Datacolor hosts a series of webinars in April and May on color management in industrial production workflows:
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X-Rite eXact [Video]
eXact is the new pressroom spectrophotometer from X-Rite and the successor to the 530 and SpectroEye product lines. This video gives a quick overview of the hardware and some of X-Rite’s own companion software:

ChromaQA [Video]
ChromaQA is Techkon USA’s online quality control tool for printers and print buyers in the digital and flexographic packaging market:

Esko Color Engine [Video]
Color Engine is the central hub for working with spot and brand colors in an Esko workflow.

News Roundup: Brand Color
What is happening in the packaging and branding world: News from IDEAlliance, Pantone, CGS and GMG.

News Roundup: Brand Color Management
Some short news and links on quality in the packaging world:
Pantone Printer Certification
X-Rite and Pantone have launched a new certification program for printers. The purpose is to help qualified printers advertise their ability to handle and reproduce PANTONE spot colors consistently.

[Video] Pantone Plus
A look into the production of the Pantone Plus guides:

What’s new in metallic printing – 2
Color-Logic Inc is promoting a CMYK + Silver printing system that allows printers to produce hundreds of metallic spot colors on the same press sheet while only using five printing units. A specially formulated silver ink is put down in the first unit, and overprinted with the CMYK inks. The Color-Logic system is similar to [...]

What’s new in metallic printing
Pantone has upgraded their classic Pantone Matching System to a new version called Pantone Plus. The former PMS Metallics color system is now called PREMIUM METALLICS.
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Pantone Printer Certification
September 14, 2011
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Controlling an offset press
November 21, 2011
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New Self-Calibrating Eizo [Video]
November 27, 2011
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ColorChecker Passport [Video]
November 27, 2011
- FAQ: Device Link profiles December 6, 2011
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Working with abstract ICC profiles
December 21, 2011

