GMG Offers Upgraded Color Management Tool

Published: July 27, 2017

TUEBINGEN, GERMANY | GMG, developer of high-end color management solutions, announces OpenColor 2.1, a new release of its multichannel profiling software.

OpenColor 2.1 now offers a measurement capability for custom patches. Whereas previously customers would require a specific test chart to create a color profile, OpenColor 2.1 enables the measurement of full-tone patches from a print control strip, or even solid patches and tint patches on the running printed sheet and to create a profile from the captured spectral data.

The second new development is the inclusion of a detection tool for optical brighteners, said to overcome the issue customers face when they want to create a profile for a substrate and find that the proof doesn’t match the print as it hasn’t taken account of the optical brighteners in the printing material. However, when a customer measures a test chart, mini-strip, or patches using OpenColor 2.1, the software identifies optical brighteners in the substrate and recommends the correct measuring mode settings and the use of a proofing paper that also contains optical brighteners.

Peter Schoeffler, product manager at GMG, says, “…For color-accurate proofing of spot color overprints, OpenColor is the only available solution. Customers are now able to precisely predict spot colors and the interaction between them. It even allows them to create a profile from any measurement captured from a running print job.”

According to Schoeffler, customers can now expect turnaround times reduced by up to 50%, set-up times decreased by up to 30%, characterization runs reduced or even eliminated, and fewer plates required, meaning less waste and increased profits.

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