Quato Intelli Proof Series. A comprehensive overview of the key benefits

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1 255Red Quato Intelli Proof Series A comprehensive overview of the key benefits Since the successful introduction of the Intelli Proof Series at Photokina 2004, two challenging years have past by. From the initial Intelli Proof 21 to today s wide gamut units, the Intelli Proof series has made a big development in both, hardware and software. Quato s aim is always to combine powerfull hardware and sophisticated software to a perfect product. Milestones like 12 bit calibration, integrated UDACT certification or the world s first individual SWOP certification - only to mention a few - show Quato s great committment for the improvement and development of hardware calibrated TFTs and surrounding applications like display certification. With the introduction of icolor Print and the upcoming icolor Proof and icolor Workflow, Quato is on its way to transform from a monitor manufacturer to a solution provider. Cooperations with other leading companies help to join forces and are a vital part of Quato s path to the future. Quato: we are much more than only Monitors.

2 Key Benefits Intelli Proof Displays combine a huge set of features. The whole technology is quite complex and sometimes it s not easy to tell the advantages of the systems in a few words - withount being too detailed. This overview gives some ideas and buzzwords for managing the sales discussions with dealers and clients. Up to 14 bit hardware calibration The Intelli Proof does perform a real internal hardware calibration of the internal LUT with 36 RGB colors and 64 grays to ensure a perfect match between calibration target and visual result. This ensures the compensation of measurement device deviation, environmental influences and aging. Competitors like EIZO use a factory calibration and calculate the deviation to the user setup to write a new LUT with only 9 measurements. or create the correction curves based on 60 measurements in software and download them into the monitor, letting the display calculate the LUT. (Quato: 100 patches, EIZO: 9 patches, NEC: 60 patches) Quato Intelli Proof Technology EIZO CG/CE Technology NEC Spectraview Techology (LaCie) Illustration of the individual measured Illustration of the calculation between a Illustration of a limited precision Quato LUT - Target (red) and Source factory calibration (red) and the real LUT-calculation and curve-upload (white) match. The gaps between the values (white) - Target and Source do not to the monitor. Source (white) and Target measurements (3 shades) are small match as the whole curve has to be (red) basically match. Between the enough to be integrated and do not interpolated without measurement. measurements the errors are high as the show peak deviations. The creation of Deviations in the Dark areas cannot DDC/ci technology used does not allow the LUT is more time consuming than be corrected or compensated. The new to upload a precise LUT. Only a limited other solution but offers unparalleled Software allows a 7 patches based gray precision correction curve can be precision. balance optimization (blue) that better uploaded and interpretated by the display. than before but still too unprecise. Zero Pixel Policy Quato uses a very tight AQL (acceptance quality level) and is doing a 100% incoming inspection of all panels and final units. Every Intelli Proof display is therefore granted to be free of pixel error in the A6 (landscape area) in the center of the screen. A maximum failure rate of two defective pixels is granted in the remaining area. Compared to the weak ISO pixel failure regulation - that the competitors follow - with 13 defective pixels on a 19 or 18 defective pixels on a 21 unit, this ensures a very stable quality. A Quato can have less than 2, but never more than 2 defective pixels. An Eizo, LaCie or NEC can have only 2 defective pixels - if one is lucky - but can have much more without beeing out of specs. Area A Zero Pixel Area B up to 2 Pixel Site License Quato s icolor incorporates a full site license. Every monitor can be calibrated with the Quato software free of any extra charge. Together with the Master/Slave solution (1/2007), these monitors can even be forced to match each other in the congruent gamut areas and the whitepoint. Even more, all Software updates for icolor Display are free of charge. Highest precision allgorithm icolor Display s internal precision of 16 bit and the sophisticated calibration allgorithm ensure an extraordinary precision of the profile itself. Additionally, this precision helps to reach always a predictable color performance. The Intelli Proof s gray balance precision makes this solution the Nr. 1 choice for every professional photographer and prepress professional.

