Nix Print Pro vs Variable Color Usage & Stats
Elevate your color management with Nix Print Pro Mobile, the exclusive mobile companion to Nix Sensor’s award-winning Nix Print Pro software.
Paired with a Nix Spectrophotometer, this powerful mobile solution seamlessly integrates into your commercial and package printing workflow, enabling precise color management and evaluation on the go.
While our desktop software is essential for press-side quality control of spot and process colors, Nix Print Pro Mobile on iOS is designed to empower everyone else in the color supply chain involved with spot and brand color consistency.
Take your color workflow to the next level with Nix Print Pro Mobile, and ensure every project meets the highest standards of color accuracy and consistency, while on the move.
Features of Nix Print Pro Mobile:
Measurement device support - bluetooth
• Nix Spectro 2. True 31 band portable spectrophotometer (2mm and 5mm)
• Nix Spectro L
Color standard creation
• Store a local palette of colors input through measurement
Import file type support
• Nix Print Pro spot color library (from Nix Print Pro desktop) - .nix
• X-Rite CxF3, Color Exchange Format - .cxf)
• X-Rite Color Master MIF - .mif
Pantone (subscription option required)
• PANTONE® Solid Coated (M0,M1,M2)
• PANTONE® Solid Uncoated (M0,M1,M2)
Remote color access
• Connect with a Nix Print Pro server installed on your local network or on an internet accessible server.
• Nix Print Pro Server can be downloaded and installed free of charge, and requires use of Nix Print Pro on the desktop to manage color libraries.
Color preferences
• Specify required Illuminant and Observer - A,C,D50,D55,D75,F2,F7,F11, 2º or 10º
• Preferred measurement condition - M0,M1, or M2
• Delta E method: CIE2000, CMC(1:1), CIE94, CIE76
• Spot color Delta E tolerance
• CMYK color calculation using a selection of industry standard CRPCs or your own imported CMYK profile
Color difference analysis
• ∆E, ∆L*, ∆a*, ∆b*, ∆C, ∆Hº, ∆ density
• Pass, fail, caution
• Spectral curve of target and sample - tap and drag to see nm differences
• Chroma, hue diagram indicating direction of sample deviation
• L* diagram displaying relative light or dark shift of sample from reference color
Export
• CxF
• Adobe ASE
• mobile-to-mobile visual report via QR code
** Requires a Nix Print Pro subscription available through Nix Sensor Ltd **
- Apple App Store
- Free
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The Variable Color app assists consumers, DIYers and professionals (such as interior designers, architects, paint contractors and material specifiers), streamline the color selection process.
Scan color, find products that match, coordinate and complement. Color referencing, collecting, organizing and sharing has never been easier and more efficient.
Variable Color offers:
• Instant color match to exact colors
• Speed up the color selection process
• Share color palettes with friends, clients & colleagues
• Material & paint libraries on your mobile device
• Cross reference colors between brands & materials
Color referencing, collecting, organizing and sharing has never been easier, more accurate and more efficient.
A Color Reference System of a Different Color
The Variable Color system changes the way modern color management systems operate. The compact size and mobility allow for easy collection and identification of color, which is critical, as you may never know when a color will inspire you. The COLOR MUSE system gives you the ability to match these colors to color and material libraries.
Making color matching more black and white
The Variable Color system can differentiate colors the human eye isn’t able to. Our technology can be broken down into three essential components.
The Variable Color app allows color referencing, selection and inspiration collection to streamline the color selection process.
Features:
• Scan, store, file and reference colors
• Reference scans against color libraries
• Scan colors and store them in your custom palettes
• Remembers device connections for connecting with ease during later usages
• Provides paint and material matching for leading U.S. and International paint companies
• Browse full color libraries of paint and material manufacturers
• Attach pictures to your inspirational palettes
About Variable Inc.
Variable, Inc. is an industry leader in color hardware technology, color mobile app development, digital color referencing and color library management across multiple industries throughout the world.
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Nix Print Pro VS. 
Variable ColorSeptember 2, 2026