version 2.6.2

Version history
2.6.3
[FIXES]
OutOFBoundsError When opening up old pressSIGN measurements

2.6.2
[FIXES]
Saving CGATS files from 5 colour bar fixed.

2.6.1
[NEW FEATURES]
 Helptag on the job list shows measurement information as the pointer is moved
[FIXES]
 Fixed 'Missing 50Y' when reimporting some measurements where the 50% Yellow is closer to the 75% yellow.

2.6
[NEW FEATURES]
 Measure a control strip without the measure window open. Use the jobwindow for measurement messages. Click on the 'Measure' button will still open the measure window
 Paper gap support in measuring long colour bars. The software can recover from paper gaps that can be put into the middle of a press sheet.After a paper gap it requires 3 ink zones before any other gaps.
 Less likely to get measurment errors on long strips due to better handling of changes in measurement speed.
 Simplified Chinese Translation
 Italian Translation
 Spanish Translation
 Techkon Spectrodrive Support in presSIGN PRO
 Reports which patches are missing from an imported measurement
 Ignores any measured patches with an L value > 100.
 Full width colour bar changed to move 75K to a position away from a solid Black to help if the press has a very high dot gain(>30% @ 75%).
 Hold the Alt Key in the Lab/Density tab of the measure window during measurement to set the compared colour
 Automatic Ink zone numbering with gap support.
 Presstek Colour bars 52DI & 34DI
 7 patch per zone 5 colour bar included.
 Agfa Apogee Tint Export Format
 EFI Colorproof XF Tint Export Format
 Fuji XMF Tint Export Format

[FIXES]
 Not always moving the automatic inport files in pressSIGN PRO
 Only the info window showing when launching on Windows
 Slightly larger text sizes in most interface elements including the full press sheet view
 Re-Importing the same file from a hot folder in pressSIGN PRO
 Fixed possible crash where a hot folder was auto started with measurements inside opening up an old job.
 Fixed a single measurement problem in the lab/density measure tab where it would update the strip instead of measuring a custom patch.
 Open up old measurement files where the CMYK values were not set.
 Changing Language on a non writable application folder now give a correct error message
 BUtton detection for paper/single measurement improved.

2.5.3
[NEW FEATURES]
 Turn off specific patches in full press sheet strips. Click on the preview to turn patches on and off
 Improved recovery when measuring a full press sheet unevenly or a badly printed one.
 Measurement Window can be hidden behind main window so the full press sheet view can be seen always
 Link to PDF Manual from the Help Menu 

[FIXES]
 Single Measurement Mode crash
 Crash on the next measurement after a failed one.
 Density filter shown after measurement on main window.
 InkZone auto import doesn't re-import the same file.
 Fixed a smoothing error in higher measured tints
 Fixed a NilObject crash when measuring a full press sheet incorrectly
 Fixed file parsing error after reloading reversed measurements

2.5.2
[NEW FEATURES]
 Add labels during colour bar generation above or below the patches
 Preview in colour bar generator shows label position if enabled

[FIXES]
 Online updates handle redirects
 Averaging measurements with full strips and dryback is the correct average of the dry deltae (no affect on scoring)
 Overprint trap scoring outside tolerances fixed, including averaging
 Better handling of measurement files from Image Control with a spot colour near the paper colour

2.5.1
[NEW FEATURES]
 When measuring full strips, deltaE is calculated as the average of the deltaE across the full strip. This gives a better indication of the consistency of the colour bar across the press sheet. This may result in a change of scores for full strips.
 Added NExus RIP adjustment curves export.
 Added the ability to generate calibration Harmony curves.
 Added the ability to update existing calibration Harmony curves.
 Added a gamut calculation comparing the measured colour gamut to the target gamut in the PDF report.

[BUG FIXES]
 75% tint grey balance scoring was incorrect with a deltaH outside the 1st tolerance - this may mean that the score could change for previous jobs.
 The scoring for multiple ink zones correctly calculates the dry score when measuring wet and using dryback.
 Full main window shown on PC running 1024x768 monitors.
 New HASP Dongle driver for pressSIGN PRO PC (v5.60 - Feb 2009).
 Dryback is shown for individual ink zones correctly whem measuring a full strip.
 Other Internal reliability fixes.

2.5.0
[NEW FEATURES]
 Full press sheet view for stips over more than 1 ink zone.
 Importing ICC Profile functionality expanded to include changing white point.
 Generate new grey balance patches automatically when importing from an ICC profile.
 Generate new pressSIGN colour bars for Eye-One Pro (single srtip and full press sheet).
 Create adjustment curve for HP indigo digital presses.
 Specify the number of ink zones when adding a press.

[FIXES]
 Changing preferences whilst a job is open recalculates scores and ink adjustments correctly.
 Calibration reporting error.
 Window position reset error.

2.3.2
[NEW FEATURES]
 Image Control 5 Colour Bar for pressSIGN PRO
[FIXES]
 Black ink adjustment shown if the measured de>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 E tolerance.
Added 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 E 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
