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- From: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
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- Subject: Apple Introduces ColorSync color matching software
- Date: 10 Jan 1993 00:56:25 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- JANUARY 6, 1993.
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- Contact:
- Kate Paisley
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-5453
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- Apple Unveils ColorSync: Standardized Color Matching for Macintosh
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- SAN FRANCISCO, California--January 6, 1993--Apple Computer, Inc.
- today announced the availabilty of ColorSync, its new color-matching
- architecture for Apple Macintosh personal computers. This new
- software technology enables users of color devices--such as displays,
- printers, and scanners--to get the closest match possible between
- colors scanned into the computer, viewed on the computer's screen,
- and created for output to the printed page. ColorSync essentially
- provides "what you see is what you get" color imaging on the
- Macintosh.
- "ColorSync takes the guess work and complexity out of creating and
- reproducing color images with a personal computer," said John Moon,
- Apple's vice president of Imaging Products. "It allows users to work
- in color routinely and easily because they can be confident they'll
- achieve the best possible results--whether they scan, display, or
- print in color using their Macintosh system."
- Apple developed ColorSync to provide an industry standard method of
- interpreting and synchronizing the capabilities of color devices such
- as displays, scanners, and printers so that users get consistent
- results when using devices that do not share the same color range.
- ColorSync software solves the color matching problem by providing a
- way to consistently measure the color range of each manufacturer's
- display, scanner, or printer. Based on these measurements (called
- device profiles), ColorSync synchronizes the color capabilities
- between two or more devices.
- ColorSync solves many of the difficulties of working with color that
- computer users have been wrestling with for years. Apple believes
- that a broad-based, operating system-level solution like ColorSync
- will spur the easy and routine use of color and will in turn, help
- people communicate better and be more productive in the work that
- they do. ColorSync opens a gateway, not just for users, but for
- developers, who will build on the broad foundation that ColorSync
- provides to create new products and capabilities not available today.
- Although ColorSync is designed to provide a base-level functionality
- for all users, Apple also recognizes the importance of adding
- functionality for more specialized solutions. Third-party
- peripherals and applications developers, such as Eastman Kodak
- Company, Adobe Systems, Inc., Radius, Inc., SuperMac Technology,
- Inc., Savitar, Inc. and Sequel Imaging are announcing products today
- that fulfill these more sophisticated needs.
- Companies such as Aldus Corporation, Fractal Design, RasterOps
- Corporation and Scitex Corporation are also announcing their
- commitment to the ColorSync architecture and their intent to bring
- products to market soon.
- ColorSync is offered as an extension to the Macintosh operating
- system. It's distributed via floppy disks with the Apple Color
- OneScanner and the Apple Color Printer. It will also be licensed to
- third-party developers to include with color peripherals and
- applications. Device profiles for Apple's color displays will be
- installed on the hard disks of color-capable Macintosh computers.
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- P30P
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- Apple, the Apple logo and Macintosh are registered trademarks; and
- ColorSync, OneScanner, and QuickDraw are trademarks of Apple
- Computer, Inc.
-
- Editor's Note: Members of the press may obtain a ColorSync white
- paper for more technical information. Contact Apple Public Relations
- at 408-974-0658.
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