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Brands may not have a line item in their budget for color, but it can impact the bottom line in different ways. Understanding the true cost of color can help accelerate go-to-market, reduce waste, and save thousands. Color plays a big role in purchase decisions when you consider it only takes shoppers 2 to 7 seconds to select an item from the shelf. To stand out, brands must introduce interesting designs to launch new varieties and seasonal specials, while considering the impact new packaging wi...

Brands invest a great deal of time and resources when selecting a new color to represent their products. If the color doesn't match expectations after printing, runs are wasted, and everyone is left wondering where the color went wrong. Here's a typical scenario. A brand selects a season color for product packaging and communicates that color to the designer. The designer integrates the color into the design and hands it off to the premedia team to convert it into print-ready files. The files a...

Starbucks has once again kicked off the holiday season with four new festive cup designs. This year they surprised us with a magenta accent, which “lifts the traditional holiday colors and makes the red even look brighter,” said Kristy Cameron, Starbucks’ creative director. In the frenzy of holiday shopping, packaging plays a crucial role in catching the eye of potential buyers. However, staying ahead of the game and adapting packaging designs to align with ever-changing con...

２ピース金属缶のようなメタライズされた基材は、製造コストが高く、印刷のカラーコントロールも困難な課題になります。 金属缶印刷業界では、色測定の定義を受け入れることに抵抗を感じる人が多いかもしれませんが、色測定は、加工工場の全体で一貫した色を作り出し、持続可能な取り組みを実現するために最も早く、最も正確で費用対効果の高い方法です 本記事には、以下のトピックスについてお話しします。 通常のカラーコントロールプログラムにおける目視評価の欠点 金属缶印刷向けのデジタルカラーソリューションの構成要素 金属缶印刷の色を測定するために、最適な分光測色計を紹介 以下は、X-Riteによって2020に実施された飲料缶のゲージR＆R研究結果で、X-Riteデジタルカラーソリューションが飲料缶製造環境において正確性と繰り返し性を確認しています。   目視評価が色の精度を評価するのに十分ではない理由 通常、色を見るためには３つの要素が必要です。それは、人間の目、光と物体です。これらの３つの要素はすべて変動の影響を受けています。 ...

L&E International, Ltd is a global provider of sustainable, innovative packaging solutions. As a certified packaging supplier for adidas, Verizon, Amazon (APASS vendor in Asia), Target, and many other brands and retailers, L&E maintains and upholds strict brand color standards across multiple countries and locations of manufacture.  Last year, L&E selected X-Rite digital color workflow solutions to maintain their high color matching expectations. We are excited to be working wit...

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 alik...

If so, we’d like you to know there’s an easier way. An upgrade from the original IntelliTrax, IntelliTrax2 is an automated, non-contact scanning system that makes it easy for busy pressrooms to measure color bars and press sheets without the risk of human error. Adding press-side quality control into your color workflow can shorten your makeready, reduce waste, and help you get to optimum color quality fast. IntelliTrax2 is an ideal color management solution for high-end, high-speed commercial ...