Colour management and proofing software specialist GMG is offering users of old i1 measuring devices (Revision A or B) a chance to buy a new i1 at the special price of €699 until August 15, 2009. To take advantage of this offer, old i1 devices have to be returned to GMG through its authorised dealers.
The aim of the campaign is to ensure that as many customers as possible work with state of the art devices. GMG ProofControl, in combination with i1 measuring instruments, has been used in daily proof production and verification for years. But, the company says, only measuring instruments that operate within the specifications of the prescribed standard really fulfill their purpose.
Consequently recertification is an important issue. The factory calibration of an i1 is valid for 12 months, after which X-Rite offers recertification for all spectrophotometers. As a result devices are sent to the X-Rite Service Department, where they are tested and cleaned before being subjected to the same calibration procedure as a newly manufactured unit.
However, with much older Revision A or B devices in daily use, recertification is often not worth while for financial reasons, because the repair costs far exceed the remaining value of the device. In addition, in comparison with first generation devices, new i1 instruments perform measurements twice as fast due to the progress made in sensor development.
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