Turn your i1Pro1, 2, 3, or MYIRO or else modern
45/0° connected scanning spectrophotometer, into the best printing pressroom
spectrophotometer.
Email us your wish list for a formal price quotation:
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Solve ALL your print color quality problems (CMYK, CMYK with spot
colors, N-Colors printing with or without a CMYK base, for a MUCH lower price
than buying a simple plate reader or a simple CMYK densitometer!
You can easily download the demo
versions on this web site, and/or ask us for a temporary key if you want to
test Colorsource applications without any functional limitation. Stop wasting time and consumable and
get the quality and productivity you need today!
Download the price list of our applications dedicated to Print Houses:
Colorsource_software_for_Print_Houses_price_list.pdf Just
email us the software configuration you want or the print applications you
envisage, and we will send you
a formal price quotation tailored to your needs:
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Compare
our productive software-based solutions costs, with the alternative solutions
based on dedicated equipment's:
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Following worked examples for typical offset printing are showing that, while
being far more flexible, productive and opened, our software solutions allow you
saving A LOT of money, by properly using modern 45/0° connected spectrophotometers
such as X-Rite i1Pro 1, 2, 3 or Konica-Minolta MYIRO:
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Actions
required
for printed color quality:
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Proprietary
solutions:
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Costs of proprietary solutions:
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Colorsource
solutions:
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| Controlling
CMYK color proofs BEFORE prepress and imposition,
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometer or dedicated pressroom spectrophotometer
+
appropriate third-party software.
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0
to 7 000 €
+
Third-party software.
(You often already own the
required hardware!)
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else scanning
spectrophotometer
+
Free Magic_Proof_&_Print_Control application.
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| Calibrating
your CtP or checking your plates BEFORE press mounting,
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Offset
plate reader*
or pressroom spectrophotometer or densitometer with plate measurement functions.
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2 000
to 4 500 €
for a plate reader
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometer
+ PLATE
application.
App. price
is 280 €
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Controlling
the color quality of printing
inks, in terms of
color matching, metamerism and optimal print density or concentration, BEFORE you install
the inks on your
press,
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Pressroom
spectrophotometer with programmed spot colors and tolerances,
and with a working function allowing you computing your optimal inks
densities or pigment concentrations and controlling their metamerism.
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5000
to 7 000 €
+
Expensive third-party software.
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometer
+
SPOT_Color_Manager
application.
App. price is 500 €
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On-Press
setting of your CMYK inks densities or concentrations for matching any
ISO12647, G7 or else private CMYK print standard
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Pressroom
spectrophotometer with all ISO12647-2-3-4-6 solid and
trapping colors and spot colors and tolerances preprogrammed,
and with a working function allowing you computing your optimal
solid CMYK
print densities or pigment concentrations
And/or expensive
third-party software.
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>
5 000 €
Per printing press
and with slow and awkward use.
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometer
+
MagicPress application.
App. price is 420 €
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On-Press setting of all your inks densities or concentrations for matching any
CMYK, or CMYK + spot colors, or 1 to 10 colors N-Colors standard with or
without a CMYK base
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Expensive pressroom
spectrophotometers do not allow specifying standards other than classic public 4
colors CMYK standards.
Expensive third-party software required ... if any.
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No solution
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometer
+
MagicPress
N-CLR option
Option price is 210
€
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| Off-Press
computing and fast updating your CMYK gravure curves,
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Pressroom
spectrophotometer with all ISO12647-2-3-4-6 solid and
trapping colors and tolerances preprogrammed, and with scan measurement function,
and with a working function allowing you checking your optimal
average CMYK
print densities
+
expensive third-party software.
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>
6 000 €
+
Expensive third-party software.
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else scanning
spectrophotometer
+
MagicPrepress
application.
App. price is 740 €
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| Off-Press
computing and fast updating all your gravure curves for all 1 to 10 colors
N-Colors standard with or without a CMYK base
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Expensive pressroom
spectrophotometers do not allow specifying standards other than classic public 4
colors CMYK standards;
Expensive third-party
software required ... if any.
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No solution
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Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else scanning
spectrophotometer
+
MagicPrepress
N-CLR option
Option price is 370 €
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Your
investment costs:
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Obsolete*
solutions:
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Your
costs:
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Colorsource
solutions:
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Total equipment needed and approx. costs for ONE
offset press**, for all printing applications with ONE to TEN inks:
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1 x Pressroom spectrophotometer
+ 1
x Plate reader*
+ Expensive third-party software application.
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6
000 €
+ 2 000 €
+ 4 000 €
TOTAL > 12 000 €
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1
x Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometer
+
Magic_Proof_&_Print_Control
+
SPOT_Color_Manager
+
PLATE
+
MagicPrepress
+MagicPrepress
N-CLR opt.
+
1 x
MagicPress
+ 1 x
MagicPress
N-CLR option
TOTAL < 4 000 €
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Total equipment needed and approx. costs
for TWO offset** presses, for all printing applications with ONE to TEN inks:
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2
x Pressroom spectrophotometers
+ 1
x Plate reader*
+ Expensive third-party software application
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2 x 6 000 €
+ 2
000 €
+ 4
000 €
TOTAL > 18 000 €
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2
x Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometers
+
Magic_Proof_&_Print_Control
+
SPOT_Color_Manager
+
PLATE
+
MagicPrepress
+MagicPrepress
N-CLR opt.
+
2 x
MagicPress
+ 2 x
MagicPress
N-CLR options
TOTAL < 5 500 €
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Total equipment needed and approx. costs
for THREE offset** presses, for all printing applications with ONE to TEN inks:
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3
x Pressroom spectrophotometers
+ 1
x Plate reader*
+ Expensive third-party software application
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3 x 6 000 €
+ 2
000 €
+ 4
000 €
TOTAL > 24 000 €
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3
x Eye-One Pro 1,2,3 or else
scanning spectrophotometers
+
Magic_Proof_&_Print_Control
+
SPOT_Color_Manager
+
PLATE
+
MagicPrepress
+MagicPrepress
N-CLR opt.
+
3 x
MagicPress
+ 3 x
MagicPress
N-CLR options
TOTAL < 7 000 €
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