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Alwan Color Expertise to Participate in Color Management Education at Graph Expo 16
Tuesday 27. September 2016 - Alwan Color Expertise, a world-leader in color management and process control software, announces its participation in educational seminars during Graph Expo 2016. David Hunter, President of Pilot Marketing Group, and Master Distributor of Alwan in North America, will be leading discussions in color management seminars sponsored by Graph Expo and Idealliance at three events during the four-day trade show in Orlando, FL.
To keep print service professionals up-to-date on the latest news of G7 and print standards, Idealliance will be hosting the G7 Summit on Monday, September 26. The Idealliance G7 Summit provides the latest developments in the G7 methodology and the most proven best practices in print production. At 1:30 pm, David Hunter will discuss the new G7 Test Forms and Test Targets, explaining the advantages of these new forms and targets.
As part of the Graph Expo Seminar Series, Alwan will be represented by David Hunter who will present the topic, “SUPERCHARGE Your Old Press: How to Gain LESS Make Ready and MORE Quality/Speed”. Closed Loop, CIP Presets, Plate Curve, Color Servers, and G7 methodology are terms used relative to improving a press room, but most people dont know the differences. In this session, Hunter will examine actual symptoms of press room problems and explore, in detail, the various options for solving them. Attendees will gain an understanding of which solutions should be considered, and how to prioritize specific issues. This session will take place on Monday, September 26 at 3:30 pm in Room N320A.
Another color management educational track will be conducted in the Idealliance booth on Tuesday, September 27. At 11:00 am, David Hunter will speak on the topic “The New Premedia: Closing the Loop”. As the range of print technologies and substrates has expanded, so has the complexity of maintaining color quality in production environments across various suppliers. With advances in premedia production technologies and processes, Hunter will discuss the redesigned Color Management Professional Premedia online certification program.
Solutions from Alwan
The new version 6 of Alwan color suite of software – ColorHub, PrintStandardizer and PrintVerifier – enables brand owners and designers to define their brand colors in CxF/X-4 standard format, communicate their quality expectations to print service providers, and check that their colors have been matched by the reproduction process. The new Alwan color suite also enables printers to automatically calibrate and profile their print devices during production to better match customer expectations.