Data Sheet (PDF, 2.6mb) - Direct Color Systems

Software for professional
badge, award, ad specialty
and sign production
Whether you are a novice or pro, you will enjoy the powerful design
creation tools and user friendly style of Color Byte 7. Color Byte has
been specifically designed to meet the unique needs of producers of
personalized color imprinted products. Many custom features have
been added for Millennium Series printers that do not exist in other
software programs. Color Byte is available in three packages –
Foundation, Pro and Premium to economically match your design
needs. Responsive, qualified technicians are available for ongoing
software and design support.
Foundation Package
• Stand alone graphics creation platform
• Resolution enhancement for text and graphics
• Saving of driver settings with each individual file
(Millennium Series only)
• PMS color matching with output color swatches (approximation)
• Badges Feature (text/field merge)
• Alignment, arc creation and editing tools
• WYSIWYG text layout with TTY and Open Type Font Support
• Multiple files open simultaneously
• Angled guides
• Automatic zoom tools including Zoom Percent and Pan
• Parametric shape support including Circle, Rectangle, Polygon, Star,
Arrow, Fan
• Customizable tool bar
• Clipping support
• Rulers
• 32 bit processing speed
• File preview
• Drag and drop
• Import of stroke width from AI, EPS
• Dozens of graphic creation tools
• Instant replay
• Runs on Windows 2000, XP, NT
• Available in over 20 languages
• Over 40 import and export filters including PDF
• Excellent documentation
• Site license available
Pro Package
Foundation Package Plus:
• Special effects like shadowing, perspective, etc.
• Gradient fills
• 1100 fonts on a CD
• Prismscan – rastor file editing program
• Color welds and traps
• Monochrome and color vectorization
Premium Package
Foundation and Pro Packages Plus:
• Rulers and Dials Module
• On Screen Color Management Module
• Bar Codes Module
Additional Modules
Bar Codes
• Supported symbologies include: Codabar, Code 128, Code 39,
Code 93, DataMatrix, EAN/JAN-8, EAN/JAN-13, Interleaved 2 of 5,
LOGMARS, MSI Plessey, PostNet, UPC-A and UPC-E
Dials and Rulers
• Create and customize parametric dials and rulers easily
On Screen Color Management
• Enable on screen proofing as a means of previewing
printed colors
Driver Support
• Supports 150+ output devices including vinyl plotters, CNC,
routers, engravers, etc.
2D Engraving
• Automated engraving fill routines include s-sweep,
line sweep, spiral and island fills
• Supports most open architecture engravers and
CNC devices
Grade 2 Braille Translator
• Convert text to Grade 2 Braille with a single click of
the mouse
Direct Color Systems
1436 Berlin Tpke • Berlin, CT • USA • 06037 • Phone 860-829-2244 • Fax 860-829-2255
email: info@directcolorsystems.com • www.directcolorsystems.com

PRO UPGRADE Partial Feature Set
• Ginsu Knife editing tool
• 1100 fonts on CD ROM
• Improved extended character set preview
• Font converters for TrueType, Postscript and CorelDRAW!
