Focoltone Color Solutions

10 May 2004, Germany - Focoltone is announcing a color calibration methodology blueprint for print groups. The Focoltone ICCS Network Print Group will be ready by end 2004. With it, every color printer in a network will, regardless of make or model, be able to achieve Color OK! standards.

Color OK! is Focoltone's trademark for accurate and consistent color output from a printer, achieved through calibration by the Focoltone Intelligent Color Calibration System (ICCS). Currently, Focoltone ICCS is meant for use on single-printer systems.

The planned web-based system works through a print server to calibrate color output on a multiple color device network using Focoltone color technology.

To achieve this, the advanced Artificial Intelligence, learning capability, and Negative Color Comparison technologies used in the Focoltone Intelligent Color Calibration System (ICCS) will be enhanced for print group application.

As to how The Focoltone ICCS Network Print Group could help a company, Mr. Winson Lan, CEO of KiKUZE Solutions, which owns Focoltone, said, "By centrally calibrating all printers on a network, organizations or print shops with multiple color printers can achieve color consistency and standardization.

"Enabling high-quality color output on print machines in a network saves the organization time and effort - it facilitates the quick production of professional-quality color prints for anything from internal corporate communications to ad-hoc publications on the fly, without compromising on color quality. That is a priceless advantage in the fast-paced environment businesses today compete in."

The move towards print group calibration is part of Focoltone's development strategy to further enhance the capabilities of being Color OK!.

"Focoltone ICCS Network Print Group is the next project on our technology roadmap and it will be a major step in achieving our vision of a Color OK! world," Winson articulated.

Focoltone ICCS is a software-based program that incorporates advanced Artificial Intelligence and Negative Color Comparison to detect color variance and contamination in digital printers. The system corrects these color imperfections by creating new ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles for the printers. It is compliant to ICC standards, and is recommended to work on digital color printers that support ICC profiles. Color verification is provided through the Focoltone Calibration Chart.