ChromaChecker Products

ChromaChecker Instrument Inspector tracks the stability and reproducibility of your measurement instruments — so you'll know the moment one starts measuring differently from how it used to, whether the cause is a dirty calibration plaque, a dirty optical path, an accidental drop, or anything else. Frequent checking tells you an instrument's true condition and flags when it genuinely needs to go back to the factory. Think of it as permanent self-recertification.

Tracking is the fundamental feature and works for both spectral and colorimetric instruments, with spectral analysis offering the most advanced capabilities. You measure a chosen target on a schedule, and multiple measurements are averaged into a Baseline — a fingerprint of exactly how that instrument measures.

What Instrument Inspector does:

• Track — monitor each instrument's condition over time and catch drift early, like permanent self-recertification
• Compare — compare any tracked instruments to learn your real inter-instrument agreement, across models, vendors, in-line and handheld, spectrophotometers and colorimeters
• Share & compare — extend comparisons beyond your walls to your customers' and co-producers' instruments
• Harmonize — set a Master instrument and harmonize your spectral devices to it, so all data agrees on the fly once enabled in Print Inspector Track preferences

Supported targets: Instrument Inspector works with a wide range of targets so you can match durability and budget to your needs.

• ChromaChecker X-42, B-42, I-42 — serialized, lightfast, laminated long-term targets with broad spectral coverage across 42 patches
• ChromaChecker Lucideon CL-36 — very-long-term ceramic target (35 ceramic tiles plus one OBA synthetic patch)
• basICColor MesCal13 — long-term metal target with 13 colored tiles
• Lucideon BCRA tiles — long-term ceramic standards
• X-Rite ColorChecker — a simple, inexpensive option for tracking precision over time (requires a compatible CMYK reference)
• Short-term & self-printable targets — Heidelberg PO Basic 210/240, Idealliance 12647-7 control wedge, and Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge let you harmonize built-in spectrophotometers on in-line presses (Indigo, Heidelberg, Xeikon, QuadTech, AVT) and proofers (such as the Epson SpectroProofer)

Alder's G7-certified color experts help you set up tracking baselines, harmonize your instruments, and keep your measurement data trustworthy.

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