Siemens SX1 User Manual

Density

Illumination

Color

New Version

Spectrodensitometer

Spectrodensitometer

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3-in-1 next-generation measurement tool

Color

Density

Illumination

Streamlines color adjustment in printing,
even on substrates with uorescent
whitening agents

A high-accuracy, compact, lightweight, handheld, next- generation spectrodensitometer that measures

• CMYK density • Dot area • Dot gain • Trapping • Simple density difference

• PS plate dot area • PS plate dot gain • Spot color density

Relativeintensity(a.u.)

A

*FD-7 only

color, density, and illumination* for applica tions from R&D to quality control.

Color

The world’s first measuring instrument that corresponds
to Measurement Condition M1 of ISO 13655

• Konica Minolta’s original VFS (Virtual Fluorescence Standard) technology enables L*a*b* measurements
corresponding to ISO 13655 Measurement Condition M1.

• The FD-7 and FD-5 can take measurements corresponding to all four of the ISO 13655 Measurement
Conditions. Measurements corresponding to M1 are enabled by Konica Minolta’s original VFS (Virtual
Fluorescence Standard) technology, and measurements corresponding to M0 (CIE Illuminant A) and M2
(illumination with UV-cut filter) can also be taken. In addition, by attaching the included polarization filter,
measurements corresponding to M3 (M2+ polarization filter) can be taken.

Scan measurements can be performed.

• Manual scan measurements can be performed when the instrument is
connected to a PC.

• With optional software basICColor catch all, the colorimetric values,
density values, and spectral reflectance values of various test charts
(MediaWedge ECI2002, IT8.7/3, etc.) can be measured in a single
operation.

Spectral output

• When the FD-7 is connected to a computer, the spectral reflectance
data (380 to 730 nm) of samples under various illuminants and
the spectral irradiance data (360 to 730 nm) of the environmental
lighting can be measured and output to a computer. This makes
the FD-7 ideal for research and development applications.

(FD-7 only)

(FD-7 only)

Illumination

Illumination environment light
can be measured.

• The illuminance and color temperature in a color
viewing cabinet or the actual ambient light under which
printed materials will be evaluated can be measured.

Measured environmental light can be set as
illumination light source (user illuminant)

• In the past, when measuring printed materials containing fluorescent whitening agents
(FWA), large differences between measured values and visual evaluation sometimes
occurred. But with the FD-7, colorimetric values can be calculated under the measured
environmental light source, providing results which more closely correspond to on-site
visual evaluation. This ensures customers receive the colors they want and eliminates time
and labor lost resolving customer complaints due to the effects of FWA or metamerism.

Measuredlightsourceintensitydistribution

2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2
1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2
0

300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 480 500

A
D50
D65
A(Uvcut)

Wavelength(nm)

(FD-7 only)

140

120

100

80

60

40

Spectralreflectance(%)

20

0

380 430 480 530 580 630 680 730

FD-7

(Master body)

D50
D65
A(UVcut)

Wavelength(nm)

By measuring the environmental light source with
an FD-7 master body and then transferring
the user illuminant data to multiple FD-5 or FD-7
working bodies, color control using the same
illumination light source at multiple locations can
be achieved. In addition, theautomatic wavelength
compensation function minimizes inter-instrument
errors when using multiple instruments.

FD-5

(Working body)

FD-5

(Working body)

NEW

Data Management

Software FD-S1w

(included as standard accessory)

Features:

• Transfer of measurement data to Excel® sheet.

• Reading/ registering of user illuminant data to/
from instrument and storage as PC file

• Color set management functions (for instrument
ISO 12647 Check and Target Match functions)*1*

System Requirements

OS Windows XP, Windows

Vista or Windows 7; 32­bit or 64-bit versions

Excel Excel 2003 (Windows XP),

Excel 2007 (Widows Vista),
or Excel 2010 (32-bit version;
Windows 7)

The haedware or the computer

system to be used must meet or
exceed the recommended system
requirements for the compatible
OS and Excel version being used.

Compatible Instruments

Spectrodensitometer FD-7, FD-5

Display language

English, Japanese,

Chinese (Simplified)

(Select one during installation.)

Density

NEW

NEW

NEW

2

*1 Target colors (color sets) must be set using the included FD Data Management Software FD-S1w.
*2 Backing conversion function converts the target values to enable evaluation even when backing

conditions for samples do not match those of the targets.

Printing quality control functions
including trapping, dot gain, etc.

• A new industry-standard tool for commercial printing and packaging
printing to improve productivity and quality at low cost.

Improvements
in quality control
functions to meet

more advanced

needs at printing

locations.

Target Match function

• Displays the color difference of mixed
ink from the target color and the density
adjustment needed to bring the mixed
color closer to the target color.
By using the Target Match function,

*1*2

Measure color difference.
Result: Adjusting the
density of spot color with
400 nm peak from 0.86 to

1.16 is predicted to result in
a color difference of 0.48.

ink color adjustment can be performed
without a computer or special software.

· Ideal for spot colors or process colors.

· Displays color difference and density.

· Displays estimated density

TARGETMATCH

Paper
Target

Sample

adjustment needed to bring the
mixed color closer to the target
color and the predicted color

Measuresample

difference after adjustment.

Functions corresponding to
various printing standards

• Pass/fail judgment against ISO, JapanColor, GRACoL®/SWOP®,
PSO, or user-defined custom targets can be performed. The
FD-7 and FD-5 are ideal for on-site printing quality control.

· ISO 12647 check
Color difference, TVI, and mid-tone spread can be evaluated.

· Gray balance
Gray balance can be evaluated using the G7® evaluation method.

*1*2

ISOCHECK

Yellow40％
Red

Green

Blue

16/21

Red:Pass

M12°D50
⊿D(400)
⊿E＊94

 2.54 @
>>

 0.48 @

M12°D50

+0.30D

󲶫L＊
󲶫a＊
󲶫b＊
󲶫E＊ab

CS01：PT1-AM-BB

0.86D

1.16D

-0.32

0.08

-0.22

0.40