Beta Color Proofing Viewer, for detecting common press and color proofing problems

Color Viewer II & III

Measure and correct films, plates, color proofs, and press sheets.
The new BETA Color Viewer III brings revolutionary new functionality to the world's most popular color inspection visual tool. Building on the success of over 18,000 Color Proofing Viewers, Model I & Model II, in worldwide use, the all-new Color Viewer III provides a host of new features and greater benefits to the commercial printer, converter and prepress operator.

Time lost in setting register, achieving color and diagnosing print quality problems wastes materials and destroys profits. Anything that shortens the make-ready cycle has a positive effect on the productivity and profitability of the operation.

New Color Viewer III with UV

New Features:

See the nearly invisible yellow and other colors with contrasting LED illumination.
Color-Coded Push Buttons for white light inspection
Red, Green and Blue Channels for enhancing all colors
UV Channel checks for fluorescence and metamerism in ink and paper
High Efficiency LEDs make possible weeks and even months of effortless viewing between charging charging.
No more tungsten filament burn out!

Beta Color Viewer Mark III with UV
How would you like to have a gadget to show your customers that is so interesting and unique that it can virtually “shut-down” a major color printer? I’m not talking about putting them out of business, but rather all production stopped and everyone got in line to look at this gadget. Well, if it is true what an old printer once told me, “Printers are really stupid, they spend all day looking for something that they hope they don’t find,” then this gadget represents the epitome of stupidity. It will show everything they were afraid of finding, and then some.

The easy stuff
Very basically, the Beta Color Viewer is an illuminated magnifier. As such, it is used to examine film, plates, color proofs and the printed page. It will check registration, the ink-water balance, dot slur, dot doubling, gear streaks or any other “thing” that we don’t want to find, but must find before the customer does! This is just the start.

Remember the name – Beta Color Viewer. Through the utilization of color balanced LED illumination, we are able to see the primary process colors on an individual basis. By simply pushing a button, we can isolate process Yellow, Magenta and Cyan.
The three specific LED lights duplicate the old Wratten Filters that were used for color separation in the camera (If you remember how to do this, give yourself an extra point.). This enables the printer to compare dot quality, color-for-color, from negative, to proof, to plate to paper, for all those “things” they hope not to find. The Beta Color Viewer Mark III can also be utilized for examining stochastic printing and examining dot resolution and trapping.

This is where it gets good
Do you need to check if either your inks or paper are fluorescent? The new Beta Color Viewer Model III incorporates an ultraviolet light emitting diode in addition to the white, red, green, and blue ones. The emission of this UV diode coincides with the strongest absorption spectrum of commonly used optical brighteners in paper and fluorescent pigments in inks. Being "strongly absorbed" means that the energy of the light source is efficiently "used", in this case, to make the absorber in the paper and ink glow. Remember, it's not "light" unless we can see it. Once again, the gadget comes through and advises us if either the paper or the ink, or both, are fluorescent.

Another closely related area where the Color Viewer proves its value is in identifying metameric pairs of colors (two samples of colors that match under one light source but not under another light source). Most often, this is due to different UV content in the two light sources. Since the Color Viewer effectively blocks out ambient light when viewing, the light source remains a constant. For the record, inks of different composition (pigments, lakes, flushes, binders, resins) usually cause metameric pairs of colors.

The Basic - Options
The basic Beta Color Viewer Mark III with UV is supplied with a 10X-viewing lens. It may also be ordered with a 20X-viewing lens. Not strong enough? Also available are 25X, 50X, 75X and 100X microscopes with magnetic adaptor plates and a Video Connection to link your Beta Color Viewer to a TV monitor, giving effective magnification up to 800X, depending on the monitor.

