Xrite i1 Publish Pro

11th April 2012 THIS PRODUCT IS NOW DISCONTINUED. THE REPLACEMENT IS THE i1 PUBLISH PRO 2

i1Publish Pro is designed for photographers, designers and prepress professionals who rely on accurate colour throughout their digital workflow – from cameras, monitors and projectors to RGB and CMYK+ printers. Get the most colour accurate displays, prints and proofs, with repeatable results every time.

Don’t compromise on colour!

i1Publish Pro is the next generation colour profiling solution that delivers an entirely new, flexible user defined experience to generate unrivaled color quality. Accommodating a broad range of proficiencies and expertise, i1Publish Pro provides complete power and control to create the highest quality ICC profiles.

Quickly and easily create custom profiles for cameras, monitors, digital projectors, and RGB, CMYK and CMYK+4 printers, ensuring colour accuracy from capture to output With the i1Profiler software users can choose between a ‘basic’, wizard-driven interface, or an ‘advanced’ user-driven interface to create high quality, precise, custom colour profiles.

Highlights

• Achieve true colours on each of your LCD, CRT and laptop monitors
• Perfect printed colours every time (RGB, CMYK, CMYK + any four)
  • Intelligent iterative profiling technology for best quality results
  • Advanced controls for black generation and separations
  • Optimize profiles based on any combination of colours extracted from images, PANTONE libraries or captured spot colours
  • Keep colour correct over time and between runs by using the linearization feature to bring your printer back to it's profiled state
  • Capture ambient light to adapt output profile for the lighting conditions of final viewing environment
  • Choose standard test charts or build your own for custom colour and paper size requirements
  • Quickly check colour output quality with ColorChecker Proof visual assessment target
  • Correct for OBAs (optical brightening agents) in paper with Optical Brightener Correction (OBC) technology (when combined with i1iSis automated chart reader)
• High quality projector profiles to accurately project your work on the big screen
• Profile digital cameras with the introductory ColorChecker Camera Calibration system
• Capture spot colours off virtually any surface - ideal for creative design or corporate brand requirements
• Keep your PANTONE libraries up-to-date, accurate and ready to use in Adobe® and Quark® creative applications with the included PANTONE Color Manager

Unrivaled Colour Quality

Designed to deliver the highest colour quality, i1Profiler incorporates X-Rite’s i1Prism engine, unique iterative profiling technology. This smart technology tightly dials into the user’s specific printer and paper combination so professional photographers can experience the highest quality colour results.

New User Interface with built in flexibility at all levels

With an all-new user interface, i1Profiler offers an unprecedented level of flexibility to address the needs of a photographer’s workflow. i1Profiler seamlessly combines the ease of use of the wizard driven interface found in the basic mode, and the flexibility of the menu driven user interface found in the advanced mode. Whether a novice, expert or somewhere in between, i1Profiler easily adapts to any skill level and workflow needs, while maintaining the ability to produce outstanding profile quality results.

New Workflow Exchange

i1Profiler provides you with the ability to save and reuse assets or preferred settings with drag and drop functionality - you can create future profiles or share those profile creation workflows with others quickly, easily, and efficiently – without having to start from scratch. This exchange functionality also allows you to share palette information and other color data using X-Rite’s Color Exchange Format (CxF) for the most comprehensive data exchange.

A New Level of Quality Assurance

i1Profiler is designed to give photographers high confidence in their results thanks to the visual and measurement-based quality assurance validation and verification functions that include QA tools for soft proofing, and ColorChecker Proof reference data for visual colour assessment.

INCLUDED COMPLEMENTARY TOOLS

ColorChecker Proof

To help users perform a visual colour evaluation of their results using physical standards, i1Publish Pro includes the ColorChecker Proof, a 24-patch ColorChecker Classic target precut for direct viewing against a printed target. When used in proper lighting conditions, this offers immediate visual verification of profile output results.

If needed, the photographer can utilize i1Publish Pro’s unique capabilities to effectively perform adjustments such as profile optimization or rebuild the profile taking into account a specific ambient light measurement.

ColorChecker Camera Calibration System

With the introductory ColorChecker Classic mini target and ColorChecker Passport Camera Calibration software, you’ll quickly and easily build custom camera profiles for Adobe® Imaging solutions including Lightroom®, Photoshop®, Photoshop Elements, Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and Adobe Bridge.

This advanced profiling technology, which has become widely adopted in Raw workflows, provides excellent results with just the small 24-patch ColorChecker Classic target. It produces custom camera profiles that work exceptionally well, even in unusual or artificial light sources. Plus, software auto-detection will locate the target automatically. Whether shooting with just one camera or multiple cameras, photographers can easily establish an accurate colour foundation and maintain control of their colours.

PANTONE Color Manager

i1Publish Pro includes the PANTONE Color Manager color palette creation and swatch bridging software. Commercial photographers will especially appreciate this functionality when shooting products or corporate brand identities that demand a specified colour match.

