X-Rite Pantone Offset360: complete Colour Management
X-Rite Pantone, widely recognised as a global authority in colour standards and colour science, has launched Offset360: a comprehensive colour management solution designed to maximise the performance of existing production lines by modernising offset pressroom colour control. Offset360 brings together press-side scanning automation, QC and reporting software, and automated ink presetting into a closed-loop workflow.
Shajith Ambalathody, Application Engineer & Technical Specialist, X-Rite Pantone says: “Many printers look to new presses to solve colour or efficiency challenges, when the issue more often lies in the scanning and control systems. Disconnected workflows and manual adjustments can slow production, increase waste, and make it difficult to maintain consistent colour across jobs and locations. Offset360 helps printers update existing offset presses with a connected, automated approach to colour control while lowering upfront investment by up to 60% compared to piecing together multiple standalone solutions.”
Built on an open, flexible architecture, combining IntelliTrax2 press-side scanning, MeasureColor process control software, MeasureColor Reports, and X-Rite’s ink preset and closed-loop technologies, Offset360 integrates across production systems, is compatible with most presses and supports G7 and ISO-based process controls. Colour data is captured and applied across presses and sites to improve consistency, reduce variability, and support continuous production improvement.
At press, operators use IntelliTrax2 and MeasureColor Production to access real-time spectral data and visual scoring, enabling faster, more precise adjustments, even across alternative substrates and changing paper suppliers.
Cartonajes PANS, a Barcelona-based packaging provider for the pharmaceutical industry, has been trialling Offset360 in its busy production environment and Print Manager, Enrique González García, confirms: “We’ve seen improvements in several areas. One key area is reduced setup time, which for me, is perhaps the most important. More than reducing waste, machine time is the most critical factor – that’s where true productivity lies. Nowadays, operators aren’t trained like before, when training took 10 to 15 years. Today’s market doesn’t allow for that. But with these measurement systems, you have the assurance that if the colour isn’t within a Delta of three, the operator can’t proceed.”
Implementation of Offset360 is a guided, collaborative process led by X-Rite Color Pantone experts and beginning with an assessment of each printer’s production goals, colour challenges, and existing environment to design a configuration tailored to the workflow. Melbourne-based Seaga Group is the official distributor of Pantone and X-Rite in Australia and New Zealand and supplies a range of industrial consumables and machinery to manufacturers, diemakers, and consumer businesses nationally.
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