We evaluated three color quality programs, and we chose ChromaChecker because it can not only check the print, but also monitor other environmental variables that the other programs simply cannot. The first three color problems that ChromaChecker solved weren’t even print-related.

The first issue was that our eXact instrument in the ink room did not correlate — within our desired expectations (E-Factor) — with the eXacts on press. The second issue was the fluctuating humidity in our Epson room, which caused our printers to drift. The third issue was ChromaChecker revealing that our customer viewing light booth did not align with our press light booths, leading customers to request color changes that didn’t make sense because the lighting was so different.

ChromaChecker paid for itself in the first two weeks.

James Hillman
Mossberg and Associates

Digital Room Inc.

Established over twenty years ago, a leader in B2B online printing, Digital Room Inc has offered customized printing and marketing collateral to small and medium-sized businesses. Operating through a network of four manufacturing plants, the company prints and delivers over one million orders each year. They earned the trust of thousands of design and marketing professionals, with two-thirds of their business from repeat customers. 

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Coburn Carton Solutions

For almost five decades Coburn Carton Solutions has steadily grown to provide the finest packaging to some of the world’s biggest brands with printing and folding carton solutions. Coburn’s breadth of expertise, technology, and experience provide the level of service their leading brands customers require for delivering carton solutions that command in-store attention.

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Alder Color Solutions

Once I began using Chromachecker to create G7 Curves, I realized I could use their CC84 3 Row Control Strip to generate the curves which is MUCH quicker than measuring a P2P chart in Chromix. In addition, the end results were noticeably better. (…)

And that's just the tip of the iceberg with Chromachecker.

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Graphika Printing

Grafika, a leading industrial print manufacturer, has built its reputation on delivering high-quality printing while minimizing waste. Our commitment to excellence is evident in our approach to performance optimization and data-driven decision-making. However, as our operations grew, we recognized the limitations of our manual tracking methods, which included spreadsheets and dry-erase boards for quality assurance checks in plating and proofing.

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Adcolor Graphic Solutions

For over 25 years clients have trusted Adcolor to provide superior graphic solutions to the food service, retail, hospitality, small business, manufacturing, healthcare, local government and professional service markets. Structured for agility and innovation, our team manages your projects, big or small, with an eye for quality, a heart for service and a mind for value engineering. 

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Mossberg

ChromaChecker solved three issues affecting our job salability: plate setter problems, inconsistent light booths, and an instrument misaligned with others in the plant. No other product could solve these problems, and it paid for itself in two weeks. We use it for CMYK process, spot color matching across digital, offset, and flexography presses. 

Resolving Color Problems that had nothing to do with the Print!

Only ChromaChecker can do this!

ChromaChecker’s ability to measure the substrate at the same time as the control bar saved us thousands of dollars to prove to our supplier that their materials were failing their guaranteed tolerances. The substrate was changing so much between lots, that the color shift was being rejected by our customers, but our print process didn’t change. The substrate was changing and ChromaChecker allowed us to prove this to the supplier to get a significant refund from them. This alone paid for ChromaChecker 5 times over. 

Temperature and Humidity was blamed, but we could prove it was OK using ChromaChecker’s real-time  tracking proved to our printer supplier (HP) that our printer was within the recommended range, indicating a different cause for its drift. HP investigated ChromaChecker data from the printer and identified the issue, resolving it. 

We supplied prints that matched their physical door samples, but the customer rejected the printed match in their light booth. I measured the customer’s light booth using ChromaChecker Lighting Inspector, and despite both light booths passing ISO 3668, the difference in E-Factor was 2.4, exceeding the customer’s expectations. The issue was with the incompatibility between the light booths, not the prints. We bought bulbs, gave the customer part of the package, and an i1 to work with ChromaChecker and align the light booths and resolve the color matching problems.

I was NOT a believer in ChromaChecker!

As a National Print Services Network dedicated to delivering superior quality and consistency across all printed materials, the implementation of ChromaChecker, our comprehensive color management program, has been transformative. Our commitment to client satisfaction hinges on meeting and exceeding expectations for color fidelity and appearance, a challenge amplified by our network of multiple printing facilities and diverse equipment. 

I was unconvinced…

With our national scope of print locations and the idea of having to implement new processes and procedures across all locations, I had my doubts about ChromaChecker’s potential success. I was unconvinced that the juice was worth the squeeze with integrating this technology into a process that already seemed to be successfully supporting the business. What I didn’t know at that time, was how ChromaChecker would provide a means to protect that business and distinguish our abilities from our competitors. ChromaChecker has allowed us to establish rigid color standards that not only satisfy but proactively define our customers' color expectations from the outset. By synchronizing the color management process across every single piece of equipment and at every facility location across the country, we have built a cohesive, single-source approach to color, ensuring that a brand's critical color profile is rendered identically regardless of where or when the product is printed.

The most immediate and financially significant impact of adopting ChromaChecker has been the dramatic reduction in waste and costly reprints. By eliminating the production of color that falls outside of the acceptable customer tolerance, we have streamlined our operations and improved our bottom line. ChromaChecker ensures that all final color and material appearances meet the customer's exact expectations and allows for unwavering adherence to the pre-determined color profiles that are absolutely critical to our customers’ brand identity and materials. This level of precision translates directly into increased efficiency, faster turnaround times, and a reliable product that our customers can trust for their most important campaigns and product packaging.

Ultimately,

ChromaChecker is not just a tool for color-matching; it is a robust system for quality assurance and brand protection. The program provides complete trackability of calibration and continuous measurement, supplying us with invaluable analytics and color control data. This continuous monitoring not only maintains our operational excellence but also provides our clients with verifiable proof of color accuracy. By protecting the manufacturer's color reputation through documented, consistent excellence, ChromaChecker reinforces our position as a leader in the print services industry. It solidifies the trust our clients place in us, guaranteeing that their brand's color integrity is protected with every single impression, now and in the future.

— A testimonial from a user with all types of print technologies in multiple locations that need to MATCH color