CGS Donates ORIS Color Management Solutions to Rochester Institute of Technology
HAINBURG, GERMANY/MINNEAPOLIS—CGS Publishing Technologies International, a leader in color management solutions, digital proofing solutions and specially-formulated media, is donating an ORIS Color Tuner and ORIS Press Matcher Pro to Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Print Media as part of the CGS College Outreach Program. The two technologies have been installed in the Color Management System (CMS) Laboratory at RIT which supports teaching and research activities in color measurement, color quality assurance, and ICC-based color management system for digital imaging, print production, and process control.
Heath Luetkens, Director of Technology at CGS administers the College Outreach Program stated, “CGS is extremely pleased RIT will be including ORIS Color Tuner and ORIS Press Matcher Pro as part of its color management curriculum. The School of Print Media is recognized for producing leaders in the graphic communications industry. We believe with the addition of ORIS technology to the curriculum graduates will be better prepared to meet the challenges of the graphic communications industry in the future.”
Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Print Media has more than 300 students and offers a Bachelor of Science in New Media Publishing and a Master of Science in Print Media. The goal of the school is to prepare print media students for careers which are at the convergence of multiple media formats. The print media color curriculum addresses the theory of color management and practices of using of state-of-the-art technology for color measurement, process capability, and process control methodology for repeatable and predictable color.
Fred Hsu, Color Specialist in the Printing Applications Laboratory commenting on the donation stated, “ORIS Color Tuner and ORIS Press Matcher Pro are an important addition to the comprehensive list of printing equipment, installed in the lab, ranging from conventional processes to state-of-the-art digital printing technology. The ORIS technology is a state of the art solution for the color management challenges faced by creative, pre-media, prepress, and press personnel. We're pleased to have the CGS technology available to our students.”
Robert Chung, Gravure Research Professor of RIT’s School of Print Media, says, “We are pleased to accept this donation from the CGS College Outreach Program. We will be using ORIS Color Tuner and Press Matcher Pro as the laboratory component of two courses; Printing Process Control and Advanced Color Management.”
- Places:
- Germany
- HAINBURG
- MINNEAPOLIS