Datacolour, a leader in colour management solutions and colour communication technology for textile and apparel industries, has introduced its Datacolour 800 and 500 series of spectrophotometers.

The family of fully backward compatible benchtops, complete with its new embedded processor and data storage, provides a platform for increased efficiency and colour measurement confidence, the company reports. The series includes Datacolour 850, Datacolour 800, Datacolour 550, and Datacolour 500.

“The introduction of the 800 and 500 families carries on Datacolour’s tradition of providing our customers with technology enhancements that are most important to them,” said Diane Geisler, Global Director of Product Management, Datacolour. “With a clear understanding that accuracy and backward compatibility are required, we focused on improving the usability of our benchtop instrument creating quantifiable improvements in throughput and increased confidence in measurement accuracy.”

Datacolour 800 family

The Datacolour 800 family is the next generation of the close-tolerance spectrophotometer that ensures colour can be communicated digitally. Featuring a digital camera, the spectrophotometer is said to allow for perfect sample placement.

The series is fully backward compatible with the existing fleet of Datacolour 600 spectrophotometers. The Datacolour 800 is available immediately. The Datacolour 850, which includes transmission measurement capability in addition to reflectance, will be available in January 2016.

Datacolour 500 family

The Datacolour 500 family offers an economical option for a high performance spectrophotometer with enhanced speed and advanced technology, while assuring compatibility with the existing fleet of Datacolour 400 instruments.

The Datacolour 500 is available immediately. The Datacolour 550, a new addition to Datacolour’s line-up, is a cost-effective transmission and reflectance instrument and will be available in January 2016.

New features

Both the 800 and 500 families feature a new colour LCD screen that displays calibration status and instrument settings to allow for greater confidence in measurement results. With an embedded processor, the health of the instruments can now easily be validated through remote diagnostics, allowing for faster issue resolution, the manufacturer reports.

Instrument accessibility has also been expanded with the introduction of an Ethernet port, allowing for simultaneous connection of multiple computers. Performance enhancements have been implemented as well to enable real-time sample measurement within a global Citrix or Terminal Server environment.

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