The Ugra Display Analysis and Certification Tools (UDACT) is based on ISO 12646 and the color patches of the widely accepted Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge. In addition to the 48 Media Wedge patches, the UDACT will also measure the calibration and the gray balance precision. Not all displays will be able to simulate proofs for offset printing as described in ISO 12647. Therefore the tool implements a ranking for the use of the displays. These ranking categories are high quality commercial printing, newspaper printing and simple layout. Even when the gamut of an evaluated display is small and the recommendation is, for example, good for newspaper printing standards, the calibration precision must remain at a top level for proofing. Therefore this tool does not only measure and certify the results in a printed evaluation document, it also gives recommendations for a reasonable use of that specific display.
Ugra stated that the first licensee, the German soft proof display manufacturer, Quatographic, will integrate the complete Ugra Display Analysis Tools into the calibration software of the Intelli Proof display series.
J.R. Kuhnen-Burger of Quatographics, Head of Development, stated: “Standards are important and almost every proofing system is using the Ugra/Fogra Media Wedge to certify contract proofs. So the development from the output based Media Wedge to a display evaluation tool based on color patches of the Media Wedge was a logical step. For the first time ever, customers can establish reliable quality control to their proof displays. This will definitely be a great leap forward in quality management for softproof applications. Quatographic is proud to be the first company to integrate the technology in the calibration software.”
Ugra itself does the world wide direct distribution of this new quality control tool as a stand alone software. This will enable all users to calibrate their displays in accordance to standards (ISO 12646 and ISO 12647-2).
