FARGO SELECTS CANDELA AS ITS COLOR PARTNER; Candela to supply FARGO with ICC profiles for its line of color printers.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 1995--Candela, Ltd.(R) announced today it will be the exclusive supplier to FARGO Electronics of printer profiles compatible with International Color Consortium The International Color Consortium was formed in 1993 by eight industry vendors in order to create a universal color management system that would function transparently across all operating systems and software packages. (ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce ) profile standards. All FARGO printers, whether for PC or Apple applications, will ship with device profiles and color transformations developed by Candela candela (kăndĕ`lə), in weights and measures: see candle. A unit of measurement of the intensity of light. Part of the SI system of measurement, one candela (cd) is the monochromatic radiation of 540THz with a radiant intensity , ensuring compatibility with Apple's ColorSync and Microsoft's Inter Color Manager (ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management ). According to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. Lewis, product manager for FARGO, Candela was chosen because of its reputation as a leader in color management technology. "Our goal at FARGO is to produce the best price-performance color calibration The matching of colors to a base color, such as a Pantone color, or from one device to another. Color calibration is widely used in print publishing in order to display on screen an accurate representation of the colors that will be printed on paper. , color correction and printing solutions worldwide," says Lewis. "By combining our resources with Candela's digital color technology, we're now in the position to offer our customers the highest quality color output at an affordable price." Candela began its relationship with FARGO by developing ColorSync 2.0 profiles for its Pictura(TM) 310 printer line, introduced earlier this year. The Pictura 310 printer is a dual-function, dye-sublimation and wax thermal transfer See thermal wax transfer printer. tabloid-size color printer that produces 300 dpi, 24-bit, dither-free color output. "We're very pleased to have been chosen by FARGO as their color partner," says Jim Kubiak, director of marketing for Candela. "Both of our companies are dedicated to finding new and better ways to offer our customers the most complete color solutions possible, and this relationship proves our commitment to making that happen." For more information about Candela licensed products, contact Candela at 800/944-1355. For information about FARGO products, contact FARGO at 800/327-4622, or visit the company's Web site at (http://www.fargo.com). Headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN, FARGO Electronics is a leading developer and manufacturer of dye-sublimation and wax thermal transfer color printers. FARGO does business in more than 80 countries and maintains one of the largest reseller networks in the color printer business today. Candela, Ltd. provides high-precision, digital color solutions to customers in the color and photographic software, desktop publishing and printing industries. Its products are licensed by companies including Corel Corporation, CCI Europe, LaserMaster, Lucht, Purup Prepress, ScanView, Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. and others. Candela is a registered trademark of Candela, Ltd. Pictura is a trademark and FARGO is a registered trademark of FARGO Electronics, Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: Candela, Ltd. John E. Grimaldi, 612/894-8890 75124.2711@compuserve.com or Shandwick Lisa Dorn, 612/832-5000 ljdorn@shandwick.com or FARGO Electronics Jim Lewis, 612/941-9470 800/327-4622 |
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