Features

With i1Publish Pro you'll have complete colour control at your fingertips

Maintain colour accuracy from capture to output. Quickly and easily create custom profiles for your monitors, cameras, RGB, CMYK and CMYK+4 printers, and digital projectors – all in one comprehensive solution. i1Publish Pro includes:

• i1Pro Spectrophotometer
• i1Profiler Software: monitor, digital projector, RGB, CMYK, CMYK+4 printer profiling; monitor and printer quality control
• ColorChecker Camera Profiling Software
• PANTONE Color Manager Software
• Introductory ColorChecker Classic [mini]
• ColorChecker Proof
• Ambient Light Measurement Head
• Monitor Holder
• Beamer Holder [for projector profiling]
• Monitor Holder [for monitor profiling]
• Spot Colour Positioning Target
• Scanning Ruler, Backup Board
• Soft Carrying Case

i1Pro Device

• Industry-standard i1Pro spectrophotometer provides super fast measurements and fluid patch recognition for both emissive (monitors) and reflective (print) profiling.
• Use it to profile your monitors, projectors and RGB printers
• Capture both flash and ambient light, as well as spot colors off virtually any surface
• USB powered
• i1Publish Pro is available in either NoFilter or UVcut, to match your workflow requirements.

i1Profiler Software for Monitor, Projector and Printer

The included i1Profiler software features basic and advanced modes for calibrating and profiling the primary devices in your digital photographic workflow:

• Monitor
  • Display true colours on each of your LCD, CRT and laptop monitors
  • Create profiles for any ambient light condition for optimal viewing of colour critical work
  • Unlimited gamma, white point, and luminance settings (also measure other displays or light sources and use as targets)
  • Workgroup match utilizing reference profiles to match all monitors
  • Gray balance optimization for more neutral and better defined grays, in any lighting condition
  • Chromatic adaptation formula for a closer visual match of different monitors (or of different settings on one monitor) with different white points
  • Preview before and after results with supplied image or your own
  • Monitor Quality Assurance – validate and trend monitor performance
  • Profile summary report ideal for post profile analysis
  • X-Rite’s Automatic Display Calibration (ADC) to automatically control and adjust display hardware settings
  • Profile reminder to ensure true and reliable color over time
• Digital Projector
  • Display your work just as you intend it to be seen – digital projector profiling for highly accurate projected color.
  • Build an accurate on-screen profile in just a few minutes – just as easy as building a monitor profile
  • Takes room conditions into consideration when creating profile – projected colors, screen color and room lighting
  • Designed for the creative, non-technical user
  • Includes custom beamer holder for hands free use
• Printer
  • Obtain perfect printed colors every time on any RGB, CMYK, CMYK + any four ink printer or press
  • Intelligent iterative profiling technology ensures your output is reproduced accurately from print to print and printer to printer.
  • i1Prism color engine delivers unmatched quality for smoothness and shadow detail.
  • Optimize profiles based on your images for specific colors, black & white, or flesh tones, PANTONE libraries and captured spot colors – get the color you desire without editing any profiles.
  • Supports high patch count test charts for the most accurate printer profiles – ideal for fine art printing and proofing
  • Keep color correct over time and between runs by using the linearization feature to bring your printer back to it's profiled state
  • Choose from standard test charts or easily build your own to meet your specific color and paper size requirements
  • Automatic detection of any installed RGB or CMYK printer driver
  • Visual display of measured data provides instant feedback during measurement process
  • Capture true colors with flash and ambient light measurements – easily apply output profiles for your gallery, studio or retail environment’s lighting conditions for perfect color match
  • Quickly check color output quality with ColorChecker Proof visual assessment target
  • Semi-automated scanning method for test charts – measure 300 patches in less than a minute with i1Pro.
  • Highly sophisticated ruler system enables easy one hand scanning operation, and can be used with or without the backup board. Scans materials up to 3mm and folds for easy transport
  • Optional i1iO scanning table adds automation to the workflow. Handles any substrates up to 10 mm – photo, fine art rag, textile, poly bag, corrugated and ceramic.

ColorChecker Camera Calibration System

This widely adapted profiling technology provides excellent results with just the mini 24-patch ColorChecker Classic target, producing custom camera profiles that work exceptionally well for Raw workflows, even in unusual artificial light sources. Whether you are shooting with just one camera or multiple cameras, you’ll easily establish an accurate color foundation and maintain control of your colors.

