High-end Color Computer for newly announced PCI based Power Macintosh

MacCTU from Linotype-Hell for very fast and high quality image data
transformation

Germany, June 19, 1995

Linotype-Hell, a leading supplier in the prepress industry, today announced
a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) version of its Color
Transformation Unit MacCTU card. The MacCTU is a unique color computer for
the Macintosh platform which has an excellent reputation in the
professional high-end scanner world. The new PCI based card is compatible
with Apple s new Power Macintosh 9500 which incorporates the industry
standard PCI bus.

The MacCTU card ensures fast, high quality conversion of image data from
one color space to another. It supports the LinoColor scan and repro
software and the new Color Management standard from Apple, ColorSync 2.0.

ColorSync 2.0 was developed by Apple in cooperation with Linotype-Hell. The
prepress company has implemented basic color know-how technologies into
the Color Matching Method of ColorSync 2.0 in order to enable high quality
color transformations and to speed up the transformation processes.

Both the new PCI bus and MacCTU card announced today, as well as the
currently available MacCTU for NuBus speed up the conversion process of
various formats: RGB to LAB, RGB to CMYK, LAB to CMYK, etc. Additionally,
the speed of color corrections will be dramatically increased with the
MacCTU.

Large amounts of image data are processed in the CEPS and DTP environment.
The transformation of such large files can be quite time consuming when
converting from one color space to another using only software. Conversion
should be accurate, offering the highest quality, and yet be flexible
enough to support different device-dependent profiles. Both high speed and
high quality are offered with the MacCTU.

To achieve high quality, the conversion is made in the standardized and
cdevice-independent CIELAB color space. Each color space characterization
is based on 32,800 reference points. Using the "PrintOpen ICC" software,
new profiles can be created to support a wide variety of printing
methods.

The NuBus card speeds up this transformation process by a factor of eight
on a Quadra 950. The new PCI card will speed the conversion by a factor of
four on a Power Macintosh 9500, using the PowerPC 604 chip.

Who needs the MacCTU? With the establishment of ColorSync 2.0 as the color
matching solution, quick, high quality color transformation for every
color processing and layout application will become increasingly
important. The conversion speed and the high quality results delivered by
the MacCTU will definitely enhance productivity and profitibility for all
users running these applications.

Linotype-Hell Company
425 Oser Ave
Hauppauge, NY 11788
516-434-2000,  fax 516-434-2748

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