Pantone 114C

Print Workflow
Optimize Color Quality Across Complex Global Supply Chains
 When it comes to color,
there is only one true partner.
X-Rite Pantone has been working
with printers, designers, and brands
around the world for more than 150
collective years, and we continue to
research, develop, and test new and
innovative ways to define, specify,
measure, and manage color.

We partner with our customers to identify areas of workflow

sophistication and deliver scaled solutions that cater to specific
needs and growth opportunities. Our customizable range of
tools includes color standards, software, and instrumentation to
streamline workflows and produce timely and consistent color
across each substrate and every job.

You can trust X-Rite Pantone to help you achieve the very best
color — during specification and design, throughout formulation,
on press, and in each and every finished product.

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An Irresistible First Impression

Whether your clients are establishing or maintaining

a corporate identity through marketing and promotional
materials, color has the power to help your message
break through the clutter.
X-Rite Pantone solutions can help you ensure precise and accurate color and
speed time to market across an increasingly complex global supply chain by:

• Removing subjectivity • Better management of materials

• Reducing cost and waste • Optimizing jobs to run on press
• Ensuring ink integrity

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 Without the Right Solution,
Color Can Quickly Go Wrong
Equipping you with tools is only the beginning. We consider it our
responsibility to ensure you know how to put these tools to the best
use for the efficiency and growth of your organization.

Instrumentation Software
Profiler Quality Control Software
Calibrates and profiles monitors, scanners, Ensures consistent color throughout the
Densitometer Profiler
proofers, and presses.
Spectrophotometer Densitometer Profiler
supply chain using configurable options.
Spectrophotometer

Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer

Densitometer Digital Standards

Software Controlled Lighting
Accurately measures density and dot gain
Color Standards Software Controlled Lighting Specifies and communicates color standards
Color Standards

Densitometer results (TVI).

Profiler Spectrophotometer Software
to all global supply chain stakeholders without
Controlled Lighting Color Standards

risk of interpretation or wear.

Spectrophotometer
Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting
Cloud-Based
Architecture Quality Reporting

Quality Assurance
Architecture

Software
Provides all density metrics plus colorimetric
Controlled Lighting Color Standards Cloud-Based
Architecture
Print & Color
Quality Reporting
Consulting

Profiler Spectrophotometer and spectral values. Communicates and manages precise color
Automated Closed Densitometer
Quality Assurance
and print specifications throughout the
Profiler Spectrophotometer
Loop Control
packaging and print supply chain.
Visual Assessment
Cloud-Based Automated Closed
Architecture Loop Control

ontrolled Lighting Color Standards

Ink Formulation
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer

Light Booth Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards

Manages ink recipes and ink assortments,
Offers controlled, standardized lighting
improves basic material handling, reduces
environments to consistently evaluate color.
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards hazardous waste, and reduces ink inventories.
Profiler Spectrophotometer Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting

Physical Color Standards

Architecture Quality Reporting

Automated Closed Loop Control

Verifies the color chosen at specification
Cloud-Based
Architecture Automated system that adjusts and controls
is the same color at final product.
Controlled Lighting Color Standards the press to speed up make-ready, reduce
Automated Closed Quality Assurance
Loop Control
variation, and quickly report results.

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 Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer

Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards

Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards

End-to-end solutions for a variety of applications: Densitometer

Densitometer Profiler
Profiler
Spectrophotometer
Spectrophotometer Cloud-Based
Densitometer Profiler Print & Color Consulting
Spectrophotometer
Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting
Architecture Quality Reporting
Architecture Quality Reporting

Application
Densitometer Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer Spectrophotometer
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Densitometer Spectrophotometer Profiler Automated Closed Quality Assurance Quality Assurance
Profiler Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards Automated Closed
Loop Control Loop Control

Pre-Media a a a a a a
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting
Cloud-Based
Architecture Architecture Quality Reporting
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Cloud-Based
Architecture

Ink Kitchen Cloud-Based

a a a a a a
Cloud-Based Architecture
Automated Closed
Architecture
Loop Control
Cloud-Based
Architecture

Pressroom a a a a a a a a a a

Pre-Media
Prepare color-accurate print jobs to ensure
specifications are consistent throughout
file preparation and proofing results are
achievable.

