Colour Doctor offers check-ups

Colour Graphic Services’ David Crowther is hanging up his cape as the Colour Captain in favour of a stethoscope and lab coat in his new role as the Colour Doctor.

Crowther says, “More and more I am called into graphic businesses with colour issues requiring a cure and on-going treatment. We are a small company but provide a vital service to anyone requiring accurate and consistent colour reproduction.

“From just a basic colour health check up to intensive care where colour has drifted into a coma, we guarantee to fix the issues or it’s free. Of course, as in medicine, the best cure is prevention, by becoming ISO 12647 proficient and maintaining certification by six-monthly check-ups.”

The ISO 12647 implementation and auditing specialist, based in Sydney, says the name change reflects the increasing scope of colour management services offered.

He says, “Our service goes beyond ICC profiling and ISO 12647 and covers machine-to-machine matching; hitting special brand and logo colours right first and every time and training up operators to be ‘colour nurses.’

“The reach is now beyond offset and into wide and grand format, digital presses, labels and flexo packaging. This means we work comfortably in both CMYK and RGB worlds.”

Crowther started Colour Graphic Services in 2011 following career in print colour management, teaching and proofing with DES, CyraChrome and Dainippon Screen.

It uses the Mellow Colour PrintSpec colour quality reporting system to ensure colour consistency and supplies tools for colour management including X-Rite measuring instruments and software, JUST Normlicht standardised lighting systems, Pantone products and Eizo colour-accurate monitors.

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