Mówisz, że barwa jest ważna, ale czy wiesz, dlaczego tak jest? W rzeczywistości barwa jest kluczowym elementem w procesie produkcyjnym. Niestety, wielu producentów zdaje sobie sprawę, że uzyskanie właściwej barwy jest znacznie trudniejsze niż kiedyś, a marki, z którymi współpracują, wymagają spełnianie ściślejszych tolerancji. Oto dlaczego. Postępy w technologii kolorystycznej - na przykład metaliczne opakowania, perłowe wykończenia, niestandardowe tkaniny i nowe, ży...

Posted November 01, 2022 by Cindy Cooperman

W 2020 roku producenci zostali zmuszeni do przemyślenia swojego sposobu działania. Na całym świecie pandemia COVID-19 zatrzymała podróże niezbędne do zatwierdzania prototypów i opóźniła wysyłkę fizycznych próbek. Wiele marek zaczęło szukać sposobów wykorzystania cyfrowych próbek barw, aby utrzymać produkcję, ale borykało się z trudnością w odtworzeniu wyglądu próbki barwy na prototypie.   Aplikacja desktopowa PANTORA rozwiązuje ten problem. Z...

Posted March 16, 2021 by Matthew Adby

Zarządzanie barwami ICC oznacza przepływ zleceń, który jest przewidywalny, spójny i powtarzalny od uzyskania obrazu przez wydruki próbne do końcowego wyniku. Aby uzyskać przepływ zleceń w druku, należy skalibrować urządzenia i utworzyć profil ICC dla każdego komponentu, w tym aparatu, monitora, projektora, skanera i drukarki.   Dlaczego warto kalibrować i profilować? Aby uzyskać najlepiej dopasowane barwy, należy skalibrować każde urządzenie, które uczestniczy w przepływie zleceń w celu ...

Posted January 27, 2021 by Ray Cheydleur

Recently we had the opportunity to sit down with Laura Guido-Clark, a consumer products designer of color, material, and texture. She has been dubbed an “Experience Consultant,” which reflects her interest and study of human reactions to the look and feel of new products.   Photo by Laura Flippen. We asked Guido-Clark to speak with us because we also appreciate the importance of color in our lives.   Q. What inspired you to pursue a career in color? A. When I wa...

Posted September 01, 2020 by X-Rite Color

Whether you work with plastics, coatings or textiles, you must consistently achieve in-tolerance color or your product could be rejected before it even makes it to the shelf or showroom.     This is especially true for brands that rely on off-site suppliers and manufacturers for raw materials and parts that come together at assembly, such as the plastic dashboard, fabric seats, and coated interior panels of a car. Even if each site produces in-tolerance color, it must be monitored an...

Posted June 12, 2020 by Tim Mouw

As digital printing continues to grow, many printmakers are moving beyond traditional media to create artwork on substrates like wood, acrylic, textiles, and backlit materials. While the results can be beautiful, achieving exceptional print quality on these materials can be challenging.   Enter the i1Pro 3 Plus. With its large aperture, polarization and transmissive capabilities, this new member of X-Rite’s i1Pro Family can create color profiles for substrates that are otherwise ...

Posted May 20, 2020 by X-Rite Color

COVID-19 zatrzymał rozwój wielu branż, w tym tekstylnej. Zakazy podróży i polecenia pozostania w domu zmusiły rozległe, połączone ze sobą łańcuchy dostaw do przemyślenia sposobu działania. Dla marek, które już szukały nowych sposobów na uzyskanie dokładnej barwy i przyspieszenia czasu wprowadzenia produktu na rynek, może to być okazja. Pandemia może pomóc branży odzieżowej podjąć ważne decyzje dotyczące zmiany sposobu działania - na lepsze - nie tylko aby prze...

