XANTE announces partnership with Light Source; Award-winning Colortron Color System to be bundled with the Accel-a-Graphix CT4 Color Control Tower.MOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 5, 1996--XANTE(R) Corporation announces that the Colortron(TM) II color measuring device from Light Source (a $1,295 value) is included with its Accel-a-Graphix(R) CT4 product. XANTE is the only color controller manufacturer today to provide this device along with the tools that allow the goals of printer linearization In mathematics and its applications, linearization refers to finding the linear approximation to a function at a given point. In the study of dynamical systems, linearization is a method for assessing the local stability of an equilibrium point of a system of nonlinear differential and monitor calibration to be realized. The Accel-a-Graphix CT4, a free-standing Adobe(TM) PostScript(TM) Level 2 controller designed to facilitate high-quality color printing on up to four large-format inkjet printers, uses Colortron to measure and capture objective color information for accurate color management. "XANTE recognizes that the most important step in obtaining device-independent color management is accurate color data. The Colortron Color System is used in conjunction with XANTE's Command Center and Linearization Tool software. These Mac(R) and PC/compatible software tools enable graphic designers and professional print providers to precisely calibrate To adjust or bring into balance. Scanners, CRTs and similar peripherals may require periodic adjustment. Unlike digital devices, the electronic components within these analog devices may change from their original specification. See color calibration and tweak. their color inkjet printers based upon measurements collected from Colortron and to produce predictable, repeatable color -- every printer, every time," stated XANTE's Accel-a-Graphix CT4 Product Manager, LaDawn Harrison. "With XANTE's Linearization Tool, users can create and visually graph to screen custom colortransfer curves used to calibrate a printer to maintain consistent color over time and to equalize output deviation caused by engine component wear, environmental conditions, as well as ink and media variables. XANTE's Command Center uses these custom transfer curves to communicate color data from multiple users to and from the Accel-a-Graphix CT4 and to multiple color printers. Accel-a-Graphix CT4 users also receive additional benefits from using Colortron through the ColorShop(TM) software which specifies, manipulates, and defines color data within user-friendly design and production tools." Colortron offers the combined functionality of a densitometer A device that calibrates the relative strength of a color using complementary filters. Contrast with colorimeter. , a spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, instrument for measuring and comparing the intensities of common spectral lines in the spectra of two different sources of light. See photometry; spectroscope; spectrum. , and a precision monitor calibrator. It allows users to linearize lin·e·ar·ize tr.v. lin·e·ar·ized, lin·e·ar·iz·ing, lin·e·ar·iz·es To put or project in linear form. lin and calibrate multiple color printers as well as to create custom monitor profiles for soft proofing on their monitors. Thus, colors remain consistent from input to output, assuring users predictable, repeatable colors, even on multiple printers. Colortron is the major hardware component of the award-winning Colortron Color System. The complete package is included with the Accel-a-Graphix CT4 and incorporates the Colortron 32-band digital color sensor, a powerful set of software tools including the ColorShop application, and a SpectroCalibrator(TM) attachment that turns Colortron into a monitor calibrator. "We are very excited to have XANTE as our newest OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partner," stated Vincent Schiavo, Light Source's Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. "We are pleased to see that XANTE, like other OEM partners, including Linotype-Hell, Seiko, and others, has found that after exhaustive tests of Colortron and other color measurement devices, Colortron came out on top for price/performance and color control. We look forward to working closely with XANTE in the coming months to market this complete solution for large-format customers around the world." XANTE's Accel-a-Graphix CT4 is a free-standing dedicated color control tower based on XANTE's intelligent RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture and Adobe PostScript Level 2 software. It is designed to provide a powerful, cost-effective means of maximizing productivity by running up to four wide-format inkjet printers simultaneously. The Accel-a-Graphix CT4 also supports poster-size printing up to 50' x 50' (15.24 m x 15.24 m), job spooling to the controller's hard drive or RAM, auto scaling, and much more. The standard configuration includes the 33 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. 29040 RISC processor, 32 MB RAM, 1 GB internal disk and simultaneously active serial, parallel, LocalTalk(R), and EtherTalk(R) interfaces; Ethernet(R) is standard and supports concurrently active EtherTalk(R), Novell(R) NetWare(R), and T CP/IP protocols. The Accel-a-Graphix CT4 also supports XANTE's X-Screening Halftone In printing, the simulation of a continuous-tone image (shaded drawing, photograph) with dots. All printing processes, except for Cycolor, print dots. In photographically generated halftones, a camera shoots the image through a halftone screen, creating smaller dots for lighter areas and Technology, which uses finely-tuned stochastic screening to improve the appearance of the printed output. This advanced screening mimics photography's continuous tone by reducing graininess and moire Pronounced "mor-ray" and spelled "moiré." In computer graphics, a visible distortion. It results from a variety of conditions; for example, when scanning halftones at a resolution not consistent with the eventual printed resolution or when superimposing curved patterns on one associated with printing conventional halftones on inkjet printers. The U.S. list price on the Accel-a-Graphix CT4 starts at $7,995. XANTE Corporation, founded in 1989, is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation headquartered in Mobile, Ala. The Company develops and markets high performance products that enhance the resolution and speed of laser printing. XANTE products are available direct or from resellers in the U.S. and worldwide. The Colortron Color System is manufactured by Light Source Computer Images, Inc. which was founded in 1989. Light Source is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. located at 4040 Civic Center Drive, 4th Floor, San Rafael, California San Rafael (IPA: /ˌsænrəˈfɛl/; originally IPA: [sɑn rɑfeˈɛl]), is the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. , 94903; phone 415/446-4200; fax: 415/492-8011; http://www.ls.com. -0- XANTE is a registered trademark of XANTE Corporation. Accel-a-Graphix is a trademark of XANTE Corporation. Colortron and ColorShop are trademarks of Light Source Computer Images Inc. PostScript and Adobe are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: XANTE Corporation, Mobile LaDawn Harrison, 344/342-4840 Email: Harrisol@xante.com or http://www.xante.com |
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