Chapter 1: General Description Of The Measurement System; Product Description - Techkon SpectroDrive Manual

Chapter 1
General description of the measurement system

1.1 Product description

TECHKON SpectroDrive, with its automatic color and density measurement capabili-
ties, is the perfect solution to substantially increase press productivity by ensuring
consistent print-to-print color accuracy throughout the press run.
The system consists of the following components: The motorized measurement
system scans the complete color bar on a printed sheet within seconds and simulta-
neously sends the spectral measurement data wirelessly to the PC where all relevant
information for controlling the printing press is displayed.
The measurement device has only one button to start the measurement process.
The PC-software ExPresso 3 has a self-explanatory user interface which can be oper-
ated via touch-screen. Installation is simple as well. After a few minutes the system
is operable and ready to take measurements.
SpectroDrive can be used as a scanning device as well as a hand-held instrument for
single measurements. Just take the device from the horizontal track and position it
wherever you want to take a color measurement.
The TECHKON ExPresso 3 software offers a comprehensive tool-set comprising
measurement of spot colors, support of up to 16 print units, face- and reverse-print-
ing, display of color density, dot gain, gray balance, CIE L*a*b*-values and recommen-
dations on how to adjust the ink on the press. This is only an excerpt of the complete
functionality.
Thanks to its modularity, ExPresso 3 is expandable and versatile. The measurement
data can be exported into other software applications that connect real-time to
printing presses to enable a 'close loop' turn-key solution. In addition, TECHKON
ExPresso can export measured data to standard applications such as Microsoft Excel™.
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