X-Rite i1Publish Pro 3 Plus

Color Management for Imaging and Prepress

For designers, photographers or prepress professionals who rely on accurate color throughout a digital workflow, i1Publish Pro 3 Plus is the essential solution for profiling and calibrating cameras, monitors, projectors, scanners and RGB and CMYK+ printers. Get the most color-accurate reproduction on your monitor, in prints and proofs, with repeatable results.

The i1Publish Pro 3 Plus includes a wide range of features and know-how, providing complete power and control to create the highest quality ICC profiles. Choose between a simple wizard-driven interface, or an advanced user-driven interface to create high-quality, accurate, custom color profiles.

Advantages:

• Large light transmission (8 mm) delivers more accurate results with improved reproducibility.
• Includes a polarizing filter for improved profiling of textiles and other textured materials.
• Benefit from perfect, reproducible printing colors every time, whether with RGB, CMYK and CMYK + any 4, with the help of intelligent profiling technology for the best quality results and advanced controls for black generation and separation.
• Achieve accurate colors on all modern laptop and desktop display technologies, including LED, Plasma, RG Phosphor, OLED and Wide Gamut.
• Quickly check the quality of your color output with the ColorChecker Proof visual assessment target included with i1Publish.
• Correction for OBAs in paper with Optical Brightener Correction technology (in combination with the automated card reader i1iSis 2).
• Use PANTONE Color Manager to create color palettes and identify patterns, capture spot colors from virtually any surface—ideal for creative design or corporate branding needs*—and keep your PANTONE libraries up to date, accurate, and ready to use in Adobe® and Quarks® applications.

Technical data

i1Profiler software
Macintosh ^®

• MacOS X 10.11x, 10.12x, 10.13x, 10.14x or 10.15x (with the latest updates installed)
• 512MB RAM (2GB recommended)
• Intel® Core Duo processor
• Up to 500MB of free hard disk space (depending on the components installed)
• power supply via USB
• monitor resolution of 1024x768 pixels or more
• Dual display support requires either 2 graphics cards or a dual-head video card that supports loading dual video LUTs.
• The user must have administrator rights to install and uninstall the application.

Windows ^®

• Microsoft® Windows 7® 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft® Windows 8® 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft® Windows 8.1® 32 or 64 bit
• Microsoft® Windows 10® 32 or 64 bit
• All operating systems require the latest updates and service packs installed
• 512MB RAM (2GB recommended)
• Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD® Athlon® XP or even better CPU
• Up to 500MB of free hard disk space (depending on the components installed)
• power supply via USB
• monitor resolution of 1024x768 pixels or more
• Latest drivers for the graphics card installed
• Dual display support requires either 2 graphics cards or a dual-head video card that supports loading dual video LUTs.
• Network card installed and driver loaded
• DVD drive or high-speed Internet connection required for software installation, download and automatic software update.
• The user must have administrator rights to install and uninstall the application.

LANGUAGE VERSIONS
This product is available in the following languages:

• Chinese (simplified)
• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Russian

i1Pro3 hardware specifications

SPECTRAL PROCESSOR
i1® technology: with integrated wavelength check
Spectral analyzer: Holographic diffraction grating with 128-pixel diode array
Spectral range: 380 - 730 nm
Physical sampling interval: 3.5 nm
Optical resolution: 10 nm
Spectral reporting : 380 ... 730 nm in 10 nm steps
Measurement frequency in scan mode: 400 measurements per second

OPTICS
Measuring geometry: 45°/0° ring illumination optics, ISO 13655:2017
Measuring aperture: 8 mm (0.31”) diameter (The effective measuring apparatus during scanning depends on the patch size and the measuring speed)
Illumination light spot size: 12 mm (0.47”)
Light source: LED illumination (includes UV)

REFLECTION MEASUREMENT
Data format: Spectral reflectance [dimensionless]
Measurement conditions:

• M0 - UV incl. - ISO 13655:2017
• M1 - D50 - ISO 13655:2017
• M2 - UV excl. - ISO 13655:2017
• M3 - Polarization - UV excl. - ISO 13655:2017

OBC: Optical Brightener Compensation with i1Profiler Software
Calibration: External Ceramic White Reference Manual
Measurement background: White, ISO 13655:2017; for measurements on the backup board
Minimum material thickness: 3 mm (0.12”) on the backup board

Minimum patch size in spot mode

• 14 x 14 mm (0.55” x 0.55”) (width x height)

Minimum patch size in scan mode

• 16 x 16 mm (0.63” x 0.63”) (width x height) with the i1iO
• 16 x 16 mm (0.63” x 0.63”) (width x height) with sensor ruler
• 20 x 16 mm (0.79” x 0.63”) (width x height) without sensor ruler
• 20 x 16 mm (0.79” x 0.63”) (width x height) with sensor ruler in M3 mode
• 22 x 16 mm (0.87” x 0.63”) (width x height) without sensor ruler M3 Mode

Maximum scan time

• 515mm (20.28”)

Inter-instrumental agreement: 0.4 Δ E00* average, 1.0 Δ E00* max. (Deviation from X-Rite manufacturing standard at a temperature of 23ºC (73.4ºF) on 12 BCRA plates (D50, 2º))

Short-term repeatability: 0.1 Δ E00* on white (D50.2°, average of 10 measurements every 3 s on white) spectral radiance [mW/nm/m2/sr], luminance [cd/m2]

EMISSION MEASUREMENT
Data formats: Spectral radiance (mW/nm/m2 /sr); Luminance Y (cd/m2)
Measuring range: 0.2 - 5000 cd/m ² on a typical LCD monitor
Short-term repeatability: x,y: +/- 0.002 typical (5000°K, 80 cd/m ² )

AMBIENT LIGHT MEASUREMENT
Data formats: Spectral radiance [mW/nm/m ² ], luminance [lux]
Type: Cosine-corrected diffuse light sensor

INTERFACE, DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT
Interface: USB 1.1
Power supply: USB powered device. No additional charger or battery required. USB 1.1 high performance device.

OPERATING CONDITIONS:
Temperature: 10°C (50°F) – 35°C (95°F)
Humidity: 0% – 80% non-condensing

PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS
i1Pro 3 device: length 162 mm, width 69 mm, height 64 mm (6.4” x 2.7” x 2.5”)
i1Pro 3 ruler: length 591mm, width 122 mm (23.3” x 4.8”)
i1 Backup Board: Length 670 mm, width 452 mm (26.4” x 17.8”)
Weight i1Pro device: 285 g (10.0 oz)

i1PHOTO PRO 3 PLUS includes:
The i1Pro 3 Plus spectrophotometer (measuring device), calibration plate, polarizing filter, ambient light measuring head, monitor mount, positioning target, XL measuring ruler, XL background board, USB cable. i1Profiler v3.x software for monitor profiling plus QS for monitors and printers, PANTONE Color Manager software, ColorTRUE mobile app download from the iTunes® App Store.