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Color is a powerful tool in print and packaging, influencing consumer decisions and defining brand identity. Whether you’re designing luxury goods or everyday products, accurate color ensures your materials stand out while maintaining brand consistency. However, achieving accurate color can be challenging, especially for those who rely solely on visual evaluation. Let’s explore how controlled lighting improves color perception and why it’s essential for effective visual color ...

The Need for Industry Standards for Visual Color Evaluation in Retail LED Lighting In the retail industry, lighting is a critical factor that influences how products are perceived by customers. However, the lack of standardized LED lighting poses significant challenges that can impact both retailers and consumers. Inconsistent Color Reproduction One of the primary issues with the absence of standardized LED lighting is inconsistent color reproduction. Different LED lights can produce varying co...

The Future of Color Consistency: LED Lighting Solutions for Industry Standards For years, fluorescent bulbs have been a mainstay in industries requiring accurate color assessment, but their downsides are becoming increasingly hard to ignore. These lights require warm-up time and may distort color accuracy, both of which lead to production delays and translate into higher sample costs.  More importantly, fluorescent bulbs contain hazardous materials like mercury, complicating their disposal...

電機・電子機器に含まれる特定有害物質の使用制限に関するEU指令の最近の改定により、2025年2月24日までに、特殊用途向けの多くの蛍光灯に適用されている水銀に関する、現行の適用除外が撤廃されます。これらは、EU REACH規則の条項 2(b)(4)-Iで定義されています。適用除外撤廃後、欧州では、この適用除外に基づく蛍光灯のテクノロジーを含む新しい機器の販売は出来なくなります。 現在、エックスライト製の標準光源装置 SpectraLight QCに搭載されている蛍光灯は、このカテゴリの適用除外に該当します。　この規制に対応するため、当社は欧州におけるSpectraLight QCの販売を2025年2月24日以降停止しますが、適用除外撤廃後もサービスと交換部品でのサポートは規制の対象とならないため、販売を継続いたします。 この決定を受けて他の地域の国々も、欧州の規制に合わせると予想されます。近い将来、市場ではあらゆる種類の蛍光灯の販売が禁止されるでしょう。 こうした規制強化と、それに伴う蛍光灯製造の縮小により、蛍光灯の供給と調達はより厳しくなり、サプライヤーは蛍光灯の生産を集約しています...

The best way to visualize how color will react in real world lighting conditions is to use a quality light booth. Traditional light booths contain common illuminants like daylight, incandescent, and fluorescent to replicate how color will look in the retail store and post-purchase in outdoor and home lighting. Today, the increased use of LED lamps in home, commercial, and retail environments is impacting decades of standardized lighting procedures.   How LED is Changing the Game LED li...

Although digital printing has been around for many years, the industry is undergoing dramatic changes. On the plus side, digital print technologies utilize more durable inks and offer higher reliability, longer print life, and overall cost savings and efficiency. But these changes also mean print shops must adjust the way they operate to remain competitive.   According to Allied Market Research, the digital fabric printing market is expected to reach almost $4 million globally by 2022,...