Equip Your Press to do Great Things with X-Rite Pro Automated Scanning Solutions

With more consumer package goods (CPG) brands implementing packaging quality control programs to monitor color tolerances, converters and package printers need color measurement solutions that integrate directly with reporting systems.

Our IntelliTrax2 Pro and eXact Auto-Scan Pro Scanning Solutions combine the power of our industry-leading automated scanning devices with the power of our end-to-end software solutions to meet the needs of brands, packaging converters, and commercial printers alike.

Here's how these comprehensive color management solutions make it easier for converters to adopt and maintain packaging quality control programs while also providing press operators visibility to job performance and access to scoring submission.

And be sure to try our ROI calculator to see how quickly you can pay off your eXact Auto-Scan Pro or IntelliTrax2 Pro investment!

What is an X-Rite Pro Automated Scanning Solution?

The IntelliTrax2 Pro and the eXact Auto-Scan Pro deliver a powerful workflow that minimizes human error, scans to maximize speed, reduce rework, and delivers a finished product that meets the tight tolerances of customers.

X-Rite Pro Automated Scanning Solutions provide press operators with performance visibility, real-time guidance on how to achieve the desired colors quickly, and seamless reporting back to the ColorCert^® Scorecard Server. With enhanced software connectivity, converters and printers receive instant feedback on screen about job performance allowing for immediate adjustments to be made to correct color drift.

In addition, IntelliTrax2 Pro and eXact Auto-Scan Pro are certified by Idealliance®. With these scanning solutions, printers can follow Idealliance G7® process control guidelines as well as PSO and ISO print specifications to easily print to standards and deliver each job according to customer requirements.

IntelliTrax2 Pro and eXact Auto-Scan Pro vs. the Competition

1. Both offer seamless software integration for an end-to-end color management solution.

This includes:

• ColorCert Integration: Offers real-time, on-screen reporting on density, color, grayness, tone value increase, sheet performance, job performance so press operators can quickly make adjustments, even before color drift is visible to the human eye. Job data scores can be directly submitted to Scorecard Server and shared with brands to prove compliance without switching screens or moving files between different software solutions.


• BestMatch Integration: Provides recommendations for ink density based on the dE difference between the targeted color information and the measured spectral information so you can quickly determine a satisfactory match on-press, suggests ink key adjustments to achieve the appropriate standard, and indicates if the ink must be remixed.


• NetProfiler® Integration: Adjust and validate instrument performance, identify instruments in need of service, and reduce variation between devices, from your facility. 


• PantoneLIVE® Integration: Get direct and seamless access to latest Pantone libraries and PantoneLIVE digital standards with optional license for full integration into a digital color workflow.


• Third-Party Closed Loop Integration: Gain additional savings with automatic ink key control adjustments using closed loop solutions from companies like Rutherford Graphics and Digital Information.


2. Unlike the competition, sheet alignment and scanning are both automatic. Both offer a vacuum system to fix sheets during scan (optional on eXact Auto-Scan Pro) to prevent movement and sheet curl.


3. Both enable printers to follow Idealliance G7 process control guidelines as well as PSO/FOGRA and ISO print specifications and reduce job set-up time by automatically loading targets for a zero-mistake workflow for job setup. They also offer SCTV support, a new effective method to determine the tone value for spot colors according to ISO 20654.


4. Measures process colors, special colors, PANTONE colors, PantoneLIVE colors, paper color, tone value increase, gray balance, and ink density, plus supports M1 measurement illumination conditions to accurately measure optically brightened substrates.


5. With X-Rite, you get one point of contact for training, support, and service care plans, plus unlimited access to our full library of color management resources.

Which Pro Automated Scanning Solution is Right for You?

IntelliTrax2 Pro: Top Features

X-Rite’s IntelliTrax2 is the most advanced, most installed solution with over 70% market share. IntelliTrax2 Pro is ideal for mid- to large-size commercial offset printers who would like to add high speed and high automation to a 40”/102 cm or larger press.

• Can scan a typical press sheet in less 10 seconds or less without smudging or scratching.
• Saves space on the press sheet by measuring color bars as small as 2 mm, 1 mm (or more) smaller than competing devices, without contact.
  • 2.0mm (with small aperture)
  • 3.0mm (with medium aperture)
  • 3.0mm (with Polarizer head)
• Automatic color bar detection ensures accurate measurement even if the color bar is skewed and the look ahead sensor provides successful first-time scans.
• Can handle materials up to one millimeter thick, it is ideal for packaging applications.
• Can simultaneously scan M1 and M3, M0, and M1 on small and medium patches, M0 and M3 with the polarizer.

eXact Auto-Scan Pro: Top Features

eXact Auto-Scan Pro is designed for small- to mid-size commercial offset printers who want to automate their workflow using their existing device and need to scan color bars on a 29”/74cm to 40”/102cm press.

• Can scan a typical press sheet in 15 seconds or less, instead of 3-5 patches in the same amount of time.
• Offers the flexibility to use your eXact device in scan mode on the track or remove it for quick spot measurements.
• Can simultaneously scan M0, M1, M2, and M3.
• Measures 3.0mm patches with 1.5mm aperture and 3.5mm patches with 2.0mm aperture.

Learn More about X-Rite Pro Scanning Solutions

1. Try our ROI calculator to see how quickly you can pay off your eXact Auto-Scan Pro or IntelliTrax2 Pro investment.


2. Check out these free resources:

Videos
• See IntelliTrax2 Pro and eXact Auto-Scan Pro in action and learn key differences in these demo videos.
• Learn how X-Rite Pro Automated Scanning Solutions seamlessly integrate with ColorCert for instant feedback on job performance, improved quality control reporting, and Idealliance G7® Press Control Certification.

Case Studies
• Download this case study to learn how Manufactures d’Histoires des Deux-Ponts, a company dedicated to providing the highest quality printing to its broad base of customers, used the IntelliTrax system to improve their color process.
• Read this case study to learn how J&R Graphics installed eXact Auto-Scan to achieve “faster make-ready, constant color sheet-to-sheet, better fit, faster drying, less stress, and happy employees.”
• Download this case study to learn how the eXact Auto Scan helps operators at Ciana Artigrafiche improve production quality and reduce make ready by 50%.

Application Brief
• Read this application brief to learn how commercial printers with an older offset press can compete with and deliver the same color results as commercial printers with a new press a closed loop solution

On-Demand Webinar
• Watch this on-demand webinar to see how a closed loop workflow using X-Rite Pro Scanning Solutions and ink key control can help you reduce make ready, save waste, and increase productivity.


3. Contact our Color Experts to help you decide which Pro Automated Scanning Solution is best for you.