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ColorMetrix Emerging Technology Presented by Jim Raffel ColorMetrix 4th Annual User Group Meeting August 8-10, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada. Current Advantages. Support for multiple instrument manufacturers Most popular instruments supported Gretag MacBeth & X-Rite Instruments
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ColorMetrixEmerging TechnologyPresented by Jim RaffelColorMetrix 4th Annual User Group MeetingAugust 8-10, 2004Las Vegas, Nevada
Current Advantages • Support for multiple instrument manufacturers • Most popular instruments supported • Gretag MacBeth & X-Rite Instruments • Color Proofing Certification • Proof to proof certification • Proof to press comparison • Process Control • Verified constant print conditions • Historical job tracking • Quickly recall density and color data for re-runs
Overview • Current Solution • Windows based • File Open (Limited networking) • Future Solution • Client Side (small, medium, large) • Server Side (networking via internet) • Cross Platform • Port 80 database communications
Version 2 Solution • Client Side • Small client • Scan & report only • Medium client • Scan & report • Minor modification of control strips • Large client • Administrator level • Complete control over all aspects • Stand alone trending
Version 2 Solution • Server Side • Apache Web Server • mySQL Database • Port 80 interface • XML data structure • Future JDF aware interface • PHP • Overall Theme – open source & industry standard utilization
Server Side • Apache, PHP, mySQL • Access to Internet
Box-and-whisker plot • A single graph that determines:- Central Tendency- Spread- Skewness- Existence of outliers
What is a box-and-whisker plot? • A set of five summary measurements of the distribution of the data:1. the median2. the lower quartile3. the upper quartile4. the smallest observation5. the largest observation
Data structure • Single platform vs. cross-platform • MDB vs. SQL • Spectral vs. Density / L*a*b* • Limited vs. Unlimited • Stand-alone vs. distributed • Process color vs. unlimited colors • Printing industry vs. all color & appearance