X-Rite has expanded its PantoneLive cloud-based solution, adding six new colour libraries for gravure printing.
The company also released a new software tool that will help graphic designers, brands and print suppliers better compare, evaluate and visualise colours across multiple substrates and printing technologies.
Adrián Fernández, vice president at Pantone, says, “PantoneLive was created to help share accurate and achievable colors across a package printing supply chain. In partnership with our customers, we are continuously evolving the platform to support a wide range of packaging applications and help designers easily visualize on-screen how colour palettes will appear in production. PantoneLive now offers over 50,000 Pantone colour choices and supports 80 percent of packaging applications. By increasing the depth and scope of PantoneLive, designers and brands are able speed up the entire packaging design process and get products to market on average four times faster.”
PantoneLive includes six new libraries for gravure printing technology ideal for flexible packaging and label applications. Two of the new libraries help match colour on metallised flexible packaging and label structures. The solution offers 28 libraries of Pantone solids and tints tailored to specific package printing applications and technologies such as folding cartons, labels, flexo and paper packaging.
The new libraries include:
Labels gravure process using solvent ink printed on coated paper with gloss-neutral varnish;
Flexible packaging gravure process using solvent ink printed on clear film substrate with gloss-neutral varnish;
Flexible packaging gravure process using solvent ink printed on clear film substrate over white ink with gloss-neutral varnish;
Flexible packaging gravure process using solvent ink reverse printed on clear film substrate over white ink;
Flexible packaging gravure process using solvent ink reverse printed on clear film substrate over white ink laminated to aluminum; and
Flexible packaging gravure process using solvent ink printed on aluminum substrate over white ink with gloss-neutral varnish.
Compare and Assess Color for Packaging with PantoneLIVE Visualizer
The company says that PantoneLive Visualizer delivers an on-screen visualisation of Pantone Master colours and achievable PantoneLive Dependent colours. The results can be exported into print-ready PDF documents that can be shared across the supply chain.
It adds that sometimes, owing to the realities of production materials and processes, the desired Pantone Master Standard colour cannot be achieved with the target substrate and printing technology. Pantone Dependent Standards are designed to represent desired Master Standards in these cases, and are the Pantone-approved best match to the Master standards. With PantoneLive Visualizer, users can now visually compare and assess colour selections in a variety of production scenarios.
Pantone expands colour libraries
