Color management
QColor Service
For some time now, the market has become much more demanding and, for better or worse, this trend does not seem reversible. Customers need reliability and companies must strengthen quality control in all their production processes. This reality, clear and palpable in the graphic arts industry, requires working in accordance with internationally recognized ISO standards in order to operate with confidence and professional rigor.
At Digipress, we offer a fast, controlled, and efficient color management control service: QColor.
QCOLOR
What is QColor?
What is QColor?
The QColor service consists of an annual subscription that offers advanced consulting tailored to your specific situation, along with a detailed report showing how your processes compare to international color standards.
What are the most common color management problems?
What are the most common color management problems?
- Different print providers produce different results.
- There are no objective criteria for color control.
- Incorrect expectations do not match the final result.
- It is extremely difficult to reproduce a job consistently.
- The final result received is not what was expected.
- Images deteriorate due to poor quality control.
- Errors occur because jobs are performed without international or corporate standards.
- There is no color guide or clearly defined tolerance range.
QColor offers Industry 4.0 solutions for color management in the graphic arts industry. QColor drives improvement initiatives that favor color digitization.
Color management is one of the main challenges facing technical professionals in the graphic arts sector. Controlling color throughout the entire graphic production chain is essential to deliver professional and efficient work in accordance with ISO standards, while also meeting the quality control requirements of the end customer.
Our consulting services:
Excellence in color measurement
In addition to ensuring color validation for CMYK inks and spot colors, simultaneous measurement in M1, M2, M3, and M4 modes, and enhanced colorimetric functionality, we offer innovative tools to evaluate ink and paper before, during, and after print production. This helps save time and reduce waste throughout your operation.
Advanced quality control management
- We offer tools to evaluate paper and ink, including paper indices, metamerism, color strength, opacity, and dE trends.
- We measure ink and paper before, during, and after print production to help optimize efficiency.
- We analyze the substrate using the gloss index function.
Advanced colorimetric capabilities
- We bring confidence to every project's workflow, as the tools used in QColor can be locked, customized, and configured individually with multiple user capabilities.
- We offer a wide range of aperture sizes, with the flexibility you need as your business evolves.
- We accurately measure the spectral reflectance of a substrate or an ink.
- We measure the concentration of a specific ink using absolute and relative color strength functions.
- We use the opacity function to measure the difference of a substrate or an ink against black and white backgrounds.
- We calculate color differences under up to three different illuminants using the metamerism function.
- We improve the match to a specific color standard by modifying the ink directly on the press.
- We work with all ISO conditions and meet all our customers' requirements, including G7, PSO, ISO, and Japan Color.
We work with the leading color standards in the graphic arts industry
Whether you work in packaging, flexographic printing, graphic arts, photography, or wide format, we have a solution for you.
Remote, effective, and immediate service.