Wish to thank Mr. Larry Goldberg of Beta Industries for his contributions on UV and metamerism in the preparation of this Weekly Word. 2004

Part #	Power	Reticle	**Price
OPT-CPV310	10x	None	$411.00
OPT-CPV320	20x	None	$416.00
OPT-CPV325	25x	Inch or Metric	$640.00
OPT-CPV350	50x	Inch or Metric	$650.00
OPT-CPV375	75X	Inch or Metric	$658.00
OPT-CPV3100	100X	Inch or Metric	$667.00
OPT-CPV3MAR Microscope Adapter Ring			$34.00
OPT-CPV3MLP Magnetic Lens Plate			$18.00
OPT-CPV3BAT Replacement Battery Pack			$35.00
OPT-CPVAC3 AC Adapter ( Specify 110 or 220 volt			$35.00

* 10x and 20x flat field color corrected.
Microscopes 25x, 50x, 75x, 100x mm or inch
** Price includes one optic, rechargeable batteries and charger/AC adapter.

Beta Color Proofing Viewer II
See each process color individually and in high contrast

Now you can easily detect common press and proofing problems. The Beta Color Viewer II is a unique visual instrument that utilizes color separation filters, a high-intensity light source, and a unique optical system. Sold complete with rechargeable ni-cad batteries and AC adapter. The most important tool since the densitometer!

Allows you to see a .5% yellow dot
Measure line width, dot placement, and register error easily and accurately
Highly recommended for all proofing systems, including Iris and other inkjet systems
Optics 10x & 20x - Color corrected multi coated 3 element design with focus locking ring. Flat field optic.
Choose magnifications from 10x up to 100x
Filters Kodak® Wratten narrow band red, green and blue. Intensity balancing neutral density filter in white channel.
An excellent TQM tool
Five year warranty against manufacturing defects, excluding bulb and battery

Part #	Power	Field of View mmø	Measuring Range	Working distance	Focal Distance
OPT-CPV10**	10x	0.30 inch nose on table	.	zero in contact	.86 inch
OPT-CPV20**	20x	0.085 nose on table	.	zero in contact	.190 inch
OPT-CPV25*	25x	3.30	3.0mm	17.mm	19.8mm
OPT-CPV50*	50x	2.00	1.6mm	11.7mm	14.9mm
OPT-CPV75*	75x	1.09	1.0mm	11.7mm	9.9mm
OPT-CPV100*	100x	0.84	0.8mm	11.6mm	9.9mm

** Optics - 10x & 20x Color corrected, multi-coated, three element
lens with focus locking ring.

Part #	Power	Reticle	Price
OPT-CPV10	10x	None	$343.00
OPT-CPV20	20x	None	$348.00
OPT-CPV25*	25x	Inch	$588.00
OPT-CPV50*	50x	Inch	$597.00
OPT-CPV75*	75x	Inch	$606.00
OPT-CPV100*	100x	Inch	$616.00

Magnifier only for changing the magnification

Part #	Power	Reticle	Price
OPT-P2008 -25	25x	Inch	$179.00
OPT-P2008 -25M	25x	Metric	$179.00
OPT-P2008 -50	50x	Inch	$189.00
OPT-p2008 -50M	50x	Metric	$189.00
OPT-P2008 -75	75x	Inch	$209.00
OPT-P2008 -75M	75x	Metric	$209.00
OPT-P2008 -100	100x	Inch	$229.00
OPT-2008 -100M	100x	Metric	$229.00
Adapter Ring required for conversion
OPT-CPVA3			$34.00

For replacement parts verify the type of viewer Old or New Style.

Old style: CV1 (The button used to turn the unit on and off is black-OLD STYLE

Bulb for Color Viewer II	OPT-CPVRB2OS	$29.00
Battery Pak	OPT-CPVBATOS	$35.00
AC Charger Adapter	OPT-CPVACOS	$35.00

New Style CV2 (The button used to turn the unit on and off is white NEW STYLE).

Bulb for Color Viewer II	OPT-CPVRB2NS	$29.00
Battery Pak	OPT-CPVBATNS	$35.00
AC Charger Adapter	OPT-CPVACNS	$35.00

Note: **All units come standard with 110v adapter, 220v adapter also available.
*Inch reticle standard, also available with metric reticle - add "M" to the part number when ordering, such as OPT-CPV50M.

Revised November, 2006

GWJ co
Hacienda Heights, CA 91745

Phone 626-336-1134 800-336-1138(USA)
Fax 626-336-2409