version 3.1.6.1018

Version history
3.1.6
- Changed 6/7 Patch repeat colour bar and recognition
- Changed Image Control file recognition to handle new file types

3.1.5
[Fixes]
- Score display bug on Windows

3.1.4
[New Features]
- New Ryobi 75 Colour bar support
- Fixed some database query errors with operators
- Fixed changing TVI values from a custom target with a job open.

3.1.3
[New Features]
- Updated colour bar recognition checks so there should be less 'unable to recognise layout' errors
- Updated German Translation
- Updated CGATS parsing to work with measurements that comtain only spectral data

[Fixes]
- Removed some double beeps when starting a strip with an Eye One

3.1.2
[FIXES]
- Critical fix reloading jobs that contain spectral data
- fix for importing image control spectral data

3.1.1
[New Features]
- Spectral reflectance preview in the colour inspector window. This is shown only when spectral information is available.

[Fixes]
- Fixed creating the database in a location with a double byte character in the path

3.1.0
[New Features]
- X-Rite EasyTrax instrument Support.
- Use the EasyTrax in scan and spot mode.
- Create Heidelberg Image Control colour bar definition files for pressSIGN colour bars
- Create Intellitrax / PDCS-II(Komori) colour bar definition files for pressSIGN colour bars
- Measurement lists when looking at trend windows are expanded
- Full sheet view shows ink adjustment as arrows
- Increased accuracy of curve smothing algorithm.
- Speed increase opening jobs saved in the database
- Add measurements into a job from database or files streamlined.
- Device strip preview. Shows what the device measured to help diagnose measurement and bar recognition errors.

[FIXES]
- Corrected Export format selection for several Languages
- Colour Inspector and job window should hide and show correctly.
- Fixed Colour Inspector shortcut missing
- Fixed some spot/strip measurement problems and using an EasyTrax to measure paper while adding a standard from an ICC profile
- Added Correct help and images for each measurement Device
- Fixed Techkon Spectrodrive scan measurements
- Improved colour bar recognition and recovery from a missed measurement
- Various graphics bugs
- Density changed to absolute, not relative if there was a corrput preferences file.
- Density values not shown in full sheet view when using absolute density values.
- Fixed problem resetting database
- Fixed individual measurement dates when opening an old job.
- Fixed selecting a network database during install
- Fixed some instances where measurement times were displayed as 1904
- Fixed display of scoring in some languages.
- Changed some measurement numbering to make sure names are unique even if some are deleted.
- Fixed sorting by date when importing measurements from the database
- Changed some internal memory handling
- Fixed some display bugs on Snow Leopard
- Fixed closing and reopening job window with measurements keeps the list
- Fixed some window layering problems on Windows Vista
- Fixed using close to quit pressSIGN
- Fixed some date errors importing measurements from other jobs
- Fixed date errors exporting measurements
- Fixed patches inuse problem with exporting a job
- Fixed pressSIGN quitting fully when closing the main window
- The target standard list updates correctly when adding a new standard from the New Job Window.

3.0.5
[NEW FEATURES]
- A New option of a 6/7 patch per zone 5 colour bar in the generator.
- Holding the 'Alts' key whilst in the dot area measurement window can auto select paper

[FIXES]
- The colour bar is now flipped correctly when importing from an Intellitrax or PDCS-II
- The descriptions for the default standards are now correct.
- Drag and drop colours from the measure window colour list on Mac does not cause a crash
- Opening multiple jobs, where a job does not contain any measurements does not reset the list
- Improved recognition of lower tints on full width colour bars which were mistaken for a paper gap when measured manually
- Removed a hang senario in full width colours bars which contained reading errors when measured manually
- Changing standard which had a different TVI setup whilst a job was open updates the target tint information correctly.
- Mac printed labels are scaled correctly

3.0.4
[FIXES]
Re-issue of 3.0.4
- Mac Database in use errors for a new install
- Fixed recognition for the presstek 34DI colour bar
- Improved recognition of colour bars read from right to left with an Eye-One Pro
- Database In Use errors for upgrades from pressSIGN 2 to pressSIGN 3
- Original printers are added correctly for upgrades from pressSIGN 2 to presSIGN 3


3.0.3
[FIXES]
- Usernames and passwords are not case sensitive
- Removed a confirmation when changing preferences or standard whilst no job was open.
- Handling of preferences changing with demo version better
- Toolbar created for demo version correctly on first launch
- The Calibrate Window sometimes remains hidden on Windows Vista/7 if an Eye One is plugged in whilst pressSIGN is minimised
[NEW FEATURES]
- New Colour bar type in generator which allows a 6/7 patch 5 colour bar.

