Fiery Delivers Touchless Color Control with Next-Generation Fiery ColorGuard

This major advancement in color automation for digital printing takes the complexity out of color control to let you focus on performance, growth, and maximizing your return-on-investment.

A completely hands-free color control environment 

This next-generation release of Fiery ColorGuard marks a significant milestone in the print industry by eliminating the need for manual color checks, warmup jobs, and unnecessary recalibrations. Fiery ColorGuard works seamlessly with press inline measurement instruments to automatically verify, correct, and maintain color output across all your print devices – all without operator intervention.

When paired with Fiery’s streamlined color management tools that combine media calibration and profiling into a single step, Fiery now offers the print industry’s most automated end-to-end solution for delivering the accurate, consistent color results your customers demand.

“Fiery has led the print industry in color innovation for over three decades. With this release of Fiery ColorGuard, we’ve taken another major leap forward by virtually eliminating operator intervention for color control. Print businesses no longer need to keep a dedicated color expert on staff, freeing employees to focus on productivity and customer satisfaction while staying confident that their color output is always accurate.”

said John Henze, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Fiery.

Fiery ColorGuard’s hands-free automation features now include:

•Scheduled verification automatically confirms color accuracy and tracks quality trends over time.

•Automatic recalibration triggers recalibrations only when needed – saving time and resources.

•Definable warmup pages ensure color stability from the first print – eliminating scrap jobs.

•Scheduled spot color verification checks that spot colors stay within tolerance for reliable brand color recognition.

•Universal verification automatically verifies and recalibrates all media that share the same calibration, accelerating production readiness.

•Traffic light indicators clearly display printer color health in Fiery Command WorkStation to eliminate guesswork and delays.

Fiery partners have high praise for the new release 

“Canon’s imagePRESS inline spectrophotometer (ILS) with the imagePRESS Server powered by Fiery was engineered exactly for this kind of precise and automatic color control. We are delighted with the latest implementation of Fiery ColorGuard with the ILS in our Canon imagePRESS V family. Especially how it takes full advantage of our Automatic Gradation Adjustment capabilities as part of this streamlined color control workflow for our supported imagePRESS V family models,” 

said Kiyoshi Oka, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Marketing Strategy Unit, Canon U.S.A., Inc.

“Konica Minolta's IQ-601 and IQ-501 inline color measurement instruments, when paired with Fiery ColorGuard’s automatic color control functionality, offer a highly automated solution for providers seeking a streamlined, hands-off approach to high-quality production. The IQ-601 provides great versatility, offering both high-quality and high-speed modes, along with the ability to choose measurement modes M0, M1, or M2. This combination with Fiery ColorGuard makes it a very flexible solution for professional print providers.”

said Dr. Mark Bohan, Director, Color Solutions at Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.

Fiery ColorGuard is available through OEM partners and dealers, with the new features automatically unlocked for users upon release. For more information, please visit the Fiery ColorGuard product page.