From: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Apple Introduces ColorSync color matching software
Date: 10 Jan 1993 00:56:25 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bk146@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Sternisha)
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JANUARY 6, 1993.
 
 
 
Contact:
Kate Paisley
Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-5453
 
Apple Unveils ColorSync: Standardized Color Matching for Macintosh
 
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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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.
 
END
 
 
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	-Todd Sternisha
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