3.0.2
[NEW FEATURES]
- Increased speed overall due to much less disk writing during usage. Massive increase on slower laptop drives.
- Speed increase when measuring long strips and adding to database - especially when measuring right to left.
- Eye One is no longer detected while the open job window is open so the calibrate window will no obscure the open job window.
- Only an administrator operator can change activation code or change location of the database
- Added keyboard shortcuts during launch. Press 'W' to reset window positions.

[FIXES]
- Right clicking on certain window items caused a crash
- Text layout fix for add standard tolerance window.
- Fixed saving dryback data
- Fixed login password check
- Changing preferences for a job after creation but before any measurements are done is recorded in the database correctly.
- When changing the pressSIGN license code in Preferences, the new code is only saved if the license is valid.
- Windows Label Printing (again)
- Fixed Eye One Detection on Windows after first launch without the measure window open.

3.0.1
[NEW FEATURES]
- When Adding measurements from file, mis-measurements because of a high delta E can be ignored, so if Image Control or Intellitrax are set up with the wrong colour bar it is shown.
- Updated Demo Database
- When in hot folder mode, pressSIGN deletes or moves any preview files (jpg, or bmp) in the same way as the measurement files.
- Added bmp into the list of file types to ignore in a hot folder.
- Updated HASP dongle driver for windows 7 compatibility.
- A standard operator is no longer able to delete another operators measurements from a job
- When moving hot folder files, the extension is preserved and the unique identifier is added before the extension
[FIXES]
- Fixed Overprint Lab values always being used in standards.
- Removed a debug message when adding an ink and paper.
- Fixed Label printing on Windows.
- Fixed a zero score shown in PDF files when removing individual patches from the full sheet view
- Fixed no jobs showing in open job window in Chinese
- Changed some score alignments in add standard window
- Fixed a 'no jobs found' error when importing measurements from the database and selecting a job that contains no measurements.
- Fixed a job not listed if the client is added from the new job window

3.0.0.b843
- Fixed Bar Graphics Bug
- The Info window shows when the de values are averaged (to differentiate between the de of the average and average of the de)

3.0.0.b842
- Increased speed updating a job after a preferences change
- Fixed an sorting error in open job window
- Uses GDI+ on Windows giving smoother graphics

3.0.0.b840
- Fixed saving dryback values in the database
- Added Trueflow export curve format
- Added Image control sheet count. Automatically goes into makeready / production mode.
- Updated Italian Translation
- Updated SPanish Translation
- Updated Simplified Chinese Translation
- Updated demo database with new dryback data

3.0.0.b832
- Version 3 Manual Included
- Grey balance target Lab values are updated when averaging correctly. It does not affect the delta H calculation or scores.

3.0.0b829
- Holding the shift key while clicking on a trend window will highlight those measurements in addition to any others already selected.
- Double clicking on the Primary de Distribution and Score distribution trend windows highlights all those measurements that match.
- Added error checking for missing text encodings when generating a PDF colour bar.
- Fixed percentile calculation error.

3.0.0.b828
- Differences between an administrator operator and a standard user have been implemented. A Standard user cannot delete the following: jobs, standards, ink and papers, saved queries.
- Activation codes are trimmed and made into capitals before validating. This should help invalid code errors when pasting the code into the code field.
- Added Italian Translation Version 3 additions.
- Still testing an encoding error in chinese systems generating a PDF colour bar.

3.0.0.b821
- When parsing Intellitrax files, pressSIGN auto detects the CMYK units that follow 'CUSTOM C(', 'CUSTOM M(' etc style
- When parsing Intellitrax files, pressSIGN assumes that the Grey25-25-25 patches are actually the GB25 patches. 50 and 75 work the same way. These numbers still have to match the expected black tints though.
- Changed the encoding used when generating a PDF colour bar

3.0.0.b820
- Updated demo database
- Online update checks for version 3 only
- Fixed online update crash if there is no network connection of any kind.
- Added a helpful message in the set defaults windows which gives the default username and password. Username = 'presssign', no password.
- forgotten passwords can be reset by trying in a username 'reset' and your activation code as the password.

3.0.0.b815
- Added demo database. pressSIGN 3 demo has several example jobs showing different aspects of pressSIGN. The demo cannot create new jobs, or measure, but is fully functional otherwise.
- Fixed saving dryback issue from 3.0.0.b810
- Added 2 new trend graphs to main screen and PDF - OVerprint Lab dE and Trap values.
- You can no longer create a job in pressSIGN Trends. There was no point in doing so because no measurements could be taken.

