Alder Color Solutions
Prestia Consulting is an independent national Manufacturer's Representative for Alder Color Solutions. This partnership brings Alder's comprehensive color management ecosystem directly to our clients in print, packaging, and brand operations.
Alder Color Solutions has been empowering print and brand teams with color expertise since 1999 — combining G7-certified consulting, print quality monitoring technology, professional color measurement hardware, soft proofing, high-end displays, printing systems, and color workflow software into one end-to-end resource. Alder also specializes in integrating extended color gamut (ECG) 7-color process printing to reduce cost when printing brand colors.
Prestia Consulting clients gain access to Alder's full portfolio with the added benefit of our independent, conflict-free guidance. We work with your existing operation to identify exactly where color consistency can improve — and provide the right tools to achieve it.
Alder Color Conformance Platform
The Alder Color Conformance Platform is a cloud-based system for continuous, documented print quality monitoring across your entire production operation. Whether you are a print service provider managing multiple presses and sites, or a brand managing multiple print vendors, the platform delivers objective data and accountability.
For brands: Enforce color standards across all your print suppliers from a single dashboard. Monitor compliance in near real-time, document conformance history, and give each supplier the tools to prove and maintain quality — without costly in-person press checks.
For print service providers: Demonstrate measurable quality to brand clients with continuous production data. Identify press drift before it causes costly reruns. Generate G7+ correction curves from live production measurements, eliminating the need for dedicated calibration press runs.
Platform Capabilities
- Continuous print quality monitoring across all presses and sites
- G7+ calibration curve generation from production measurements
- ICC profile analysis and comparison tools
- Measurement instrument harmonization across brands and models
- Operator accountability management and task assignment
- Platesetter and NIP pressure monitoring
- Gamut, gray balance, TVI and G7 gray balance reporting
- Brand PLM integration and multi-supplier dashboards available
Contact us to discuss how the Alder Color Conformance Platform can serve your operation or supply chain.
Color Management Consulting Services
Alder Color's G7-certified consultants — all with 20+ years of hands-on experience — provide on-site and remote consulting services across the full spectrum of color workflow challenges. All services include staff training so your team can sustain results independently.
G7+ Certification & Process Control
G7+ qualification, biannual re-qualification, and ongoing G7+ process control. Available for offset, flexographic, digital, and hybrid print systems.
Spot Color Matching
Digital spot color library development, spectral color data application, and multi-illuminant matching for brand colors that must visually match across print technologies and viewing conditions.
Extended Color Gamut (ECG) Workflow Implementation
ECG 7-color printing allows packaging printers to reproduce most brand spot colors using a fixed expanded ink set — eliminating extra plates, press makereadies, and cleanup cycles associated with dedicated spot color inks. Alder's consultants implement ECG workflows that reduce operating cost while maintaining brand color accuracy.
Multi-Press & Multi-Site Color Matching
Matching color reproduction across multiple digital presses, analog presses, or hybrid digital/analog environments — including cross-site standardization for multi-facility operations.
Workflow Audit & Optimization
Comprehensive color workflow audits with documented findings and prioritized recommendations. On-site and remote options available.
Color Measurement Hardware
Alder Color offers a curated selection of professional color measurement instruments from the industry's leading manufacturers, supported by expert setup, integration, and training.
Spectrophotometers
- X-Rite — Handheld and scanning spectrophotometers for press-side measurement, proofing, and ICC profiling workflows
- Barbieri — High-accuracy scanning spectrophotometers and automated measurement systems for wide-format, textile, and packaging applications
- Techkon — Densitometers and spectrophotometers for offset press control and G7 workflows
Professional Color Displays
Eizo color-critical displays for soft proofing and color management workflows. Eizo's professional monitors deliver the calibration stability and wide-gamut accuracy required for serious color work.
Inkjet Printing Systems
Alder Color offers a range of inkjet printing systems for proofing, production, package prototyping, and industrial applications. Expert color management setup and calibration is included with all printer sales. Annual Color IT educational, PSP, or Brand agreements are available that bundle inkjet printers, RIP software, and comprehensive support.
Color Workflow Software
Alder Color supplies and supports software for every stage of the color-managed print workflow, from digital front ends to color profiling tools.
Digital Front Ends (RIPs)
Fiery and other leading RIP platforms for digital press color control, including wide-format and grand-format inkjet production. Alder Color is a Fiery certified partner, providing expert RIP configuration, color management setup, and operator training.
ColorLogic Color Workflow Software
ColorLogic's professional suite includes tools for ICC profile creation, measurement data optimization, and advanced color workflow management — supporting offset, digital, wide-format, and 7-color process ECG print environments.
Ready to build color confidence across your operation? Contact us to discuss your challenges — we'll identify exactly where color is costing you and what it takes to fix it.
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