Measuring Office/Computer Lenses

When it comes to checking the power of an office lens the total near power is the area of focus. Often, centration charts for these lenses only have a near reference point and no “distance/intermediate” reference point marked out for the lens.

The invoice will list the ordered prescription (thin font) and the compensated powers (bold font) on the invoice. These bold values will be for the near reference point, and the “add” power will instead be how much power is backed off (more minus) for patients intermediate power.

What is nice about the office/computer lenses is that there is no need for a intermediate power refraction, and the software will instead determine the correct power for the top portion depending on the version of the office lens selected. Make sure to enter the full distance refraction and full add power when ordering. Options for intermediate distances are 1.3meter (4ft), 2meter (6.5ft), 4meter (12ft), and 6meter (18ft).

Endless office is Encore’s newest office lens that brings Digital Ray Path 2 to our computer lens offerings. There is no price difference when upgrading from IOT Reader II, and can be ordered right now!

Compensated Prescriptions & Digital Lens Designs (REPOST)

Compensated lens designs have improved the ability of the laboratory and optician to tailor lenses for each patient and frame. Due to many of our accounts using compensated designs for the first time we want to talk about what is going on and what to expect.

• Compensated designs take into account how the frame and lenses sit on a patients face, and this nearly always differs from the angle of a phoropter the doctor uses. Due to this, we need to consider the differences and make changes to the refracted prescription so that the patient receives non-distorted vision.

• The measurements used to calculate the differences are called position of wear measurements (POW). They typically include pantoscoptic tilt, frame wrap angle, back vertex distance, and sometimes near working distance.

• To improve a patient’s vision with compensated lens designs the optician does not need to take the additional position of wear measurements, but if done, will produce an even more most accurate pair of lenses.

  • Some designs, like as our IOT Universal progressive use default values for pantoscopic tilt, vertex, and frame wrap that is closer to the actual measurements vs the refracted prescription. So even though the POW measurements weren’t done the result is a more accurate lens.

• When ordering a compensated (most digital lens designs) lens, make sure that you check the prescription measured in a lensometer against the bold values next to the ordered prescription. This is the compensated prescription cut into the lens for best visual acuity.

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SpecCheck Integration!

We’ve just completed our installation of SpecCheck, and can accept orders through the software! This browser-based optical software has been built from the ground up to be more user friendly. SpecCheck learns your preferred lens products and makes them easier to select during order entry, instead of searching through dropdowns.

The software is improving daily and we are working with the SpecCheck team to continually improve the experience. Encore Vision hopes to use this partnership to bring a better system to our opticians and dispensers in the field. More information to come.

Summer Polarized Special ends Sept. 30th,2024

Encore Vision has discounted polarized single vision and digital lenses by 40% through September 30th. Materials included in this promotion are Polycarbonate, Trivex, and 1.67 Index. Call for additional details and updated price guides.

Backside-only Anti-Reflective Changes

We’ve made changes on how we handle orders with anti-reflective (AR) coatings when applied to polarized or dark #3 sun tinted lenses. Previously, Encore Vision would opt-in orders that were both (polarized/#3 tint) and had an AR coat into a backside-only anti-reflective. This was to preserve the cosmetic lens tint color on the front of the eyewear, and to keep light transmittance low so that the lenses could reject more sunlight.

We still suggest backside-only AR on sunwear for the above reasons, but it must be requested during ordering so that we do not make an unwanted change on your behalf. The backside only AR carries the same one year warranty as our Oxide 1YR AR and has the same cost. If you place orders through RxWizard the coating code is OXB for Oxide backside-only AR.

Order Entry Tutorial, Live March 1st!

See the below Youtube video for instructions on how to use the upcoming order entry page called RxWizard Online. Make sure to maximize the video using the square button in the lower right hand side, and use the highest quality settings to see the fine details (1080p under the gear icon in the lower right of the window).

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Launching Oxide Anti-Reflective!

We have now been processing and refining our in-house anti-reflective (anti-glare) for over two months and are proud to announce our new anti-reflective brand OXIDE. Both our blue-blocking and standard green anti-reflective have industry leading Oleophobic and Hydrophobic properties with the addition of an anti-static layer to help keep lenses clean. We can now closely monitor the quality that you’ve come to expect from Encore Vision due to us having control of the processing. Additionally, turn around times on all anti-reflective jobs should improve by about two days.

More info will be coming in the near future.

We are Moving!

Our new building is just a 1/4 Mile South of our current location. More details will be coming shortly, but one of the main factors driving the move will be our ability to offer Anti-reflective coatings in house to further reduce our turn-around time, and improve quality control.

The new address is:

7520 N Market St. Suite #7 Spokane, WA 99217

Mail and package delivery companies will forward packages that are already in transit, and for the following weeks after the move.