasureColor Reports 24.1
The unique power of MeasureColor reports 24.1 is in the flexibility of how you can click-through on dashboards and reports. This helps to understand how your process runs today, and where you can improve it to reduce your waste and increase efficiency. By clicking on specific areas, you dive deeper into the details of your measurement data to better understand what is going on. This drill-down capability helps you to make more informed decisions.
MeasureColor Reports 23.3
The data-driven insights of MeasureColor Reports 23.3 make discussion much more objective, identifying the real root causes of color inconsistencies. By providing real-time, actionable data, they drive process efficiencies and effectively reduce waste in your production.
Process and quality control
print PROCESS control and print QUALITY assurance Prepress workflow connectivity → Save 5 to 15 minutes on job setup Integrate seamlessly with prepress workflows, such as Esko Automation Engine, Hybrid CloudFlow, or other MIS-XML-based flows. This automatically...
MeasureColor 23.2
MeasureColor 23.2 integrates seamlessly with GMG OpenColor, and Veoria DeltaOne and DeltaWeb.
Veoria and MeasureColor strategic partnership
Amsterdam, 3 August 2023 – Veoria and MeasureColor proudly announce their strategic partnership and joint participation in LabelExpo Europe in Brussels. This collaboration combines Veoria’s cutting-edge inline spectral scan-measuring technology, DeltaOne, with MeasureColor’s proven print-process control software, revolutionizing inline color measurement in the printing industry, particularly for narrow web roll-to-roll processes.
MeasureColor Reports 23.2
In MeasureColor Reports 23.2 we have improved the standard MultiSpot reports, implemented means of communication to warn when your IT-team plans maintenance and further improved performance.
MeasureColor 23.1
MeasureColor 23.1 comes with a nice set of improvements and bug fixes. Here we highlight the more significant new features. Most of the improvements are under the hood.
MeasureColor Reports 23.1
MeasureColor Reports 23.1 goes to the next level. The migration from .NET 6 to .NET 7 makes a lot of sense because it enhances performance dramatically. One of our largest customers works with a MeasureColor Reports database of over 1 billion measurements. They fly through it like a whirlwind. Efficient and at the speed they expect from a business-critical data-analysis platform.
MeasureColor Reports 22.2
MeasureColor Reports 22.2 MeasureColor Reports was restyled from the ground up, using the latest web technologies and features. This gives you better usability, more space for graphs and dashboards, and better scaling on different monitors and devices. This results...
What’s new in MeasureColor 22.2
What’s new in MeasureColor 22.2 ⚠️ Important note on upgrade sequence When you use MeasureColor Production in combination with MeasureColor Reports, we advise upgrading your MeasureColor Reports first, before you upgrade your MeasureColor Production. ⚠️ Important:...
FachPack 2022 in Nuremberg
MeasureColor exhibits on FachPack 2022 in Nuremberg, 27 – 28 – 29 September. Pass by for a CHAT, to SHARE ideas, or to discuss how we HELP solve print quality challenges. You can find us at booth 7A-503 together with our partner GMG.
Fogra Symposium July 2022
MeasureColor technology bridges the world of color communication between Brand owners, PreMedia agencies, and Printing companies. We are exhibiting, so come and discuss your challenges with us. A good face-to-face discussion, in real life, beats any virtual meeting.
Smijet and MeasureColor
The next step in narrow web and digital printing color control Wassenaar (NL), 09 March 2022: Colorware BV and Odesyo, a French technology startup, have decided to join forces to create a complementary solution integrating Colorware's MeasureColor technology with...
Update March 1, 2022: LabelExpo Brussels 2022 is canceled
Label Expo 2022 – Brussels – April 26 to 29 Hall 9 A11Unfortunately, LabelExpo Brussels 2022 is canceled. We hope to see you on the next occasion.Colorware is bridging the world of color communication One unified solution for Brand owners, PreMedia agencies, and...
New in MeasureColor Reports 22.1
New specific reports and dashboards for brand owners With MeasureColor Reports 22.1 we release several reports and dashboards specifically targeted to brand owners. These new views complement the library of more than 50 existing templates for print suppliers and...
New in MeasureColor 22.1
Announcing in MeasureColor 22.1 Scan complete color bars with your X-Rite eXact AutoScan MeasureColor integrates seamlessly with the X-Rite eXact Auto-Scan. This solution offers a budget-friendly combination of accurate spectral color measurements with the ease of...
NEW in MeasureColor 21.3
New Operator View – There’s no time to waste Press operators are not color scientists, so don’t expect them to understand complex Lab-graphs, Lch-plots, or meaningless ∆E deviations. They don’t have time to translate the complex color science stuff into corrective...
NEW in MeasureColor 21.2
We believe customer feedback is the most important part of MeasureColor. Your much-appreciated input has turned into many substantial updates in our latest release. MultiSpot In many cases, there is no space for a color bar to measure colors, especially in flexible...
NEW in MeasureColor Reports 21.2
Exchange and share Printing companies collect detailed measurements from many different aspects of the printing process (dot gain, overprint, gray balance, color accuracy, ISO/G7 compliance, etc.). Comprehensive information is valuable to them because it helps to...
NEW in MeasureColor 21.1
GMG OpenColor Connector You want to match the right color targets, and therefore customers’ expectations on the press. Import color targets from your GMG OpenColor projects directly in MeasureColor Reference Manager. The digital target color is now available for your...
Newsletter November 2020
NEW in MeasureColor 20.3 Support for Konica Minolta MYIRO-1 The Konica Minolta MYIRO-1 is a handheld device, and you use it as a spot-measuring device and/or a scan-measuring device. It has the same high accuracy as the Konica Minolta FD-9 auto-scan instrument....
Newsletter October 2020
Colorware Team expands! Behind our MeasureColor technology stands a team of highly qualified and dedicated smart developers. Recently two junior developers joined the team: Marcel Stassen and Jorden van Vegten. Marcel graduated from the university in Computer...
NEW in MeasureColor 20.2
MeasureColor 20.2 to feature enhanced data submission capability to X-Rite ColorCert ScoreCard Server to satisfy brand quality review requirements. MeasureColor version 20.2 will offer new automation and increased submission efficiency via licensed API technology from...
MeasureColor 20.1 new features and improvements
Support for Variable Inc Spectro MeasureColor 20.1 connects with the Variable Inc Spectro 1 pocket spectral device using a special Bluetooth dongle. The Spectro1 is the world’s first pocket-size spectro device! X-Rite eXact AutoScan enhancements X-Rite eXact AutoScan...
New releases MeasureColor 20.1 and MeasureColor Reports 20.1
Customer-driven enhancements power MeasureColor 20.1 release The best application in color management just got better. As of today, the new release of MeasureColor 20.1 is available, with lots of new features and improvements based on user requests, and extensive...