Ink Kitchen
Manage ink recipes and assortments to
reduce inventory, formulate faster, easily
manage raw materials, and deliver precise
ink formulations to the press.

Pressroom
Operator-friendly tools to shorten make-ready
and offer guidance for consistent press quality
to achieve customer requirements.

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 Printing Workflow
Color accuracy from monitor to proof to print is the key objective

Pre-Media: Prepare
for premedia professionals. X-Rite Pantone’s color measurement,
management, and control solutions help you establish color print

Color-Accurate Jobs specifications and remove subjectivity throughout file preparation

and proofing.

Pantone 485C

Graphics Art Production Quality Control

• Accurately proof design intent to • Optimize standards for specific • Eliminate variability inherent to
printing process. substrates and processes. physical standards or inappropriate
color data references.
• Eliminate variability to physical • Evaluate color objectively to ensure
standards or inappropriate color print quality regardless of process • Calibrate and profile the proofer
data references. and substrate. to match paper, ink, and printing
conditions.
• Optimize device reproduction • Optimize devices reproduction
to achieve a more accurate color to achieve a more accurate color • Hone in on trouble areas using
Densitometer
on a variety of substrates. Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
on a variety of substrates.
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
statistically-valid data.
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
Profiler Spectrophotometer

Software Densitometer Controlled Lighting Profiler Software

Color Standards Controlled Lighting
Spectrophotometer Color Standards Densitometer Profiler Software Densitometer Controlled Lighting
Spectrophotometer Profiler Color Standards Spectrophotometer Densitometer
Software Controlled Lighting
Profiler Spectrophotometer
Color Standards

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Cloud-Based Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting Cloud-Based Print & Color Controlled Lighting Consulting Consulting
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Software Color Standards SoftwareCloud-Based Print & Color
Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Architecture Architecture Quality Reporting Architecture Quality Reporting Architecture Quality Reporting
 Printing Workflow Converters across the globe are experiencing a growing demand
for faster, and more accurate color quality from their clients.

Ink Kitchen: Precise Color

Achieving stricter tolerances in less time leaves them struggling
with ink leftovers and high costs for time and materials. X-Rite

From Concept to Ink Pantone’s comprehensive product solutions address your immediate
formulation challenges and put you on a path to achieve accurate
Formulation and consistent color each and every time.

Pantone 2738C

Formulation Quality Control Reporting

• Provide optimum initial color • Easily measure, control, • Simultaneously measure M0, M1,
matches for intended viewing and evaluate production. M2, and M3.
conditions.
• Formulation and quality control • Evaluate compliance with
• Better manage raw materials software for statistical control. customer specifications. Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer

and meet supplier requirements.

• Maintain color and print quality
• Use existing assortments to save across various shifts and sites.
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards

time and minimize waste.

Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
Architecture Quality Reporting

Software Controlled Lighting Software

Color Standards Controlled Lighting Color Standards Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer Automated Closed Quality Assurance
Loop Control

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Cloud-Based Cloud-Based Print & Color Consulting Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Architecture Architecture Quality Reporting
 Printing Workflow
You, your customers, and your company’s bottom line care
Pressroom: Deliver on about color. Pressroom solutions from X-Rite Pantone can

Customer Expectations and

help ensure you meet customer requirements faster, reducing
waste and down time.