3.0.0.b811
- Cleaned up PDF trend windows (duplicate axis drawn on some windows)
- Added colour preview of the CMYK and RGB overprints to the PDF

3.0.0.b810
- Axis labels on Trend windows
- deltaH for grey balance calculation when averaging fixed

3.0.0.b808 fixes
- Request for the database location on new install
- incorrect labels on trend windows
- nilObject exporting a job
- missing density estimates
- Changing between strip and single mode with eye one
- Text size changes for PDF generation to stop text wrapping
- Removing measurements from the job list now works for permanent and temporary removal.
- Trend windows updated correctly after removing measurements.
- Grey balance calculation from ICC profile fixed

3.0.0
[NEW FEATURES]
- Trend Information for pressSIGN PRO.
- Trend including all scoring criteria, plus Primary de, CMYK TVI and grey balance values
- Trend information can be displayed in the main window and in permanent floating windows
- Database backend with advanced searching. Search by operator, time, standard, press, score amy many more
- Open multiple jobs at the same time
- Auto generating colour bar can now generate a 5 colour bar.
- Colour bar generator can generate EPS files.
- Multiple screen support.

2.6
[NEW FEATURES]
- Full press sheet view
- Importing ICC profile functionality greatly enhanced; Measure Paper White & resave profile.
- Estimated Magenta checks hue/chroma and lightness

2.3.2
[NEW FEATURES]
- Image Control 5 Colour Bar for pressSIGN PRO
- All URL links are now to www.presssign.com

[FIXES]
- Black ink adjustment shown if the measured deltae >16

2.3.1
[NEW FEATURES]
- More feedback during calibration of Eye-One Pro
- Import ICC Profile shows more information about the ICC Profile
- Reduced Memory footprint & improved interface efficiency
- Calibrate button only available now for single mode, as strip mode is calculated automatically
- Open Job defaults to the job folder location

[FIXES]
- Crashing after measurent on Windows
- Possible Wrong mode(strip/single) set on Eye-One if the calibration failed.


2.3.0
[NEW FEATURES]
- Digital Information IZMOve support in pressSIGN PRO. Set hot folder to the IZMove job folder to import.
- Magenta and Cyan ink adjustments are less affected by inks that are too light. The overall effect is that the estimated targets are likely to be lower.
- The upper and lower tolerances for the TVI curves are shown in the TVI diagram on the main window when viewing single inks.

2.2.6
[FIXES]
- Dot area calculations and auto ink measurements using an Eye-One PRO are now working again
- Dryback calculations when in pressSIGN PRO display the wet densities in standard and closest wet density as indended
- Fixed missing measurements from the job window
- Removed the double beep before measurement when using an Eye-One PRO.

2.2.5
[NEW FEATURES]
- Smarter recognition of CMYK ink colours for PDCS-II and Intellitrax.
- Smarter recognition of CMYK ink unit positions for perfecting presses for PDCS-II and Intellitrax
[FIXES]
- Crash plugging in an Eye-One on Mac
- Image Control colour bar tints corrected in download.

2.2.4
[FIXES]
- Label printing layout adjusted slightly to now show start and end times correctly.
- Fixed blank label problem
- Updated many graphical functions for smoother display
- Updated main window score light size to be consistent for different language / font combinations 
- Updated PDF library to work with more text encodings
- Fixed incorrect dates saved.
- Fixed a small refresh bug (only 2.2.4.384)

2.2.3
[NEW FEATURES]
- Improved speed of curve calculation algorithms
- Improved Magenta Ink adjustment algorithm more varied ink densities and Lab values

2.2.2
[FIXES]
- Fixed a crash when parsing unformatted measurement files
- Improved the colour recognition for CMYK when parsing Komori / Intellitrax files
- Updated Harlequin calibrated curve export format
- Longer activation codes accepted

2.2.1
[NEW FEATURES]
- Mouseover of the hotfolder icon in the job window shows the full path
- Averaging multiple measurements with different density filters is now optional

[FIXES]
- Fixed a visual error for tint patches when adding a gravure standard
- Re-enabled the ISO curves after adding a standard from an ICC profile
- Fixed a crash on quit in pressSIGN PRO
- Longer Activation codes accepted in the defaults window

2.2.0
[NEW FEATURES]
- pressSIGN PRO integration. Requires a pressSIGN PRO dongle to activate.