WFN fonts
• Import ASCII text
• Font Maker to make custom fonts from any objects or text, edit
kerning tables, edit white space, edit descenders and ascenders,
edit text baseline
• Fit text to path
• Enhanced User Interface for fitting text to an arc, automatic
striping, shadows, outlining, distortions, gradient fills
• Single color weld of graphics and text
• Position text plus merge with graphics
• Cyrillic fonts and others are available
• Single line engraving fonts
• Multi-pass inline and outline of text and graphics with user
defined offset, round or clipped corner options, color of outline,
clouding effects
• Perspective distortions including linear, curve, planes, arch
• Fit to distortions including linear bounding box, arch, bezier, circle,
waving flag, globe and cylinder
• Metamorphosis for continuous blend of one shape and color into
another
• Combinations of all distortions
• Routing corners
• Perspective, extrude and block shadows
• Color welding including: 4 different welding techniques for graphic
treatment of multi-colored graphic/text elements; WYSIWYG weld,
exclusive and weld, reverse weld, overlay weld
• Automatic color trapping for color separations for screen printing
and translucent vinyl work; user defined color priority of multioverlayed
colors, user defined trap dimension
• Automatic masking for undercoating and over coating
• Fancy clipping for a variety of shadow effects, shading, pinstriping,
and patterns
• Create 2 Color / multi-color gradient fills. Create pinstriped and
blended effects. Easily select different color transititions using
spectrum color option
• Save gradient fills in the color palette for easy recall and
application
• Linear, square, radial, conical and triangular fill support
• Create custom bitmap fills easily
• Vectorize specific portions of the bitmap
• Color scan, color vectorize, direct to cut
• Color scan, reduce to spot color, color vectorize direct screen
print masks
• Work with full color originals to produce multi-colored vinyl signs,
large format printed posters and screens
• Drive scanners directly from within color byte (built-in Twain
Support)
• Reduce full color files to manageable sizes, reduce output time
and increase profitability
• Use PrismScan’s custom color palette and edit colors as required
• Color weld the layered color separations and apply trapping
• Produces expertly trapped color separations for screen printing
• Auto-tracing can select any part of the image to be traced
(selection by region or by color)
• Posterization abstracts major color components. User can
determine the number of colors required from black and white,
up to 256 levels of color
• Scan original with color scanner to produce color raster image
• Bitmap editing
• User defined settings
• Color bitmap editing with over 20 filters and editing tools
• Automatic scanning presets
• User definable resolution control
• Bicubic resampling of bitmaps
• Job Layer palette shows all colors in the current job
• Enhanced Bitmap / Raster editing support including Levels,
Contrast/Brightness, Hue/Saturation, Curves, Invert, Posterize,
Histo Contrast, Stretch Intensity, Histo Equalize, Balance Colors,
Swap Colors
• New bitmap filter support including Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, Blur
(Average, Gaussian, Motion and Median) Add Noise, Despeckle,
Emboss, Solarize, Oilfy, Mosaic, Spatial Filter, Halftone, Intensity
Detect and Red Eye Removal
• EyeCandy® included – create special effects such as Chrome,
Bevel, ShadowLab, Corona, Gradient Glow for scaleable vectors and
text. Permits scaling without jagged edges
NOTE - go to www.directcolorsystems.com for a complete list of
feature sets
Color Byte 7 Packages /
Product Codes
Item #
Description
S-7CBYT-FDN Color Byte Foundation Package
S-7CBYT-PROPKG Color Byte Foundation and Pro Upgrade
Combination (at time of printer sale)
S-7CBYT-PREMPKG Combination of Color Byte Foundation,
Pro Upgrade and the following modules
(at time of printer sale): Bar Codes, Rulers and
Dials and On Screen Color Management
S-7CBYT-UPG Upgrade from 4.95 or 5.0 to 7
S-7CBYT-PRO Color Byte Pro Upgrade consisting of:
Professional Text Compose, Special Effects Color
Welds and Traps, PrismScan and Gradient Fills
(added to Foundation at a later date)
S-7CBYT-BAR Bar Codes Module (added to Foundation)
S-7CBYT-RUL Rulers and Dials Module (added to Foundation)
S-7CBYT-OSCM On Screen Color Management (added to
Foundation)
S-7CBYT-VINYL Vinyl and other Plotter Driver Module
(added to Foundation)
S-7CBYT-EGRT 2D Engraving and Routing (added to Foundation
and includes Drivers)
S-7CBYT-BRL Grade 2 Braille Translator (added to Foundation)
S-7CBYT-SITE Site License for existing package.
Direct Color Systems
1436 Berlin Tpke • Berlin, CT • USA • 06037 • Phone 860-829-2244 • Fax 860-829-2255
email: info@directcolorsystems.com • www.directcolorsystems.com