Colour Confidence Press Release

Birmingham UK, 21st March, 2006 - Colour Confidence, the leading independent colour management specialists, have today announced they are to be the exclusive UK distributors for the new ColorVision family of products ? all of which will be shipping by the end of March and available from www.colourconfidence.com . “The new Spyder2express is a genuinely exciting product ? to have Spyder2 technology at this price point represents a significant development for the colour management industry”, commented Geoffrey Clements, Managing Director, Colour Confidence. “The update to Spyder2 Suite and Spyder2 PRO gives many users the chance to evaluate the benefits of printer profiling and I expect these products to be a driver for the rest of the market.”

Spyder2express
The newest member of the Spyder2 family is the Spyder2express. This product is the successor to the award-winning ColorPlus and while it has retained the easy-to-use interface that made it so popular in the first instance, the utilisation of the Spyder2 colorimeter means the Spyder2express has increased accuracy by five times from the previous device while bringing the price to a breakthrough £58/€85 ex VAT. Both Windows and Macintosh compatible, it produces a wide range of dynamic colours with strong flesh tones, well-defined shadows and realistic highlights. In three easy steps, users can create accurate on-screen colour without the need to be an expert.

Spyder2Suite
The Spyder2 has been the most popular monitor calibrator of all time, and the new version looks set to continue that success. Spyder2Suite comes with the new PrintFIX PLUS software, a stand-alone printer profiling application that means users now have an end-to-end solution with both monitor and printer calibration included. Spyder2Suite is priced at just £111/€159 ex VAT, a breakthrough price proposition which is even lower than the original Spyder2 with additional features built in.

Spyder2PRO
Replacing the Spyder2PRO Studio, the Spyder2PRO has the ability to calibrate CRT, LCD, and laptop monitors as well as a unique capability to calibrate data projectors. The Spyder2PRO includes the PrintFIX PLUS software as well as Ambient PreciseLight™, giving advanced users highly accurate monitor calibration along with a host of other features and controls. This is the choice for the professional and at £196/€279 ex VAT represents excellent value for money.

More and more photographers own DSLR’s, and as the standard of their photos improves so the desire to be able to reproduce these images faithfully increases. The first step in this process is an accurate monitor and the Spyder2express, Spyder2Suite and Spyder2PRO provide unquestionable colour fidelity while catering for users of all levels with differing software which allows varying levels of customisation.

The second step in reproducing these images accurately is printer profiling, and the opportunity to evaluate the benefits this process can have with the PrintFIX PLUS software will be an eye-opening experience for many. This tied in with the recentlyt launched PrintFIX PRO means the ColorVision range can cater for users of all levels with both monitor and printer profiling.

System Requirements
All three products require Windows 2000/XP or Macintosh OSX 10.3 or higher and are powered through USB connection.

The Confident Reseller Programme
Colour Confidence is actively recruiting resellers to its expanding dealer programme, details of which are available at www.colourconfidence.com/reseller

About Colour Confidence
Colour Confidence is the dedicated colour management division of TypeMaker Ltd which has been offering colour management solutions since 1995. From its inception, Colour Confidence has been at the forefront of the colour management market, offering education, product solutions and expert consultancy services to a diverse cross-section of users including digital photographers, labs, graphic designers, printers and publishers, and IT departments of multi-national enterprises.

In addition to its expanding reseller network, Colour Confidence’s own online store offers the widest range of colour management solutions anywhere on the Internet or high street. As well as Colour Confidence’s own innovative product range, solutions from ColorVision, EFI, EIZO, FixerLabs, GretagMacbeth, Just Normlicht, Kodak, Monaco, Pantone, PictoColor, Praxisoft and X-Rite are all available from www.colourconfidence.com