Blog del color

Usted dice que el color es importante, pero ¿sabe por qué lo es tanto? En efecto, el color es un elemento crítico en el proceso de fabricación. Por desgracia, muchas empresas fabricantes se están dando cuenta de que acertar con el color es mucho más difícil de lo que solía ser, y las marcas a las que apoyan les piden que cumplan tolerancias más estrictas. Le explicamos por qué. Los avances en la tecnología del color &m...

En un mundo perfecto, se debería poder poner la tinta en la impresora, ejecutar un trabajo y lograr la consistencia del color. Desgraciadamente, cada año las operaciones de impresión flexográfica y de huecograbado desperdician tinta, sustrato y tiempo de impresión tratando de conseguir el color correcto. Aunque los avances tecnológicos han facilitado la precisión del color, las variables que afectan al color siguen existiendo. En esta serie de tr...

Softproofing – the ability to simulate how an image will appear in print right from your monitor – can save a lot of time and effort in your printing workflow. Although many photographers already rely on it, anyone who designs, approves, prepares or prints brand and color-critical images can also benefit. With softproofing, designers can create with actual specified colors (no more trial and error!), project owners can approve layouts without physical proofs (predictable color!), and...

Seleccionar los dispositivos de medición de color adecuados para su flujo de trabajo es crucial, y comprender el acuerdo entre instrumentos es una pieza clave de este rompecabezas. Sin embargo, este tema técnico a menudo genera confusión sobre su significado e importancia. En este artículo, aclararemos todo de manera simple y directa, ayudándote a entender la relevancia del acuerdo entre instrumentos y cómo se diferencia de términos como acuerdo &...

If you recently invested in a spectrophotometer or colorimeter, you know there’s a lot more to learn about color measurement than just how to use your new device. To help you begin exploring the exciting world of color, we’ve compiled seven blogs that explain how to set up your color measurement device, care for it, and use it to its maximum potential. 5 Tips for Setting Up Your Spectrophotometer Using a spectrophotometer (“spectro” for short) to measure color doesn...

With today’s complex cross-media campaigns, accurate profiling is even more important for managing customer expectations across the color supply chain. Our i1Pro 2 solutions help photographers, videographers, prepress and digital printers create profiles for the best color on monitors, scanners, projectors, printers, and online web-to-print submission tools. But with so many to choose from, how do you know which is the right tool for your color workflow? Whether you’re looking to add a new comp...

If you’re a commercial printer who wants to improve color quality and consistency, this blog is for you. X-Rite color management solutions for print and packaging deliver excellence in quality control, formulation and automation. Ray Cheydleur is a printing industry veteran of more than 20 years, a standards guru, and our Portfolio Manager for Printing and Imaging Products. Passionate and very knowledgeable about color, he has a talent for helping printers improve their color quality and c...

We’ve all done it. Snapped a picture on a digital camera or smart phone, sent it to the computer, made a few adjustments, then sent it off to print…. only to be disappointed. The sky looks green. Grandma’s hair is purple. The contrast is so far off you can’t even see that cute little puppy. Stupid camera. The struggle is real for so many people, from hobbyist to professional photographers, graphic designers, and professional printers. Let’s look into this all-too-common mystery of the off-color ...

In a perfect world, you should be able to put ink in the press and run a job.  Unfortunately, there are so many variables that affect color that printing operations often waste thousands of pounds of substrate, and thousands of dollars in press time, making adjustments. Advancements in technology have made it easier to measure color, but the variables still exist. To help you over come them, we’ll be featuring a series that points out many of the reasons your color could go wrong at press side....