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Highlights

• New ICS (ICC) calibration tools to support ICC profiles
• Choice of Delta E options for certification
• ICS Reader 2.0 support density, Lab value and measure spot colours for Colour Shade
• Packaging Option: allows user to apply different dot lost and extreme dot gain value on different separations.
• Support new X-rite Spectrometer
• Enhanced input formats
• Page centering for accurate duplex printing
• Import FOGRA or other control strips

New ICS3 Calibration System enables users to import press and proofer ICC profiles to achieve accurate results easily

Packaging options for dot distortion, lost dots and extreme dot gain adjustment

Star Proof is tightly integrated with the Compose Express RIP to provide actual-dot proofing for your PostScript/PDF inputs.

Color Shade converts Spot Colours to the closest CMYK values using your press and proofer ICC profiles to achieve accurate result

ICS (ICC) colour calibration to simulate traditional proofing - Now supporting ICC Profiles!
Star Proof's ICS (ICC) system gives you a comprehensive set of tools to achieve excellent colour matching between proof and press, offering support for ICC press and proofer profiles to achieve accurate results quickly and easily. Users can continue to use ICS2, the traditional colour calibration and fine controls for matching inks via colour shade, calibration curve and dot gain compensation. And with superb reproduction of blacks and grays, and options for handling UCR and GCR, you can easily achieve quality levels that are difficult for systems based on ICC profiling.

Accurate results with ICS (ICC)
ICS (ICC) imports industry-standard ICC press and proof profiles to build the colour tables required for high-end colour matching. With 2 simple steps, users can now run out high quality proofs. Additional fine-tuning is still possible with ICS2.

Save time with ICS2's automated calibration
You can save calibration time by using ICS2's auto-calibration for automated reading of colour patches with the X-Rite DTP-41. Easier to use than the manual system, ICS2's auto calibration takes the DTP-41 measurements and prepares a colour curve with the appropriate gamut which you can then fine tune for even more precise colour matching.

Controlling shadow areas with InkTuner
In areas of the proof where overlaps between C, M, Y and Black are shown, InkTuner lets you adjust the colour densities of individual inks and control shadow areas and view actual ink values in real time. InkTuner automatically manages the process of adjusting ink levels to ensure ink hues are unaffected which gives a robust system to control both colour and density in selected areas - a process not possible with ICC colour management.

Contract proofing on a wide range of affordable inkjets
We work closely with many printer manufacturers, continuously developing interfaces for new models and ensuring optimum performance and output quality. The flexibility and precision of Star Proof let you take advantage of the ever increasing range of high quality inkjet printers from suppliers such as Epson with the VSDT-capable Stylus Pro 4800, 7800, 9800 and 10600 which are recommended for use with Compose proofing solutions.

Proofs from almost any RIP
Star Proof uses compressed 1-bit TIFF separations as source data to create proofs so you can use Star Proof with almost any PostScript RIP. In addition, Star Proof can process data in Harlequin PageBuffer format making it ideal for operation with any Harlequin RIP. Other input formats accepted include 8- bit CMYK TIFF, CCIT and Packbits.

Proofs from source PostScript or PDF files
Star Proof is integrated with Compose Express RIP 6 and above. Simply drop PostScript or PDF files into the proof setup and Star Proof will instruct the RIP to rasterise and screen jobs before outputting to the proofing device.

Ideal for packaging applications
Star Proof 5 offers new features for packaging applications that recognise the special dot characteristics of flexo printing to ensure your proofs accurately reflect what will be produced on the press. Screening dots prepared for flexo plates are normally adjusted in width or height by a small percentage to compensate for expansion during printing. Star Proof Distortion expands distorted dots to the original size with user controls to correct the size of the screening dots based on the original distortion ratio or the expansion ratio. Star Proof also compensates for the loss of small dots in the transfer to flexo plates during printing. By entering a Dot Lost size, any screening dots smaller than this size will be removed and will not appear on the proof.

Flexo printing, especially for printing on corrugated media, has extremely high dot gain of up to 15% to 20% and normal dot gain adjustment cannot compensate dot gains of this magnitude. Star Proof's Extreme Dot Gain increases screening dot size dramatically by adding a border of 1 or more pixels around the screening dot - again, giving you the confidence that what you see on your proof matches the press.