Color Bar Scanning Instruments
Automated color bar scanning instruments help printers and converters achieve fast, accurate, and repeatable color results at press. By capturing color patches automatically, these systems minimize human error, reduce make-ready time, and deliver instant feedback to support a connected, data-driven pressroom workflow.
eXact Auto-Scan
Versatile Scanning System
The X-Rite eXact Auto-Scan is a versatile press side scanning device that provides flexibility for measuring color with spot, manual, and automated scanning capabilities.
IntelliTrax2
Premier Press Side Scanning Solution
IntelliTrax2 automates color bar scanning for mid- to large-size commercial and folding carton printers, delivering fast, accurate press-side color control.
Why Choose Automated Color Scanning?
Manual measurement of color bars can be slow, inconsistent, and difficult to manage in high volume production. Automated scanners read hundreds of patches in seconds, enabling operators to:
- Verify density, dot gain, and color accuracy quickly
- Keep jobs on target with less back-and-forth on press
- Maintain consistency across shifts, presses, and facilities
- Meet brand expectations and industry standards such as G7 and PSO
A Key Component of Closed-Loop Process Control
Color bar scanners integrate with press side and cloud-based software to provide real-time scoring, reporting, and actionable guidance. With connected workflow platforms like Offset360, printers can achieve automation and unify measurement, visualization, and corrective action into a single ecosystem. This helps teams proactively control quality, reduce waste, and deliver predictable, repeatable results from job to job.
Learn how X-Rite scanning systems with integrated software offers commercial printers an affordable way to automate press process control.
French printer Manufacture d’Histoires des Deux-Ponts adopts closed-loop color control to optimize its offset press.
“Quality is not a goal but a standard.” – Marco Ciani, Owner Artigrafiche, after implementing X-Rite eXact Auto-Scan as part of a closed loop solution.
