All the proof you need: seven ways to check color before you go to press

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Proofing before going into final printing is necessary to check color and potential production problems and avoid costly mistakes. There are seven types of technology that can be used to produce color proofs. One category consists of dye sublimation, thermal wax and solid-ink printers. They range in price from $5,000 to $20,000 and come from manufacturers such as Kodak, RasterOps, QMS, Oce Graphics, Tektronix and DataProducts. Color laser copiers, used with an interpreter, are the second type. Both devices, which make up a complete printing system, cost $80,000 together. The third type are high-end color inkjet printers, mostly produced by Iris Graphics and Stork Bedford B.V., and cost from over $50,000. The fourth category are direct digital color proofing devices, made primarily by Kodak and 3M, costing several hundred thousand dollars. Popular examples of overlay proofing devices, the fifth type, are 3M Color-Keys and DuPont CromaCheck. The sixth type are integral proofing devices such as DuPont Cromalin, 3M Matchprint, Kodak Signature, and Fuji ColorArt and cost about $40-$80 a page. The last and most expensive category are press proofs, which cost about $300-$500 an hour.

Inkjet printers, Printing, Practical, Proofs (Printing), Ink Jet Printer, Thermal Printers

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Screen tests

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Calibrating the computer monitor, which involves measuring monitor variables and adjusting the current settings to the preferred levels, is necessary to have consistent and accurate screen colors. A color monitor calibrator maintains color consistency over time and with other computers by measuring the monitor's white points and gammas and by checking the values of the video card. Using a calibrator, screen colors can be customized and matched with print colors. A color management system (CMS) does this matching automatically. There are add-on calibrators currently available for Apple Macintoshes. Among them are: the Radius PrecisionColor Calibrator and the SuperMac SuperMatch, each sold for $695; the RasterOps CorrectColor Calibrator, priced at $2,399; and the RasterOps Multi-user CorrectColor Calibrator, listed at $1,599. Barco's Calibrator II color monitors feature built-in calibration and sell for $7,790 each. NEC's MultiSync monitors come with AccuColor calibration controls which are operated manually.

Product information, Computer peripherals industry, Calibration, Video monitors, Monitors

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ATypI: snared in the Net

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Typographers the world over gathered at a conference sponsored by the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), to debate the possibilities and lament the realities of typography. The conference's billing was to explore type on the Internet, since little support for quality type is presently available on the Internet. Microsoft made a bid to emphasize its Windows 95's antialiasing feature, although research has not proven conclusively that the process allows users to read type on screen. Other topics subject to debate were the user interface, and the predominance of English on the World Wide Web. TypeLab's inclusion in the conference offered a free-form and youthful tone, and is one of the factors that is aiding ATypI's changing image.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Printing industry, Industry event, Special events, Typesetting System

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