2.1.3
[NEW FEATURES]
- Option for deleting the files when removing measurements from the job window
- Added the ISO 12647-2 TVI curves as an option when adding a new standard via an ICC profile
[FIXES]
- After exporting to harmony curves the PDF still shows all the tint information, not just 25%, 50% & 75%.
- fixed a NilObject exception after deleting an ink/paper

2.1.2
- Best density no longer shows 0.0 when first launched
- Resolved occasional crash when importing / adding / removing ink and paper settings

2.1.1
- Paper colour is displayed properly when importing a standard from an ICC profile
- Lab values and menus are displayed correctly when opening the add standard window for the first time.

[FIXES]
2.1
[NEW FEATURES]
- Added Flexographic targets - ISO 12647-6
- Added Gravure targets - ISO 12647-4
- Added midtone spread to main display. This is shown in the grey balance area
- Added the ability to create standards from CMYK ICC Profiles
[FIXES]
- PDFs show estimated density correctly using international decimal characters.
- Dryback applied twice to some measurements

2.0.5
[FIXES]
- fixed a MacOS 10.5.2 sheet windows not accepting mouse clicks.

2.0.4
[fixes]
- Fixed a crash after measuring many strips
- Fixed a crash when deleting many measurements
2.0.3
[FIXES]
- Curves redrawn correctly when changing standards with different TVI targets
- Fixed a crash when adding a new ink paper after a new install
- Auto density when measuring dot area more reliable in selecting the correct colour.
- Changed how images are loaded to stop a random picture crash on windows

2.0.2
[FIXES]
- Fixed a crash when auto updating on a Mac
- Curves show correctly on main window for new installs
- Cancelling a new job doesn't disable the measure button.
 
2.0.1
[FIXES]
- Fixed a crash if you started a measurement without creating a job first. You now HAVE to create a job before you perform any measurements (this was the correct workflow)
- Extra checking on the job folder to make sure it exists during writing
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2.0.0
[NEW FEATURES]
- Averaging of multiple measurements.
- All measurements saved into a folder, which can then be re-opened later
- Sort measurements by Overall, Primary, Overprint etc.
- Choose which measurements to average.
- Combine several jobs to average and choose which of the measurements to use.
- Create you own standards - either from measured data, or by typing in the target values.
- Added paper Lab value as a built in auto target when measuring singularly
- Doubled the speed of calculation for measurements
- New desktop icon
- Adjusted the full colour bars to have a white space at both ends. This makes it easier to read when step-and-repeating the bar across a press sheet
- Job Folders have a configuration file which is read back in when opening old jobs which sets the press / standard and paper automatically
- PDF reports averaged measurements and time range the measurements are done over.
- You can now import / export and add/remove dryback data and press standards from the preferences window and the new job window
- Change job folder in the preferences window
- Using the same name as a previous job gives you the option of automatically renaming the job or replacing the original
- Low cost print buyers version available. Only gives scores / measurements and does not show and adjustments.

[FIXES]
- +inf% ink adjustment when performing single measurements, but without measuring a whole strip
- Line Ending format in exported files
- No ink adjustments showing after importing files
- Extra debugging information included in a dialog box if(!) the software crashes.
- CGATS measurement file always uses decimal point and ignores international setting
- The job window doesn't autoclose when importing a folder of previous measurements on windows
- Updated internal libraries for Eye-One to latest versions.
- Creating new custom standards, and standards from measured data should now work
- Adding new standards updates any existing measurements in the job window
- Measurement times are recorded correctly across platforms / languages
- Job folder is always checked for before writing. Stops a NilObject exception when the job folder no longer exists
- Crash when measuring on Windows
- Creating the default job folder correctly on new installs
- Fixed a calibration window crash
- Cancelling the initializing window from a new install works
- Measuring using single mode no longer adds a measurement automatically after each patch, if a strip had already been read
- Closing the preferences window after adding a standard displays the new curves correctly in the main window.
- Fixed a NilObject Exception on new installs on new operating systems.

1.3.4
[NEW FEATURES]
- International number support implemented when adding standard

[FIXES]
- Dragging colours from the colour list sometimes did not activate on the main strip
- Changing standard name now updates correctly in the measurement window

1.3.3
[FEATURES]
- Improved Eye-One calibration procedure
- Windows updater now finds a unique folder to decompress new version into.