Improve Your Bottom Line

Pantone 2375C

Production Quality Control Reporting

• Access spectral values for brand • Easily measure, control, • Simultaneously measure M0, M1,
and custom standards from a and evaluate production. M2, and M3.
secure cloud-based system.
• Formulation and quality control • Evaluate compliance with
• Cross-reference and visualize software for statistical control.
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
customer specifications. Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer

master colors on different printing

• Share production results between • Maintain color and print quality
materials.
suppliers for seamless quality across various shifts and sites.
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards

• View real-time reports for guidance control.

to achieve specified colors faster.
Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
Cloud-Based
Architecture
Print & Color
Quality Reporting
Consulting
Cloud-Based
Architecture
Print & Color
Quality Reporting
Consulting

Densitometer Software Profiler SpectrophotometerColor Standards

Controlled Lighting Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer Densitometer Profiler Spectrophotometer
Automated Closed Quality Assurance Automated Closed Quality Assurance
Loop Control Loop Control

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Software Cloud-Based Controlled Lighting Print & Color Color Standards Consulting Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards Software Controlled Lighting Color Standards
Architecture Quality Reporting
Color Control for a
Variety of Print Solutions
With X-Rite solutions, it is possible to create accurate and consistent color across
ever-evolving print processes.

Wide and Grand Format Digital Print

Meet customer expectations for exacting color. Address shorter cycle times, smaller runs, and cost
No matter what the substrate or kind of inks. POP control while meeting customer expectations for the
graphics, backlit displays, Posters and more we highest possible quality and consistency.
have the tools to deliver accurate color.

Industrial Print
Communicate standards and customer requirements across the
changing world of digital print including ceramics, 3D, textiles, wall and
floor coverings. Use process control and profiling to increase efficiency
and reporting to provide customer assurance.

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 Why Partner With Us?

Minimize Risk & Protect Your Investment

To achieve the highest color accuracy, you must maintain your color
investments. X-Rite offers Service Care Packages to ensure your device
continues to operate in peak condition once it leaves our factory so you can
deliver the color your customers specify.

Service Care Plan Options

Certification NetProfiler Basic
Premium Protective
Plus Plus Warranty

Product Defects (Labor & Parts) a a a a a

Break-fix Coverage (Labor & Parts) a a a a
NetProfiler License and Tiles a a
Annual Preventative a a
Maintenance (Inspect & Clean)
Email & Phone Support a
Expedited Shipping a

Invest in your most important asset – your people.

Our color training and services are customized to fit your needs, schedule, and
budget. From introductory classes to advanced applications, our extensive
library of courses spans every learning style to help you improve your color
knowledge and ensure your workflow is the best it can be.

Training and Services Options

• Classroom • Custom Consultation • Onsite
• Color Workflow Audit • Online • Seminar

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What our customers
are saying….
“Anyone who has not transitioned from
measuring ink densities to using spectral
data for color management is not being cost-
effective. You cannot create the consistency
necessary to grapple with the challenges in
the graphic arts business without relying on
spectral data and Pantone color resources.”

— Steve Rickett
UNIMAC GRAPHICS

“With ColorCert Scorecard, we have been able

to more easily identify areas where we can
improve our performance. This ensures that
profiles are correct, plates are correct, inks are
accurate, and our partners better understand
what we need. The result? An improvement
of 200% in our ColorCert score!”

— Vincent Whatley
ULTIMATE PACKAGING

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We’re color experts.
We recognize that great color portrays great quality and know that your success hinges on the
consistent and accurate production of this color. With so many places for color to go wrong, it can
be hard to know how to get it right. That’s where we can help. By blending the art and science of
color, we help you achieve the highest level of color integrity so your product – and your customer’s
product – comes out ahead.

Global Headquarters

Manufacturing and R&D

X-Rite Service Center

Certified Service Partners

End-To-End Solutions Innovation Experience Passion

We provide solutions that span Bridging the gap between color With 60+ years of experience Inspired by the great color our
the entire workflow, from design and appearance, we are blazing in color manufacturing, our customers produce, our X-Rite
through production, to ensure the trail for you to take your color expertise spans a range of color team provides quality
your color is optimized. operations to the next level. industries. support and training services.

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