DreamColor from HP, Dreamworks in HP DesignJet Z2100 and
Z3100
Also available as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop.
18 March 2007
One issue had been dogging professional photographers and
designers till date. That has also been solved, thanks to
Hewlett-Packard and DreamWorks Animation.
The two majors have unveiled a new technology that will help
professional photographers and designers print the exact
colors they see on their monitor. Christened HP DreamColor,
the technology will be integrated from creation through
printing. It will also enable designers to print accurate
color proofs of what they can expect to see in a final
product for large-scale commercial projects, said a report.
HP's joint efforts with DreamWorks to develop colour
calibration technology for Shrek, has given birth to the
technology. The animated film series stood out with vibrant
colours and the new colour sync technology came up trumps.
It will now be available in the HP Designjet Z2100 (8-ink)
and Z3100 (12-ink) photo printers, which will both feature
built-in spectrophotometers. It will also be available in
the form of an HP plug-in for Adobe Photoshop 7.0, CS and
CS2 applications for printing directly from the
photo-editing application to the HP Photosmart Pro B9180
pigment ink photo printer, the report said.
HP's Indigo 5000 and ws4500 presses will also be integrated
with the software, which HP says will produce colour prints
better than or equal to the color quality of commercial
offset printers. HP IndiChrome software will allow accurate
viewing and production of Pantone colors, according to HP,
it added.
With this the problem faced by professionals and amateurs
have been wiped off. The release of HP DreamColor technology
into HP's digital-imaging products will initially be at the
professional level, the report added. |
