The »JUST Color Communicator2« is equipped with a USB communication interface that enables the »adJUST« and »basICColor display4« software to adjust the brightness of the viewing cabinet and to match the image displayed on the monitor with that in the viewing cabinet automatically and with the utmost precision. For the first time, the image on the monitor and the printout can be compared directly under standardized light.

The lack of a suitable interface did not make it possible to adjust the brightness of a viewing cabinet by means of a software program before. Therefore, visual control and changes were made manually using a slider.

Now this procedure is completely automatic and controlled with measuring technical equipment. Firstly, the monitor is calibrated using »adJUST« and »basICColor display4«: the target brightness of the viewing cabinet is determined and later measured with the same color measuring device. Then the software calculates the optimal adjustment and sets the Color Communicator2 via a USB interface accordingly. Everything occurs automatically: the user simply puts the measuring device on the monitor and then into the viewing cabinet. The result is that a soft proof on the monitor and the proof in the viewing cabinet look exactly the same.

Open your eyes... in the digital workflow!

You can look at it whatever way you want: Colour management is not just a digital affair. The human eye is still required because colour management would be self-defeating without any visual colour comparison. In the digital workflow, colour management must offer standardized testing methods and monitoring devices, true to the priciple: "Standardisation is a prerequisite for the creation of colour corrected print data."

ICC profiles, sheet-fed colour control bars, test charts, paper grades, calibration and colour measurement are as much part of the standardized process as is the use of the proper tuning light. So, keep your eyes wide open!