X-Rite extends eXact capabilities

eXact Scan adds speed, flexibility and new quality control tools to the eXact color measurement instrument for the printing and packaging industries.

The eXact Scan option extends the instrument’s ability to accurately read conventional and non-continuous strips for quality assurance applications, such as flexo printing for packaging, as well as being suitable for offset litho printers that have large capital investments in older presses that aren’t equipped with in-line color measurement capabilities.

In addition, eXact Scan can transfer data to an application such as Microsoft Excel for further analysis and reporting, and integrate with the new 2.5 release of ColorCert: X-Rite Edition.

X-Rite said that, when combined with its InkKeyControl software, eXact Scan enables color management at a low cost of entry, so enabling printers to extend the useful lives of their presses. InkKeyControl allows printers to target faster make-ready times and improve quality control through control of ink keys. It displays real-time measurement results in a graphical red/yellow/green ‘traffic light’ report, which enables press operators to quickly manage changes as they print.

Dan Magnia, the print and packaging market manager for X-Rite, said: ‘X-Rite eXact has been well-received in the marketplace. Building on that success, we developed eXact Scan in response to suggestions from our customers about how to add even more value to the instrument.

‘With expected high product demand, X-Rite is proud to offer a loyalty program to current eXact owners so they can be the first to take advantage of upgrading their equipment to include this new capability.’

Pazazz Printing in Montreal was a beta test site for eXact Scan. Warren Werbitt, chief executive officer of Pazazz Printing, which is a certified G7 Master Printer that specializes in conventional offset printing up to 56in, digital printing, flexo and digital labels, packaging, wide format and mobile solution, said: ‘We first migrated to the eXact to make the transition from using print density in quality control to the more accurate spectral readings. In addition, with the eXact Scan option, we have more capability to deliver the higher quality our customers expect.

‘eXact Scan adds value to the eXact platform far beyond its incremental cost. With eXact Scan, we can now comfortably hold on to an older press that we were not ready to update or retire.’