[FIXES]
- Single measurement mode - updating main window for dE, best and range when double clicking and dragging colours onto the strip
- Fixed a crash when clicking outside the strip when in single measurement mode.
- Fixed a 'Please choose ColorSyncScripting' error on launching on a Mac.
- Measuring Spot Colour Solid ink density dot area no longer resets CMYK density.
- Random Windows crash after using the auto update
- Windows crash adding standard

1.3.2
[FIXES]
Measuring a strip in single measurement mode.
Automatic Updater fixes.
Mac version upgrade - error initialising

1.3.1.210
[FIXES]
Automatic Updating. If you are updating from within the appication, then please visit www.bodoni.co.uk/presssign.php to download

1.3.0
[FIXES]
- Estimated ink density cleared when creating a new job
- PDF estimated ink densituy recorded correctly
- Error creating PDF
- Updated PDF Manual with 1.3 features
- Updated Eye-One calibration procedure.

1.3 BPIF CD Version
[NEW FEATURES]
- New full colour bar strip available. Can be read either singlely or as a strip. Designed to step and repeat across a whole press sheet, and replace any existing colour bar.
- Density Range shown on main window. Shows the minimum and maximum density range that is within the primary ÆE tolerance.
¥ÊAdded ISO 12647-2:2007 (2004 Amd 1) as a standard. These have updated Overprint Lab values, and a slightly adjusted L value for yellow on paper types 1 & 2
- Added the ability to measure a strip in spot mode.
- Single measure mode Features:
   - Displays Lab, LCh, density for any given reading.
   - Measuring dot area.
   - Apply dryback to individual solid measurements and see Lab and ÆE values.
   - Visually see colour differences on screen between any Lab values.
- Colour List. All measurements are available for use in the pressSIGN chart, so you can combine a several separate measurements into a single strip for calculation
- Mac version - uses monitor profile for more accurate previews on screen.
- PDF dot gain information page as job information and score included.
- 
[FIXES]
- Estimated cyan and black density when very low
- Hue changes in dryback for angles which change from near 360 to near 0


1.2
[NEW FEATURES]
- Vista Compatible i1 drivers.
- Mac Universal Binary version.
- Add and remove printer names, and dryback information from the job settings window.
- You can create a new ink / paper type, when clicking 'update dryback' whilst measuring a wet press sheet.
- Newer, easier to read strips (both narrow, and standard strips)

- Consolidated press standards to ISO 12647-2 paper types / GraCol 7 paper grades, so there is no need to differentiate between sheetfed and web press types.
- Web press coated paper setting has been renamed as lightweight woodfree coated paper type 3
- Selecting paper types automatically sets the recommended TVI curves for CMY & K

[FIXES]
- Changing density filter on a Mac now works (Used to get a unable to set density filter error)
- CMYK primary scoring method is checked correctly when creating a new scoring system.
- Grey balance for 50%K has been corrected in each strip (pressSIGN_v21) (1% more yellow)

1.1
[NEW FEATURES]
- New scoring system introduced. How a press is scored is completely configurable when adding a standard.
- GRACol G7 targets included
- SWOP 2006 targets included
- ISO 12647-3 targets included
- Dryback information can be exported or imported from different installations.
- Press standards can imported and exported.
- Redesigned the PDF layout

[FIXES]
- Pass / Fail message in PDF when not checking overprint Lab values fixed.
- Improved Ink adjustment algorithm
- Improved estimated density if the ink density is too high.

1.0.6
[FIXES]
- Disappearing Main Window

1.0.5
[FIXES]
- Resolved 'Error Setting Compatibility in document scope' error
- Windows - Overprint Lab tolerances in PDF are reported correctly.

1.0.4
VERY IMPORTANT:

- Please use the new Charts included with this version. The 25%, 50% & 75% grey balance patches have been updated using the FOGRA39 dataset using ECI/bvdm Gray Control Strip method
There is no need to recalibrate the press to use the new chart. The new chart is labelled pressSIGN_v2 and pressSIGN_Narrow_v2
It should be much easier to pass the 75% grey balance patch.

[NEW FEATURES]
- The pressSIGN chart is now available as tif, eps and pdf versions.
- Any included press targets are installed automatically, overwriting any previous versions. Custom Press targets are still retained, however.
- The Colour Info window is movable on Mac and PC
- Window positions are saved between sessions
- Lab values are displayed in the PDF for the CMYK primaries and Overprint.
- Default job name is now the press name
- Added RAMPage to the export tints file formats
- Added Harmony (Prinergy) to the export tints file formats
- Text file line endings format can set from the Preferences Window.

[FIXES]
- Window Minimize and Restore now works as expected on Windows.
- The Density filter can be changed without restarting the software
- Setting Paper colour as an optional part of the standard fixed.

5/2/2007