Colour Confidence Press Release

Birmingham UK, 16th January, 2006 - Colour Confidence, the leading independent colour management specialists, have today announced their appointment as distributor of the complete range of PANTONE®/gretagmacbeth monitor calibration devices. This includes the all new huey™, Eye-One® Display LT and Eye-One Display 2. This family of products completely breaks though barriers of cost and complexity that have kept many potential users away and also provides a migration path for users as their needs grow. They are all available immediately from www.colourconfidence.com

“Colour Confidence is the single largest Colour Management operation in the United Kingdom. They are focussed on colour management and possess the most comprehensive source of knowledge in that area,” commented Helmut Eifert, vice president of European Operations at Pantone. “Partnering with Colour Confidence means the widest possible audience will have access to the complete range of Pantone products, including the new family of monitor calibration devices.”

The Pantone monitor calibration product range has been developed in partnership with GretagMacbeth and is the first result of the strategic partnership between Pantone and GretagMacbeth. The combination of Pantone’s relationship with the creative community and GretagMacbeth’s innovative technology will see colour management become more accessible to a wide variety of users from consumers through to professionals.

“At Colour Confidence we look to provide all our customers with the most up-to-date and effective technology,” commented Geoffrey Clements, Managing Director, Colour Confidence. “Pantone is a trusted brand and these new products strengthen its leading position in this marketplace. Monitor calibration is the first step toward accurate colour and the addition of a complete range of Pantone products to handle this is definitely good news for consumers. We fully expect huey and the extended range to broaden the appeal of colour management even further.”

An Introduction to a complete family of Monitor Calibration Solutions

huey
huey is the latest gadget for any consumer or photo hobbyist looking for absolute colour clarity. huey is distinctly different from professional monitor calibration tools on the market that require a basic understanding of colour management to operate, and for the first time brings truly ground-breaking design to colour management. In addition, it is the only device that continually corrects a monitor for changes in room lighting.

huey is quick and easy to use and can be adjusted based upon the user’s primary activity, be it viewing photography, playing games, creating graphics or browsing the web. huey delivers accurate onscreen colour at an extremely attractive price of just £59/€89 (ex VAT).

Eye-One Display LT
Eye-One Display LT features more advanced controls than huey. The wizard software calibrates the monitor, producing consistent and reliable colour in a few simple steps. It is the ideal entry-point for the price-sensitive creative professional and can be upgraded to the Eye-One Display 2 if the user’s needs expand.

Eye-One Display 2
Eye-One Display 2 includes all the features of Eye-One Display LT, but also provides unlimited control and customisation capabilities over the gamma and whitepoint settings. Eye-One Display 2 creates high-quality ICC profiles for accurate colour, over and over again.

Pricing and Availability
huey, Eye-One Display LT and Eye-One Display 2 are available immediately from Colour Confidence (www.colourconfidence.com / 0800 977 4167) and Pantone’s network of resellers. huey is priced at £59/€89, Eye-One Display LT is priced at £112/€169 and the Eye-One Display 2 is priced at £165/€249 (all ex VAT).

System Requirements
All the devices work with LCD, CRT and laptop screens and are compatible with Windows 2000 and XP and Macintosh OSX 10.3 or above.

PANTONE® and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc. GretagMacbeth and Eye-One are registered trademarks of GretagMacbeth.

About Colour Confidence
Colour Confidence is the dedicated colour management division of TypeMaker Ltd which has been offering colour management solutions since 1995. From its inception, Colour Confidence has been at the forefront of the colour management market, offering education, product solutions and expert consultancy services to a diverse cross-section of users including digital photographers, labs, graphic designers, printers and publishers, and IT departments of multi-national enterprises.

In addition to its expanding reseller network, Colour Confidence’s own online store offers the widest range of colour management solutions anywhere on the Internet or high street. As well as Colour Confidence’s own innovative product range, solutions from ColorVision, EFI, EIZO, FixerLabs, GretagMacbeth, Just Normlicht, Kodak, Monaco, Pantone, PictoColor, Praxisoft and X-Rite are all available from www.colourconfidence.com