SpectroPad

The portable professional spectrophotometer with 6 mm measuring aperture to measure most variety of different media used in professional digital printing (including large and wide format). Thanks to its independence from a computer it can be used also directly on the printer. His integrated touch display facilitates the interaction with the device and gives immediate feedback about the measurement results. It is the ideal tool for all digital print professionals for use also away from the desk.

Application fields

Process and quality control (DOC, Digital Output Control)
Linearization of digital output devices
Single measurements of spot-colors with sub-sequent check of the color-true printing
Creation of ICC profiles for digital output devices for most different materials
Use as a densitometer to determine density values

Main features

Portable
Measurement aperture diameter 6 mm = measuring area 28 mm²
For most different reflective media
Barbieri qb-technology inside (D50 LED illumination, next generation of highest precision spectral core)
ISO 13655-2009 measurement condition: M1 and additionally M0, M2 (UVCut)
1-line manual scanning
Touch Screen
Battery operated
WiFi data transmission (cordless)
Positioning with laser pointer
Geometry: 45°/0°
Pass / fail of quality control immediately shown on disply
Including free measurement software Gateway for Mac and PC

DOC (Digital Output Control)

Digital Output Control = check printed colors against reference.
This option checks whether prints will be color-true before production starts.

Setup:

Print control strip on linearized and profiled printer
Measure with Spectropad DOC
Set this data as reference (for this printer/media)

Daily check:

Print control strip before production starts
Measure control strip and get immediately green or red light

Print (through computer):

Print report
Keep track of quality

System requirements

Microsoft Windows XP or later (32 and 64 bit)
Mac OS X 10.5 or later (Intel)

Comparison SpectroPad / SpectroPad DOC

	SpectroPad	SpectroPad DOC
6 mm measuring aperture	X	X
Reflective measurements	X	X
Measurement of linearization and profiling charts	X	X
Digital Output Control (DOC)		X