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Equinox is a new color-conversion technology that enables the standardization of five, six or seven printing inks, eliminating the need for printers to rely completely on CMYK or spot color standards. The ability to standardize on a printer's own inks results in shorter makeready times, less waste and much smaller ink stocks while enabling composite printing.
As a preferred partner, X-Rite will provide Eye-One iO(R) and ProfileMaker 5 as a bundled package in the Equinox product. Eye-One iO incorporates the award-winning Eye-One Pro spectrophotometer by X-Rite into the automated iO scan table. Eye-One iO provides fast, accurate test chart measurements of various substrates up to 10 mm. ProfileMaker 5 software provides professional color management delivering consistent, predictable color to prepress, proofing and print production professionals. ProfileMaker 5 software is easily upgradeable to a multi-color module for those printers engaged in a CMYK+ or n-color workflow streamlining and facilitating color accuracy wherever high volume of spot colors is required.
"Partnering with X-Rite enables us to provide our customers the ability to cultivate an accurate color ecosystem through the implementation of ICC profiles that deliver predictable results every time," says Petra Tant, Product Manager Labels & Packaging of Artwork Systems. "These benefits will ultimately help packaging printers get more jobs on press, while increasing productivity, consistency and accuracy."
Through this new partnership, Artwork Systems Equinox customers will further strengthen the adoption of ICC standards throughout the packaging production digital supply chain, enabling consistent, high quality color production as already established in the commercial printing workflow.
"Color management is critical to printers as color has become more essential to product brand and promotion," said Iris Mangelschots, X-Rite's Vice President for Graphic Arts. "As corroborated by several key Artwork Systems customers already utilizing ProfileMaker Publish Plus and Packaging, the combination of Artwork System and X-Rite solutions truly meets the prepress needs of the flexographic and packaging industries. These products were designed specifically to meet the color issues common in a multi-color workflow. With Artwork Systems and X-Rite working together, printers can feel confident that their products will be consistent from start to finish. We are very excited about our partnership and what we expect to be a long term strategic alliance."
For more information about Equinox or other Artwork Systems products, please visit www.artwork-systems.com or call +32 9 265 84 11.
About Artwork Systems:
Artwork Systems develops integrated software solutions for the preparation of professional color printing or pre-press. The company has offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States with international support structures in Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Hong Kong. Partner organizations in more than 40 countries are responsible for worldwide distribution of various products. Through the acquisition of Enfocus and Dimensional Impressions, Artwork Systems has a presence in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The company's most important markets are Western Europe and the United States. During fiscal year 2005, worldwide sales amounted to 46.22 million euro.
About X-Rite:
(NASDAQ:XRIT)(SWX:XRI) X-Rite, which recently acquired GretagMacbeth, is the global leader in color-measurement solutions, offering hardware, software and services for the verification and communication of color data. The company serves a range of industries, including imaging and media, industrial color and appearance, retail color matching, and medical. X-Rite serves customers in more than 100 countries from its 21 offices in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Visit www.xrite.com for more information.
Contacts:
Artwork Systems: Helene Smith,
HSPR,
407-786-0040 Cell: 321-386-6511 [email protected] OR X-Rite: Will Holland,
330-665-9858,
ext. 202 Director of Corporate Marketing [email protected] OR X-Rite: Paula Rosales,
+41 (44) 842 2723 Field Marketing Manager Europe,
Imaging and Media [email protected]
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