The Colour Doctor - David Crowther of Colour Graphic Services – has brought back the free Colour Health Check service – valued at $495 - for all printers, until October 31st.
First offered at Printex 2015, it proved very popular, especially with wide format, digital and offset printers experiencing colour variations.
“We did many of these during and after Printex and I was looking for something to offer the market so thought, ‘Why not bring them back for free?’ It’s easy for an offset, digital, flexo label or wide format printer to initiate. We send a special test forme, or control strip, which is printed on the selected device and sent back to us.
"Using ISO 12647 as the benchmark, we thoroughly analyse the printed result using Mellow Colour Printspec and Techkon instruments and produce a detailed report on the results and where colour issues might be found in the production workflow.
“The PDF test forme file, for digital and wide format, we send in advance is big, up to 180 Mb,” says Crowther, “so either high bandwidth or a file sending service such as DropBox or SendStuffNow can be used. It’s a PDF so can easily be put into the workflow and printed out. We can provide a test forme or control strip for offset, digital, narrow web and wide format so it is important to know what device prints it out.”
For Colour Graphic Services to visit a printer, produce the test forme, measure, report usually costs $495 in the Sydney metro area, so the free service is a good saving and provides printers with useful knowledge about their printing output devices.
To secure your free colour health check, see:
http://www.colourgraphicservices.com/specials.html
or email: info@colourgraphicservices.com