CLOSED-LOOP COLOR CONTROL — SMALL CHALLENGES, BIG REWARDS

Even so, closed-loop systems can present a challenge when it comes to calibrating equipment and reporting. For instance, Bryant notes that a hand-held spectrophotometer will provide consistent color measurement from press to press, yet the CLC system will have slight deviations from press to press. Thus, if a buyer is having work printed across several presses, he/she may be led to believe that everything is not being printed exactly the same. And if a client requests reports on a regular basis, the printer may need to interpret variations in data that are expected to be consistent.