3 Key Benefits Special profiles Other than Lab-LUT profiles, Quato s XYZ-LUT also contains a standard matrix profile. That helps to increase the compatibility with applications that cannot correctly use LUT-based display profiles like Adobe Photoshop, but also warrants full access and performance for LUT-enabled applications like Photoshop CS3. The Intelli Proof s profile includes a combination of private and open tags to ensure the compatibility with industry leading remote proof applications. The profile/lut can be uploaded to the monitor without recalibration. Workflow optimized Unlike other calibration solutions, icolor Display offers two different ways for creating and calibrating a Matrix based profile. To suit the needs for graphic arts and prepress, a primary optimized Matrix can be created. The more perceptive needs of photographers can be fulfilled with the perceptively optimized Matrix. LUT-savvy application can make use of Quato s highly precise 16 bit LUT profiles that renders colors in an unparalleled exact way. Monitor matching icolor Display allows to setup the whitepoint in various ways from Lab to xy and Kelvin to exactly match the customer needs. icolor s master/slave mode enables an even easier remote setup of different displays to the same visual output. Built-In UGRA and SWOP certification Intelli Proof displays are the world s first softproofing TFTs that have the ugra UDACT and the SWOP certification built-in. Additionally, the SWOP certification is not only valid for the combination with a remote proofing product, the SWOP certification can be performed individually with the most common software: Adobe Photoshop. The upcoming spot color measurement (2/2007) helps to find workflow problems as individually defined colors can be measured in icolor and a corresponding application like Adobe Photoshop. Colorimeter support for Wide Gamut units A wide color gamut unit forces the user to have an expensive and limited precision Spectrophotometer, but Quato has found a way to make use of the highly precise DTP94 colorimeter by uploading a correction table into the device. Now users can benefit from the much higher precision of the colorimeter (compared to the Spectro) and save a lot of money. ECI-optimized TFT Instead of following the standard Adobe-RGB path with its lack of Cyan and Red representation, the Intelli Proof excellence 260 follows ECI-RGB that is much better suited for media neutral workflows (ECI-RGB contains all possible printing technologies from Offset over Minilab to Inkjet and is going to be the second ISO standardized working space - the other is srgb). Brutto-Netto Contrast Ratio Quato monitors don t claim extremly high contrasts as the real achievable contrast is always much lower than the unspecified panel manufacturer s measurement. A calibration with 0.5 cd/m2 black- and 120 cd/m2 whiteluminance has a contrast of 240:1 - that s the real world contrast and not suspicous numbers like 1:1200. Optimizied Backlight Control and Stability Quato monitors have maximum luminances of up to 330 cd/m2. Even if these luminances are much too high for day to day work, they ensure that the working luminance of cd/m2 will be available during the full lifecycle. The backlight ages, and the lower the backlight maximum luminance, the the lower it will get during long term operation. Quato s displays are equipped with a luminance stability control circuit, keeping the luminance on the same level. The Intelli Proof excellence is additionally equipped with an optical luminance and whitepoint stabilizer that keeps both, whitepoint and luminance at the adjusted level. Viewing angle dependencies Quato s solutions have a viewing angle of But that does only tell that the contrast is not below 1:10 at 170. The real interesting thing is the color shift and luminance behaviour. The panels used in Quato s display always have a focus on color stability. That means the colors stay as they are, they are only getting darker during viewing angle changes. Other solutions prefer to keep the luminance and to change the color, what makes these solutions unsuiteable for softproofing and image editing. Quato offers more than only Monitors Quato is developing more and more tools that help to manage the day to day color business. icolor Display and the Intelli Proof series are just one part - but the centerpiece - of the whole workflow. icolor Display is upgraded almost quarterly, offering advancements and new functions. The fully modular icolor Print printer calibration extends the icolor family to print while icolor Proof offers the ability to perform highly accurate softproofs without the limitation of today s image editing solutions. More solutions will follow in the next 12 months.

4 A look at the software The way a software is designed influences the ease of use Quato s icolor Display is designed by creative engineers for creative minds. The user-interface is easy to use and offers a full context-sensitive help at the bottom of the window. Additionally, it s loaded with feautures but is still useable by a novice user. Quato icolor Display 2 Samsung s Natural Color Expert Spectraview Profiler / Basiccolor 4 EIZO s Color Navigator A look at viewing angles In the image below, a 21.3 S-IPS (Quato IP 213 excellence - top) is compared to 20 S-PVA (Samsung XL20 - bottom) and the shift to a more yellow/red cast on the S-PVA is quite obvious. That again prooves that S-PVA is acceptable for lower end units like EIZO s CE, NEC s Photo or Quato s LE Series, but that high end units should be based on a more viewing angle non-dependent technology like S-IPS.

