ABOUT US

Founded in 2001, the company’s first challenge was to build a remote “Press-Ok” solution, a solution that was to scan a press sheet and transmit the image to a clients display for color approval. Many technologies taken for granted today had yet to be developed to meet the goal. At the time live chat, FaceTime, and remote verification of a monitor’s calibration did not exist, nor the color management required to capture and display the press sheet. Due to these hurdles and low luminance and quality of displays at the time, Remote Director, version 1.0 was a hardware and software solution that included a room to control ambient lighting.

As communication applications became mainstream, flat panels became readily available with brighter luminance, GPU’s became faster, our team migrated the technology to a software only solution focused on accurate color rendering between clients across the Internet.

In 2002 Remote Director 2.0 was born, becoming the first ever display based certified digital color proofing system and was widely adopted in the publication industry.

Now shipping as a SaaS based or purchased/hosted Proof Server solution with free desk-top client applications, Remote Director is the only technology available today that ensures everyone in the project is viewing the same color. ICScolor continues to lead the industry in accurately rendering spectral values for any number of colors including extended gamut profiles and/or spot colors.

While the technology has evolved for 25 years, the company has been through commercial evolution.  Today it is 100% employee owned and managed and growing at a significant pace, as the industry discovers the advantages of a fully digital workflow enabled by Digital Color Proofing.

In response to the work from home trend created by 2020 pandemic we introduced two new hardware solutions, ProofCheck, a complete digital proof viewing station and PressCheck, to capture a press sheet for remote approval. These products combined with Remote Director deliver a unique, cost effective, sustainable solution that can help brands get their products to market more quickly and everyone in the supply chain saves money and contributes to their ESG goals.