The company has introduced its next generation of popular software for customers using handheld spectrophotometers in industrial and graphic arts markets. The software can verify, optimise, and certify handheld and bench top spectrophotometers used at locations worldwide on a regular basis.
Companies can calibrate spectrophotometers in design departments, on factory floors and in test labs to a single virtual standard, ensuring that colour measurements taken at distant locations are accurate and reliable throughout the supply chain.
Over the past few years, X-Rite's earlier version of NetProfiler has become the standard in textiles, plastics, packaging and coatings industries to optimise the performance of bench top spectrophotometers that all experience some data drift over time due to age and use. The software now extends the power of profiling to handheld devices with embedded profiling capabilities.
'We are particularly excited about our new NetProfiler solutions for handheld spectrophotometers, extending the benefits of profiling to new category of devices and customer workflows,' said Richard Knapp, product manager for the software. He says all versions of NetProfiler 3.0 have improved speed and stability on personal computers and can be run offline to store profiles on portable USB memory sticks.
Another feature of the software is its capability to profile new families of devices such as sphere-based instruments like the Ci52 for industrial applications. For companies in the graphic arts industry that use the SpectroEye spectrophotometer, NetProfiler 3.0 provides a profiling solution for graphics arts workflow.
The software can help customers by providing:
-Confidential reports that detail instrument performance, compliance status by location and instrument, relationships between colour partners, and local auditing and certification.
-Ways to exchange comparative colour data easily anywhere in the world with business partners that may have various types of colour-measurement instruments.
-New, cost-effective ceramic calibration media providing equivalent performance to BCRA-II tiles. With two formats optimised for bench top or handheld spectrophotometers, the new calibration media offers significantly improved spatial uniformity, consistent targeting, and improved performance – particularly for smaller aperture devices. The improved calibration media allows the number of colour standards to be reduced, streamlining the profiling process.
X-Rite
www.xrite.com
DES Pty Ltd
www.des-pl.com.au
