Special Upgrade Offer:

from PhotoPerfect Master to ColorPro Suite + Calibration Kit

binuscan PhotoPerfect, bundled with Umax or Polaroid scanner, is actually a limited edition of our core product, binuscan ColorPro.

Users of PhotoPerfect, once they have tasted binuscan's advanced technology, wish they could use it with their other scanners ; it is often a logical step to design an integrated binuscan workflow, to ensure consistant quality using various input sources.

We have set up a special offer so that users of binuscan PhotoPerfect can upgrade to binuscan ColorPro Suite with its Calibration Kit, the highest level in our product range, with more than 50% discount off the suggested retail price:
6.900 French Francs (instead of 15.800 French Francs) — US $ 1,049 (instead of US $2,339).

All registered users of binuscan PhotoPerfect Advanced/RGB or Master/CMYK&RGB qualify for this special upgrade.

5 main benefits of this upgrade offer
- The ability to retouch images.
- The ability to work with images from other scanners, Kodak Photo CD, and any input source.
- binuscan ColorPro Suite allows the calibration of input devices
- binuscan ColorPro Suite has a Client/Server architecture
- binuscan ColorPro Suite includes a Quark XTension: binuscan JobManager
Special Upgrade Offer: technical specifications and order form

Main benefits of this upgrade offer

The ability to retouch images

As opposed to ColorPro, PhotoPerfect is a one-step solution: the scanned image is immediately processed, either to RGB or to CMYK. In the PhotoPerfect Master/CMYK&RGB workflow, it is not possible to retouch images while remaining certain of the quality of the output. With PhotoPerfect Master, the user can retouch (in Adobe Photoshop for example) a processed, color corrected image in RGB, or a processed, color corrected image in CMYK.
If the image is going to be retouched in RGB (which is ideal —and recommended) PhotoPerfect Master cannot be used to separate the image to CMYK. Hence most users will end up separating the image using another application software, therefore losing the advantage of the binuscan separation tables and screens. If the image is to be retouched in CMYK therer are several obvious problems.
First, the display of a CMYK image on a RGB monitor will render colors that cannot be trusted. Therefore, no color correction is possible Second, any modification on a CMYK image can potentially alter the Total Ink Coverage (the amount of ink to be applied) to dangerous levels. If the TIC is increased, there is a chance that bleeding will occur. Bleeding is when the ink from one print bleeds onto the next print because too much was applied, and therefore it did not have time to dry. If the TIC is brought to low levels, there may be areas in the image where not enough ink is applied. This causes some areas of the print to be excessively clear (almost transparent).
Finally, any CMYK image that is modified in Photoshop (or any other image retouching software like Corel Draw, Live Picture, etc) loses all the PostScript information and the preview embedded by PhotoPerfect inside the image file. PostScript information in an image includes screening information and transfer functions. Experience has taught us all that when poor screening is applied to even a high quality CMYK binuscan image, the results can be terrible.
With the ColorPro Suite Special Offer Upgrade, the processing/color correction step can be split up from the color separation step. This means that images can be processed in RGB then retouched manually in Photoshop (or any other image retouching software) in RGB. When retouching is complete (including removal of dust and scratches, photomontages, special effects, and clipping paths), binuscan IPM will separate the image to give a very high quality CMYK file with binuscan's well known high quality preview, screening, etc.
A spin-off of this argument is of course the ability to use binuscan ColorPro Suite to separate ANY image (including archived files from any input source or files provided by a customer) and to produce excellent CMYK files with the binuscan screens and preview.
The ability to work with images from other scanners, Kodak Photo CD, and any input source

binuscan ColorPro Suite is capable of acquiring and processing images from any input source — not just a Umax or Polaroid scanner as is the case with PhotoPerfect Master.
On the Macintosh, simply place your scanner/digital camera driver into the plug-ins folder and use it to scan instead of Photoshop. On a PC, ColorPro Suite will access the TWAIN source which comes with almost all scanners and digital cameras.
If the input source does not have a plug-in or TWAIN source, simply drop your images into the "TO DO" folder and let the IPM do the rest. Expect equal quality from what you are used to obtain with your Umax or Polaroid scanner.
With Kodak PhotoCD images, use the IPM to convert the PhotoCD files from YCC to RGB. binuscan software probably has the best such conversion. Most people who have quality issues with the PhotoCD do not realize that it is not a problem inherent with the PhotoCD format. Instead quality issues are usually due to poor conversion from PhotoCD images to standard RGB files.
As a reference, Kodak is offering a bundle of a special software package for PhotoCD with all Pro PhotoCD Master Disks worldwide. See binuscan PhotoPerfect for Kodak Pro PhotoCD.
binuscan ColorPro Suite allows the calibration of input devices

Calibration targets are included with this special upgrade. These allow for customized calibration of a specific scanner in minutes.
Modules and color tables which are included in PhotoPerfect Master are based upon a base scanner model from the manufacturer. Even tough Umax and Polaroid have both made extreme efforts to make each unit in the production like the next, there still exists a slight deviation between each unit (2%-3%). For extreme color requirements, the calibration capabilities of ColorPro Suite allow users to overcome these differences.
More importantly, the calibration capabilities are similar to an extended warranty on an input device such as a scanner. New scanners are reliable, but as they age color accuracy decreases. Calibration overcomes this effect easily and in minutes. Finally, use the calibration kit to profile drum scanners.
binuscan ColorPro Suite 6.0also includes additional module settings for image quality management — a must for newspapers production environments where originals cannot always match the required standard for quality, and have to be quickly identified without the need for someone to verify all images individually.
binuscan ColorPro Suite has a Client/Server architecture

This modern application structure is extremely useful. It allows the software to be integrated into almost any workflow situation. With the ability to set up to 20 input and output folders on a network, as well as the ability to scan from multiple stations at once, ColorPro Suite can easily eliminate production bottlenecks.
binuscan ColorPro Suite can be installed on cross-platform (Mac-PC) networks seamlessly.
binuscan ColorPro Suite includes a Quark XTension: binuscan JobManager

This Quark XTension is a must for anyone who produces page layouts in Quark XPress. It is an interface between Quark XPress and the IPM and can order cropping, resampling, resizing, color correction, etc. directly from the XPress user interface. In a production environment, JobManageris easily one of the most cost saving elements there is.