A Comparison of ChromaLT and ChromaQA Color QC Software

So you are a packaging printer and interested in a color quality software solution to help you reduce your make-readies, increase profitability, and produce more accurate & consistent color for your brand customers. Well, Techkon has a range of hardware and software solutions to help you achieve this goal. But today, I would like to spend a few minutes comparing and contrasting our two Chroma branded software solutions; ChromaLT and ChromaQA. At a high level,…

3 Reasons You Will Love the Techkon DENS

February has been called the “month of love” by many and it’s certainly a time when some of us give pause to our busy lives and remember why we love those closest to us (even though sometimes it’s only long enough to scribble our names onto a Hallmark card). So for Valentine’s Day in 2020, I would like to give pause and reflect on all the reasons why I think YOU will love the Techkon…

Multiple Measurements From One Sample

Greetings everyone and welcome to Blog 2 in our series on ChromaLT. As a reminder, ChromaLT is the ultimate companion software for your handheld pressroom spectrophotometer and by far the easiest color quality solution for packaging printers to deploy in their pressroom. Throughout this blog series, we’ll be highlighting specific pressroom use cases and illustrate how ChromaLT can increase the efficiencies of your press operators and ultimately lead to better color matches and a higher…

SpectroDrive…The “Switch” Is On!

Here at Techkon, we are thrilled with the response we have gotten since we launched our “Make the Switch” campaign at the end of 2019. Back in December we started this campaign by highlighting the unique features and selling points of our SpectroDens handheld spectrophotometer and the response has been tremendous. This month, we are continuing the “Switch” campaign but with focus our SpectroDrive, automated, sheet scanning spectrophotometer. But before I highlight a few of…

Chroma LT – We can help press operators match spot colors faster!

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to our blog series on ChromaLT. As a reminder, ChromaLT is the ultimate companion software for your handheld pressroom spectrophotometer and by far the easiest color quality solution for packaging printers to deploy in their pressroom. Throughout this blog series, we’ll be highlighting specific pressroom use cases and illustrate how ChromaLT can increase the efficiencies of your press operators and ultimately lead to better color matches and a higher…

Chroma LT – It is Super Easy to Use

ChromaLT: The Ultimate Color Quality Solution This is the start of a mini blog series on how Techkon’s ChromaLT color quality solution really is the ultimate companion software for your handheld pressroom spectrophotometer and by far the easiest color quality solution for packaging printers to deploy in their pressroom. Throughout this blog series, we’ll be highlighting specific pressroom use cases to illustrate how ChromaLT can increase the efficiencies of your press operators and ultimately lead…

How SpectroVision Slashes Flexo Make-Ready Costs

How SpectroVision Slashes Flexo Make-Ready Costs As a refresher, the Techkon SpectroVision is an inline color quality or color QC solution that can be mounted to your existing flexo, gravure, or digital press. It features a true, 31 point, spectrophotometer that is capable of measuring color bars, color patches, or anywhere inside the printed artwork while the press is running at speeds of over 1,000 ft/min. However, SpectroVision is quite unique in its’ ability to…

What’s the Best Spectrophotometer for Automation in the Pressroom?

I know what you’re thinking…..”he’s the ‘Techkon guy’ so naturally he’s going to say that a Techkon spectrophotometer is best”. And you would be right! Then, I could go on and on and give all the reasons why our instruments are so much better than the other, “x-type”, devices. However, I’ll save that comparative information for another session because the focus of this blog is about how to automate your pressroom color measurements for increased…

Are You Ready to “Make the Switch”? We Make it Easy

Let’s face it, the “switch” is on! Here at Techkon, we live it, breath it, and sell it every day. Printers in all markets and of all sizes are making the switch from their current devices and software to newer Techkon solutions. I could go on and on and explain all of the reasons like more innovative products, unlimited customer support, and the fact that we have staff that are happy to answer the phone…

Print Quality Management

We hear a lot about “big data” these days. It’s being used to track your shopping habits, send you targeted advertising, and even develop cures for life threatening ailments such as cancer. However, I’d like to take a minute and tell you the benefits of big data as it relates to the Techkon print quality management solution called ChromaQA and how your print production environment can benefit from the power of big data. The ChromaQA print quality…

ChromaQA and the Power of Big Data

We hear a lot about “big data” these days. It’s being used to track your shopping habits, send you targeted advertising, and even develop cures for life threatening ailments such as cancer. However, I’d like to take a minute and tell you the benefits of big data as it relates to the Techkon color quality solution called ChromaQA and how your print production environment can benefit from the power of big data. The ChromaQA print…

Steve Rankin

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