Profiling

CAPQ’s powerful profiling technology makes it possible to compare measurements made throughout a mixed instrument fleet (year, model, make, etc.). This is done by mapping how an instrument individual is reading the reflectance values on a set of 63 coated paper samples from NCS Colour, called Connection set.

Through advanced algorithms, CAPQ builds a model of how the instrument measures over the colour space. The model is used to correlate data from different instruments, enabling digitally comparable measurements between individual instruments. This addresses the challenge of inter-instrument and inter-model agreement, enabling tight tolerances in production. Nothing is changed on the instruments and no raw data is altered, ensuring that you maintain full control over your instrument fleet.

Everywhere on the CAPQ platform, all data of your colour standards are displayed as profiled to the NCS Colour reference instruments (one for d/8 and one for 45/0), to enable comparisons, for example to determine if a measurement against a colour standard is within tolerances. This means that all spectral data is recalculated (profiled) every time it is uploaded to CAPQ. When it is downloaded to a specific instrument it will be recalculated (profiled) to that instrument.

When downloading a colour standard to the same instrument that it was uploaded from, the file will contain the raw data. The file format of downloaded colour standards will be the same as the file format that was used when it was connected in CAPQ.

To be able to correlate data from one instrument to another they need to be using the same measurement geometry (d/8 or 45/0) and also have the same SCI/SCE settings. The settings for UV filter and aperture size are not mandatory.