The companies aim to help press operators and designers anticipate color reproduction more accurately in digital printing.An ongoing partnership between Xerox and Pantone has produced new Pantone digital chips books for the Xerox iGen3 Digital Production Press and DocuColor 8000 Digital Color Press, targeted at boosting the accuracy of digital color printing.
The Pantone Inc. digital chip books provide a physical example of how the solid Pantone color will appear when printed on a Xerox Corp. digital press.
The chips books show a three-way comparison of how Pantone Matching System Colors look when printed on a Xerox digital press or an offset press using CYMK process printing.
By using this system, professionals can predict a color's appearance and reduce printing errors.
Doris Brown, vice-president of marketing for Carlstadt, N.J.-based Pantone, said, "In the past, the industry has relied on tools (the Pantone solid to process guide) to accurately interpret and understand the difference between Pantone solid or spot colors and four-color process CMYK colors.
"Since four-process printing has a limited color space, it is important to have a visual representation of how the solid Pantone color will look when reproduced in four-color process printing. The same methodology is applied to digital chips books boosting digital images in press production."
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Pantone is also working with Xerox and XMPie offering a series of seminars called Digitally Cool, Xerox's production color event series. The seminars will take place in 19 worldwide locations during 2005, said Brown.
The digital chip books for the Xerox iGen3 and DocuColor 8000 digital presses will be available mid-May in North America and Europe.
The pricing starts at $349 per book, and the books can be ordered through www.xerox.com/supplies.
