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Print Technology Sharing | Why Your Colors Are Prone to Errors on the Printing Press: Instrumental Factors (Part 1)

Under normal circumstances, the printing process is stable and consistent in color. Unfortunately, printing operations waste ink, substrates, and printing time trying to achieve the correct color. Despite technological advancements making color accuracy easier to achieve, variables affecting color still exist. In this three-part series, we will share over twenty reasons why your colors may be off in print. We will first look at potential issues affecting color measuring instruments and substrates.

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Technical Sharing | Understanding Common International Printing Production Process Control Standards

Standards are the order and foundation of the industry. In international competition, the right to speak on standards is crucial for enterprises to develop markets. Whether it is upstream printing and packaging machinery manufacturing or downstream printing technology, we have a certain gap with the foreign printing industry. The reason for this situation is largely related to printing industry standards. Standards are a universal language. For enterprises, under the conditions of economic globalization and the modern market economy, standards are the passport for enterprises and products to enter the market. Standards are the right to speak, which controls the initiative in market competition.

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It's time to switch to processless plates! 3 Major Signs You Must Know

Have you been using traditional washout plates simply because that's how it's always been done? It's time to pause and examine your business. Switching to waterless plates may bring unexpected benefits and prove to be a necessary step.

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Color Management Sharing | Why is there a "color difference" between design and print?

Color difference refers to the difference in color perception between two samples, including differences in lightness, chroma, and hue. A color difference formula is used to calculate the difference between two colors after measuring them with a colorimeter. A visual assessment method involves placing two samples side-by-side under specified lighting and viewing conditions for human visual comparison. Visual estimation determines the difference and direction between colors, but not the grade difference. If color difference can be represented by the distance between two points, it achieves numerical expression. Colorimetry is commonly used to determine the difference between colors.

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Color Management Technology Sharing | i1Profiler Creates ICC Profiles for Display and Prepress

ICC color management means having a predictable, consistent, and repeatable workflow from capture to proofing to final output. To achieve a color management workflow, you need to calibrate your devices and create ICC profiles for each component (including cameras, monitors, projectors, scanners, and printers). ICC files are data files proposed by the International Color Consortium (ICC) used to identify the color characteristics of input and output devices. All display devices can use their respective ICC files to describe their color characteristics. ICC files define the color gamut that a device can display and the accuracy of the colors.

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Technical Sharing | SPIN or SPEX: Which is best for gloss measurement?

Surface appearance can alter your perception of color. Consider a glossy magazine; if light directly shines on the page, you might need to tilt the magazine and change the reflection angle to clearly see the color. Similarly, a textured surface may appear to be a different color than a smooth surface of the same object. A glossy blue object may appear more vibrant than a rough-textured object of the same hue. Two samples with different surface textures can be perceived as different colors.

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Technical Sharing | Color Management in Prepress and Printing

In the printing industry, the transition to successfully reproducing digital images (images captured digitally and/or provided electronically) is, for some, still an uphill battle. Scanning transparencies, the input standard for many years, is largely a thing of the past. When scanning, the final transparency could be considered a definitive reference to the image's original author or client intent. In many cases, transparencies were first scanned, then output as press-ready CMYK files using traditionally-set scanners. CMYK files were automatically generated, with no place for ICC profiles. Digital images require a completely different approach and clearly demand different expertise.

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