Posted May 19, 2020 by Bob Karpowicz

In my recent blog I explained why the demand for printed fabrics is increasing and the challenge this poses for the digital print industry. Today, with help from Digital Imaging Expert Scott Martin of Onsight, I will share tips and tools to help printers profile textiles for a consistent digital workflow. While smooth textures can often be measured using traditional digital tools, fabrics with texture or specular reflections (like coated canvases) can cause issues. It's a lot harder to achieve ...

Posted January 28, 2020 by Ray Cheydleur

Chociaż druk cyfrowy istnieje od wielu lat, branża przechodzi dramatyczne zmiany. Pozytywną stroną technologii druku cyfrowego jest wykorzystanie bardziej trwałych farb, tuszy, oferujących wyższą niezawodność, dłuższą żywotność druku oraz ogólną oszczędność kosztów i efektywność. Jednak te zmiany oznaczają również, że drukarnie muszą dostosować swoje sposoby działania, aby pozostać konkurencyjnymi.   Według  Allied Market Research, globalny rynek cyfrowego dr...

Posted January 23, 2020 by Ray Cheydleur

Virtual reality has re-imagined the art of apparel and footwear design. 3D design programs like MODO, KeyShot, CLO, Browzwear, Optitex, and Lectra augment the creativity of color and material designers to virtually construct patterns and render realistic 3D garments.  This is exciting technology for brands that want to reduce waste for a greener footprint and accelerate design to keep up with fast fashion. However, designers are notoriously tactile. They need to touch, feel, and gain a...

Posted October 24, 2019 by Bruce Wright

Are you wasting too much time and money on incorrect color? Even if you use the best color measurement tools available, your color will still fail without quality control. Quality control (QC) means verifying the color you specify is the same color you manufacture, throughout production. Setting up a QC program can help you accurately communicate color with clients and suppliers, inspect raw materials before you begin working, and verify your color is correct before you ship.   Five Impor...

Posted June 27, 2019 by Tim Mouw

Benchtop spectrophotometers measure in either transmission or reflectance mode to capture and quantify color on various opaque, transparent, and translucent samples, including glass, liquid, fabric, and plastic. Today we’ll explain the difference between transmission and reflectance measurements so you can determine which benchtop will meet your color measurement needs.  Transmission vs. Reflectance Measurements Both transmission and reflectance spectrophotometers emit all of the wav...

Posted February 26, 2019 by Mike Huda

The World Series starts next week. While players and fans are gearing up for the big event, stadium groundskeepers are preparing, too. You’ve surely seen those meticulous patterns in the grass – crisscross, spiral, plaid – but do you know how the groundskeepers create them? Thanks to a phenomenon called geometric metamerism (aka gonio-appearance), the grass really is greener on the other side. Read on to learn more about this optical illusion that can trick your eyes and wreak havoc on y...

Posted October 17, 2017 by Mike Huda

We frequently get calls from customers who can’t figure out why their measurements vary, even when they’re using maintained devices. Why would a sample read one way one day, then slightly different another? Many times the culprit is thermochromaticity, and it becomes an even bigger problem as the seasons change. Every kind of material changes color with temperature. These changes cause the material to exhibit a shift in reflected wavelengths of light, which can alter our perception....

Posted September 19, 2017 by Mike Huda

As we close out 2016, it’s time to look ahead to 2017 and the upcoming manufacturing trends that will influence how we do business in the New Year. With rapidly changing technology, it’s difficult to know exactly what’s coming next, but we can definitely make some predictions. Over the past year, I have interviewed many customers across a variety of manufacturing industries to learn more about their industry concerns, the design and manufacturing challenges they face, and the t...

Posted January 09, 2017 by Shoshana Burgett

Beginning around the 1930’s, the rules of fashion dictated no white before Memorial Day. It was a status symbol, when the wealthy left their winter garments behind and headed to the beach for the summer with their lightweight, carefree clothes. Although the rule still loosely applies, modern day fashion is more concerned with the brightness of your whites than when you start wearing them. So how do manufacturers ensure their products are as white as they can be? Optical brightening agents ...

Posted May 31, 2016 by Tim Mouw

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