Last month I attended the American Packaging Summit in Chicago. It’s a really interesting and different kind of event. Brands of all sizes attend to network, hear about emerging technologies, and talk with vendors in the industry about specifics. Alder Color Solutions sponsored the event this year and I had…
A Recent Success Story Recently we were asked to visit a client regarding consultation for their print production workflows, specifically related to on-going process control. They are a worldwide home decor brand that sells direct to consumer. They have over 1,000 designs to choose from, all of which are printed…
by Bill Owen – Alder Color Solutions Alder Color Solutions is proud to share this success story about our client Parrott Printing in Knoxville, Tennessee. We were able to demo PrintFactory with Parrott Printing and prove out the benefit of transitioning from another competitor’s RIP. Using a Barbieri LFP QB,…
ICC PROFILES explained….by Bill Owen – Lead Color Specialist at Alder Color Solutions There are several types of ICC profiles depending on the kind of equipment that you wish to characterize. We will use input profiles for capture devices such as scanners and cameras. Monitor profiles that will allow the…
Investigating the differences (primarily GCR) between the 2 ICC profiles IDEAlliance released in August of 2021 in their updated ECG Characterization Target and Kit. By Dan Gillespie – Alder Color Solutions – Director of Technical Services As part of the “Idealliance ECG Beta Characterization Data Set File” download there are…
How to use Wide Gamut CMYK profiles to achieve maximum color output. The source profile is an ICC color management term/setting. Every RIP/DFE has a source profile and an output profile specified for color conversions. The default source profile in most cases is smaller than the gamut of the printing…
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