FD-7

Enables colour evaluation taking into consideration the fluorescence of paper under any illuminant, including D50 (ISO 13655 M1). Standalone measurements, Scan measurements and Light measurements within one versatile device.

  • FWAs measurement for any chosen illuminant, including self-measured illuminants
  • M1-type instruments with Virtual Fluorescence Standard technology (VFS)
  • Lightweight spectrodensitometer for printers
  • ISOCHECK for fast quality control
  • Spot and Scan measurement with a ruler for precise guiding

We are proud to offer the world’s only handheld instruments that can measure both density and colour of printed matter for any illuminant even if the substrate contains fluorescent whitening agents (FWA):
The Spectrodensitometers FD-7 and FD-5.

The Fluorescent Spectrodensitometers FD-7 and FD-5 are equipped with the newest technology of Konica Minolta: VFS (Virtual Fluorescence Standard). This technology enables colour evaluation taking into consideration the fluorescence of paper under any illuminant, including D50 (ISO 13655:2009 M1). The new VFS technology takes advantage of the optical, sensor and software technology cultivated through our long experience with colour-measuring instruments to enable virtual measurements for a variety of illuminants while including the influence of fluorescence.

 

Features

Features
  • Perfect tool for the colour manager

The FD-7 is the perfect tool to help printers in their daily business. The lightweight FD-7 makes all colour related tasks in the printing industry easier and more reliable.
TARGETMATCH including backing conversion helps printers to achieve the right colour on their production paper.
ISOCHECK enables fast quality control without additional software.
The possibility to measure printing plates can make the additional investment in a plate measurement device obsolete.
DeltaBrightness gives unambigous information about the amount of optical brightener and allows a fast control of production papers.
The scan measurement functionality allows fast measurements of control strips and profiling charts. With the optional long ruler a complete print QC is conducted within seconds.

 

  • Corresponds to all Measurement Conditions of ISO 13655 (2009)

The Spectrophotometers FD-5 and FD-7 were the world’s first M1-type instruments, utilizing Konica Minolta’s original VFS (Virtual Fluorescence Standard) to provide measurements corresponding to D50. Konica Minolta's VFS makes the FDs the only instruments that can measure FWAs for any chosen illuminant, including self-measured illuminants.

 

  • Automatic Wavelength Compensation

With spectrophotometers, white calibration is performed as part of the daily work, and this calibrates the spectral reflectance coefficients (vertical axis). The FD-7 and FD-5 are equipped with the industry’s first “Automatic Wavelength Compensation” function which automatically calibrate in the wavelength direction (horizontal axis) when white calibration is performed as part of daily work, greatly improving the reliability of measurement values.

 

  • Spot and Scan measurement

In addition to spot measurements, manually scanned measurements are also possible when the FD-7 is connected to a PC. The versatile colour measurement software Catch is shipped with every FD-7. A ruler for precise guiding the instrument on the colour patches is included as standard accessory of the FD-7. A long ruler enabling measurements of strips with a length of up to 50 cm is available as optional accessory.

 

  • Illumination measurement

With the FD-7 the spectral power distribution of the illumination environment under which visual evaluation is performed can be measured. The measured data can be used to get a close correlation between the numerical data and the visual judgment.

Specifications & Downloads

Specifications & Downloads

Model

FD-7

Illumination/viewing system

45°a:0°(annular illumination)*1
Conforms to CIE No. 15, ISO 7724/1, DIN5033 Teil 7, ASTM E 1164, and JIS Z 8722 Condition A for reflectance measurements.

Spectral separation device

Concave grating

Wavelength range

Spectral reflectance: 380 to 730 nm; Spectral irradiance: 360 to 730 nm

Wavelength pitch

10 nm

Half bandwidth

Approx. 10 nm

Measurement area

Ø3.5mm

Light source

LED

Measurement range

Density: 0.0D to 2.5D; Reflectance: 0 to 150%

Short-term repeatability

Density: σ0.01D

Without polarization filter: 0.0D ~2.5D, Yellow: 0.0D ~2.0D

With polarization filter: 0.0D ~2.5D, Yellow: 0.0D ~1.8D

(When measurements taken 30 times at 10-seconds intervals after white calibration has been performed)