• Camera calibration for Raw shooters enables greater capability to calibrate and correct color
• Accurate color gives a consistent foundation for creative interpretation
• Minimize color differences between cameras and lenses
• Adapt for mixed lighting
• Make color balance match across different scenes
• Create dual illuminant profiles which takes into account two different light sources to create a single profile, which can be applied to an even wider variety of lighting conditions

PANTONE Color Manager

• Automatically updates all PANTONE Color Libraries - and keeps them up to date
• Uses PANTONE PLUS Color Bridge values
• Builds palettes of best match PANTONE colors that are auto extracted from your own images
• Enables any library or palette, including palettes extracted from images, to be used in i1Profiler spot color optimization of printer Profiles.
• Builds ICC profile-based device-specific CMYK recipes for any PANTONE Graphics library
• Simulates and helps you visualize spot vs. 4-color process, including display and print gamut warnings to make it easy to identify any colors that cannot be properly printed on your target output device or properly displayed on your monitor
• Synchronizes spot color values to design applications

i1Pro Ruler, Accessories and Carry Case

• Every i1Publish Pro ships with an easy to use ruler system making chart measurements extremely fast and easy with just one hand. Use the ruler as a stand-alone or with the included white-surfaced, sturdy, foldable back-up board. Rapid, error-free measurements are a certainty with the i1Pro ruler and the incorporated i1Pro Teflon base for smooth gliding!
• Accessories include a Beamer Holder for hands-free projector profiling, Monitor Holder for accurate monitor profiling, Ambient Light Measurement Head and Spot Color Positioning Target
• As an added feature, your i1Publish Pro comes complete in a water-resistant, non-abrasive canvas carrying case with shock-absorbing foam padding, making storage of your i1 system a snap

Need Additional Functionality?

For automated test chart measuring, consider i1iO or i1iSis with OBC automated chart readers.

Are Optical Brightening Agents in your paper causing color challenges? i1Profiler also includes X-Rite’s groundbreaking Optical Brightener Correction technology (OBC), that when connected to an i1iSis, can effectively and precisely compensate for color shifts in ICC output profiles typically caused by optical brightening agents (OBAs) in papers and other printing substrates. This results in prints with an improved visual match and reduces undesirable colorcasts caused by the brightening agents. Moreover, once you set the OBC parameters, they can be easily re-applied to other profiles.

Specifications

Software Specifications

Macintosh®

• Intel® CPU
• Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 [with latest upgrades installed]
• 1GB of available RAM
• 500 MB of available hard disk space
• Monitor resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels or higher
• Powered USB port
• Internet connection for software updates
• User must have Administrator rights to install, uninstall the application

Windows®

• Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon XP™ or better CPU
• Windows® XP 32 or 64-bit, Windows Vista® 32 or 64-bit, Windows 7® 32 or 64-bit
• Latest service packs installed
• 1GB of available RAM
• 500 MB of available hard disk space
• Monitor resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels or higher
• Powered USB port
• Internet connection for software updates
• User must have Administrator rights to install, uninstall the application

Language Versions

This product is available in the following languages:

• Chinese (Simplified)
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Portuguese
• Spanish

Hardware Specifications

Spectral measurement device, supported measurement modes:

- Reflectance single measurement

- Reflectance scanning measurement with automatic patch detection

- Emission: radiance measurement (monitor measurement)

- Emission: irradiance measurement (light measurement)

Spectral analyzer: Holographic diffraction grating with 128-pixel diode array

Optical resolution: 10nm

Physical sampling interval: 3.5nm

Spectral data: Range: 380 ... 730 nm in 10nm steps

Measurement aperture: 4.5mm diameter

Interface: USB 1.1

Physical dimensions: Length 151mm, width 66mm, height 67mm (6 x 2.6 x 2.6 inches)

Weight: 185g (6.5oz)

Accessories included: Calibration plate, USB cable, monitor holder, positioning target, scanning ruler, and light measurement head

Measurement geometry: 45°/0° ring illumination optics, DIN 5033

Light source: Gas filled tungsten (Type A)

Physical filters: No or UV cut (Filters not exchangeable)

Inter-instrument agreement: Average DE*94 0.4, max. DE*94 1.0 (Deviation from X-Rite manufacturing standard at 23°C for single measurement mode on 12 BCRA tiles (D50,2°)

Short-term repeatability: DE*94

Data format: Spectral radiance (mW/nm/m2 /sr); Luminance Y (cd/m2)

Measurement range: 0.2 ... 300 cd/m2

Short-term repeatability: x,y: +/- 0.002 typical (CRT 5000°K, 80 cd/m2)

Type: Cosine-corrected diffuse light measurement head

Diameter: 6.0 mm

Data format: Spectral irradiance (mw/nm/m2), Illuminance Y (lux)

Power supply: Device powered by USB. No additional charger or battery required. USB 1.1 high power device.

i1 Ruler: 33.5 cm x 17 cm

i1 Ruler Board: 35.5 cm X 26.5 cm folded/35.5 cm X 40 cm unfolded

i1Publish Pro includes:

i1Pro spectrophotometer (measurement device), ambient light measurement head, monitor holder, positioning target, scanning ruler, backup board, i1Profiler v1.x software for monitors, RGB, CMYK and CMYK+4 printers and digital projectors, ColorChecker Camera Calibration software and mini ColorChecker Classic target for cameras, ColorChecker Proof Target, PANTONE Color Manager, Beamer holder and soft-sided storage case.