5 Wide Gamut units - an overview Display Type Intelli Proof 260 excellence EIZO Color Graphic 221 Nec Spectraview Reference Panel 1.920x1.200 S-IPS 1.920x1.200 Pixel - S-IPS 1.600x1.200 Pixel - S-IPS Color Shift Luminance changes, Color changes, Color changes, Color stays Luminance stays Luminance stays Size Backlight Wide Color Gamut CCFL Wide Color Gamut CCFL Luxeon DCC LED Gamut shape ECI-RGB Adobe RGB Adobe RGB Gamut Quantity (ECI) 92% 94% 105% Gamut Quality (ECI) 90% 92% 96% Bit depth 14 bit 14 bit 12 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 170 cd/m2 170 cd/m2 Pixel Error class zero center, max. 2 rest ISO (up to 21) ISO (up to 18) Remote function Master/Slave mode none none Built-in Certifications UDACT/SWOP none none 3rd party display support yes (site license) no yes (50 Euro per additional license) Contract Proofing yes yes yes UDACT ISO coverage 100% 100% 100% Multicolor yes yes yes Calibration individual LUT factory/user calculation LUT individual Curves Graybalance 64 grays, iterative calculation based on preset 40 grays, iterative Colorimeter support yes no no Mac OS 9 support yes yes no ab-gamut vs. ECI ab-gamut vs. ISOcoated xy-gamut vs. ECI xy-gamut vs. ISOcoated

6 Wide Gamut units - an overview Display Type NEC Spectra View 2690 Quato Intelli Proof 213 excellence Panel 1.920x1.200 S-IPS 1.600x1.200 Pixel - S-IPS Color Shift Luminance changes, Color stays Color stays Luminance changes Size 26 21,3 Backlight Wide Color Gamut CCFL Wide Color Gamut CCFL Gamut shape ECI-RGB Adobe RGB Gamut Quantity (ECI) 94% 92% Gamut Quality (ECI) 94% 88% Bit depth 12 bit 12 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 180 cd/m2 Pixel Error class ISO (up to 21) ISO (up to 21) Remote function none Master /Slave mode Built-in Certifications none UDACT/SWOP 3rd party display support yes (50 Euro per additional license) yes (site license) Contract Proofing yes yes UDACT ISO coverage 100% 100% Multicolor yes yes Calibration iindividual Curves individual LUT Graybalance 40 grays, iterative 64 grays, iterative Colorimeter support yes yes Mac OS 9 support no yes ab-gamut vs. ECI ab-gamut vs. ISOcoated xy-gamut vs. ECI xy-gamut vs. ISOcoated

7 Wide Gamut units - an overview Display Type EIZO Color Graphic 241w Samsung XL20 Panel 1.920x1.200 Pixel - S-PVA 1.600x1.200 Pixel - S-PVA Color Shift Color changes heavily, Color changes heavily, Luminance stays Luminance stays Size Backlight Wide Color Gamut CCFL PseudoWhite LED Gamut shape Adobe RGB Adobe RGB/ECI mixture Gamut Quantity (ECI) 94% 96% Gamut Quality (ECI) 92% 94% Bit depth 14 bit 10 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 220 cd/m2 Pixel Error class ISO (up to 21) ISO (up to 18) Remote function none none Built-in Certifications none none 3rd party display support none none Contract Proofing yes yes UDACT ISO coverage 100% 100% Multicolor yes yes Calibration factory/user calculation LUT individual Curves Graybalance calculation based on preset 9 patches Colorimeter support no yes Mac OS 9 support yes no ab-gamut vs. ECI ab-gamut vs. ISOcoated xy-gamut vs. ECI xy-gamut vs. ISOcoated

