Fundamentals of Print and Packaging

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Who Should Attend? 

• Press operators, quality assurance or quality control managers, production supervisors, and prepress professionals looking to better understand how to improve efficiencies in the pressroom. Additionally, if you're working with an X-Rite eXact and/or Color iQC Print, this is the course for you.

Why Attend?

• Our Fundamentals of Color seminar is the leading one-day educational course in the country. Benefiting from the following course tools, suppliers and manufacturers, nationwide, have utilized the information presented to establish color quality standards.
  • Knowledgeable Instructors
    • Our team of speakers and instructors are considered to be industry leaders and have accumulated years of hands-on practical experience and expertise in their respective fields. You’ll learn from experts in areas such as color management, printing, textiles, plastics and more.
  • After the Seminar
    • After you’ve attended a seminar, you are encouraged to continue contacting us through your My X-Rite account for additional information or answers to technical questions. Our team will promptly respond to all requests.
  • Free Materials
    • As part of the seminar tour, all attendees will receive the Munsell Interactive Learning Kit and a Pantone gift free of charge.
  • Product Discounts
    • Participants will receive a 10% discount voucher that is valid until December 31, 2018. The voucher cannot exceed $500.00 off a purchase.

Introduction to Color and Printing

• The science of color and appearance
• Eye mechanism; includes a color vision test and detection of chromatic anomalies

Color Quantification

• Communication of colorimetric information
• Quantification of light sources, color temperatures and illuminants
• Interpretation of spectral reflectance
• The different chromatic models: additive, subtractive and mixed
• Understanding of the CIE color system

Instrumentation

• Difference between densitometers, colorimeters, and spectrophotometers
• The concept of metamerism
• What instrument to use and when
• Understanding the M-Factors

Fundamentals of Print Process Control

• Understanding what process control is
• Overview of process control for creatives and prepress
• Communicating color digitally – CxF and PDF
• Qualifications and standards including G7, CRPCs and what are the printing aims
• Pressroom process control
• Digital printing process control
• Lighting for visual assessment
• Spot color process control including PantoneLIVE and best practices for sample measurement
• Instrument alignment and calibration
• Benefits of Ink Formulation in the workflow