Brand Color Consistency

"We contracted with BCM to help us with our color control program, and the first thing that they asked was: 'Do you have X-Rite?'" Shadle said. "I answered: 'No, we have some bright lights here and that's about the best way we have to judge color for packaging.'"

BCM, which formulates high-intensity, water-based flexographic inks for printing in the corrugated industry, recommended that Shop-Vac use an X-Rite spectrophotometer to develop exact standards that could be used throughout the supply chain. Shop-Vac decided on an X-Rite 939 spectro that is well suited for ink room and quality control applications and can be calibrated over the Internet using the company's NetProfilers 3 software.