8 Standard Gamut units - an overview 19 Units Display Type Intelli Proof 190 EIZO Color Graphic 19 Nec Spectraview 1990 /LaCie m319 Panel 1.280x1.024 S-IPS 1.280x1.024 S-IPS 1.280x1.024 S-IPS Color Shift Luminance changes, Color stays Color changes, Luminance stays Color changes, Luminance stays Size Backlight CCFL CCFL CCFL Gamut shape srgb srgb srgb Gamut Quantity (ECI) 72% 72% 72% Bit depth 10 bit on 12 bit basis 10 bit 12 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 200 cd/m2 250 cd/m2 Pixel Error class zero center, max. 2 rest ISO (up to 13) ISO (up to 13) Remote function Master/Slave mode none none Built-in Certifications UDACT/SWOP none none 3rd party display support yes (site license) no yes (50 Euro per additional license) UDACT ISO coverage 92% 90% 92% Calibration individual LUT factory/user calculation LUT individual Curves Graybalance 64 grays, iterative calculation based on preset 40 grays, iterative Mac OS 9 support yes yes no Gamut vs. ECI/ISOcoated 20.1 Units 21.3 Display Type Intelli Proof 201 Nec Spectraview 2090 /LaCie m320 Intelli Proof 213 LE Panel 1.600x1.200 S-IPS 1.600x1.200 S-IPS 1.600x1.200 S-PVA Color Shift Luminance changes, Color stays Color changes, Luminance stays Color changes heavily, Luminance stays Size Backlight CCFL CCFL CCFL Gamut shape srgb srgb srgb Gamut Quantity (ECI) 72% 72% 72% Bit depth 10 bit on 12 bit basis 12 bit 10 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 280 cd/m2 280 cd/m2 Pixel Error class zero center, max. 2 rest ISO (up to 18) max 3 Remote function Master/Slave mode none Master/Slave mode Built-in Certifications UDACT/SWOP none none 3rd party display support yes (site license) yes (50 Euro per additional license) upgrade UDACT ISO coverage 93% 91% 92% Calibration individual LUT individual Curves Individual Curves Graybalance 64 grays, iterative 40 grays, iterative 64 grays, iterative Mac OS 9 support yes no no Gamut vs. ECI/ISOcoated

9 Standard Gamut units - an overview 21.3 Units Display Type Intelli Proof 213 EIZO Color Graphic 211 Nec Spectraview 2190 /LaCie m321 Panel 1.600x1.200 S-IPS 1.600x S-IPS 1.600x1.200 S-IPS Color Shift Luminance changes, Color stays Luminance changes, Color stays Color changes, Luminance stays Size Backlight CCFL CCFL CCFL Gamut shape srgb srgb srgb Gamut Quantity (ECI) 72% 72% 72% Bit depth 12 bit 14 bit 12 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 250 cd/m2 250 cd/m2 Pixel Error class zero center, max. 2 rest ISO (up to 18) ISO (up to 18) Remote function Master/Slave mode none none Built-in Certifications UDACT/SWOP none none 3rd party display support yes (site license) no yes (50 Euro per additional license) UDACT ISO coverage 90% 90% 92% Calibration individual LUT factory/user calculation LUT individual Curves Graybalance 64 grays, iterative calculation based on preset 40 grays, iterative Mac OS 9 support yes yes no Gamut vs. ECI/ISOcoated 23 / 24 Units Display Type Intelli Proof 240 Intelli Proof 240LE EIZO Creative Edition 240w Panel 1.920x1.200 S-IPS 1.920x1.200 MVA 1.920x S-PVA Color Shift Luminance changes, Color stays Luminance changes, Color stays Color changes heavily, Luminance stays Size Backlight CCFL CCFL CCFL Gamut shape srgb srgb srgb Gamut Quantity (ECI) 72% 72% 72% Bit depth 14 bit 10bit 10 bit Luminance at D cd/m2 400 cd/m2 450 cd/m2 Pixel Error class zero center, max. 2 rest max 3 ISO (up to 21) Remote function Master/Slave mode Master/Slave mode none Built-in Certifications UDACT/SWOP none none 3rd party display support yes (site license) upgrade no UDACT ISO coverage 93% 94% 92% Calibration individual LUT infividual Curves factory/user calculation LUT Graybalance 64 grays, iterative 64 grays, iterative calculation based on preset Mac OS 9 support yes no yes Gamut vs. ECI/ISOcoated

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