Colorimetric: Within σΔE00 0.05 (Without polarization filter)

 (When white plate is measured 30 times at 10-second intervals after white calibration has been performed)

Inter-instrument agreement

Within ΔE00 0.3 (Average of 12 BCRA Series II colour tiles compared to values measured with a master body under Konica Minolta standard conditions)

Measurement time

Approx. 1.4 s (single-point reflectance measurement without polarization filter)

Measurement conditions

Corresponding to ISO 13655 Measurement Conditions M0 (CIE Illuminant A), M1 (CIE Illuminant D50), M2 (illumination with UV-cut filter) and M3 (M2 + polarization filter); User-defined illuminant

Illuminants

A, C, D50, ID50, D65, ID65, F2, F6, F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, User-defined illuminant

Observers

2° Standard Observer, 10° Standard Observer

Colour spaces

L*a*b*, L*C*h, Hunter Lab, Yxy, XYZ and colour-difference in these colour spaces

Colour-difference equations

ΔE*ab (CIE 1976), ΔE*94 (CIE 1994), ΔE00 (CIE 2000), ΔE (Hunter), CMC (l:c)

Indexes

WI (ASTM E313-96); Tint (ASTM E313-96); ISO Brightness (ISO 2470-1); D65 Brightness (ISO 2470-2); Delta Brightness ("Fluorescent Whitening Intensity")

Density

ISO Status T, ISO Status E, ISO Status A, ISO Status I; DIN16536; Spectral density for spotcolours

Advanced features

Greybalance (densitometric & colorimetric), ISOCHECK (QC against ISO or own standards), TARGETMATCH, Trapping, Plate measurement

Data Memory

Single data: Colorimetric target data: 30 data; Density target data: 30 data

50 colour sets: 15 colorimetric target data per colour set with 3 additional tone values each. ColorSets for standard printing conditions are already included.

Display language

English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese (simplified)

Interface

USB 2.0

Output data

Colorimetric and densitometric values; Spectral reflectance and irradiance

Power

Rechargeable internal lithium-ion battery (Number of measurements per charge: Approx. 2,000 when new); AC adapter; USB bus power

Dimensions (W × D × H)

70 × 165 × 83mm (Body only); 90 × 172 × 84mm (With target mask attached)

Operating temperature/humidity range

10 to 35°C, 30 to 85% relative humidity with no condensation

Storage temperature/humidity range

0 to 45°C, 0 to 85% relative humidity with no condensation

*1 Illumination for wavelengths under 400nm is unidirectional.

Standard Management Software FD-s1w

  • Transfer function of measurement data to Excel sheet
  • User light source registration function
  • Coluor set registration function (ISO12647 check / target match)

Free download

The software “FD-s1w” offers several functions

  • Basic measurement functions

It enables transfer of measurements to MS® Excel®. The user can specify the values to be sent as well as the ordering.
 

  • Management of User-Illuminant files

The software allows to measure light sources, save them as file and upload them to the FD-7 or FD-5. It allows to download spectra which are stored in the FD-7 for saving them to a harddisk for later reuse.

 

  • Management of ColorSets

A ColorSet holds colour and tone value standards.
These can be used to:

  • Control a print against a ColorSet with ISOCHECK
  • Adjust a press to a target with TARGETMATCH
  • Save Spotcolour aim values for specific jobs in the FDs

 

Standard ColorSets are already included which are:

  • GraCol papertype 1
  • SWOP PT3
  • SWOP PT5
  • JapanColorCoated
  • ISO 12647-2 papertype 1-5 black backing
  • FOGRA39 whitebacking
  • FOGRA43 whitebacking
  • PT4 and PT5 whitebacking
  • IFRA26 whitebacking
  • IFRA26 blackbacking
  • LWC whitebacking
  • LWCPlus whitebacking
  • MFC whitebacking
  • SC whitebacking
  • SNP whitebacking

FD-7 Catalogue

Spectrodensitometer FD-7

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Accessories

Accessories
  • Longer ruler for FD-7

The optional long ruler for the Konica Minolta FD-7 allows to conduct scan-measurements of strips with a length of up to 50cm.

basICColor Catch QC and the "Konica Minolta FD-7 OneScan PSO Check“ control strip enable users to conduct a complete PSO certification in seconds.

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