Process Conformance to ISO 12647 - Internationally and Industry accepted standard

Maintaining accurate colour throughout your workflow relies on effective colour management and therefore the correct use of profiles

ISO 12647 – PROCESS CONTROL for the production of half-tone colour ISO 12647-2 – Offset Lithography / paper types
separations, proofs and production prints
PT 1 = Paper type 1 = 115 g/m2 glossy coated
ISO 12647-1 – Parameters & Measurement Methods PT 2 = Paper type 2 = 115 g/m2 matte coated
ISO 12647-2 – Offset Lithographic processes PT 3 = Paper type 3 = 65 g/m2 LWC web offset
ISO 12647-3 – Coldset Offset Lithography on Newsprint PT 4 = Paper type 4 = 115 g/m2 uncoated white offset
ISO 12647-4 – Publication Gravure Printing PT 5 = Paper type 5 = 115 g/m2 uncoated yellowish offset
ISO 12647-5 – Screen Printing
ISO 12647-6 – Flexographic Printing
ISO 12647-7 – Proofing Process working directly from Digital Data
ISO 12647-8 – Validation Print working directly from Digital Data

ISO12647 is currently the standard most serious printing specifications are based upon: target gradation, ink colour, trapping, grey balance and dot gain numbers in the
specification are based on high quality print samples gathered and analyzed from around the globe by the ISO TC 130 Committee
Measuring and controlling, inseparable from the modern printing processes, go hand in hand with press efficiency and increased customer satisfaction

ISO 12647-7
A certified proofing system is crucial to managing expectations in the supply chain. Clear and concise guidelines coupled with the effective use
of International Colour Consortium (ICC) profiles will help you maintain consistency and accuracy

Proofs provide an early view of the predicted final printed result, so you can either confirm that your page will print as expected or at least be
warned of potential problems. Proofs help manage expectations, so without consistency, accuracy and relevance to the final product, a proof is
effectively worthless

By using real press data* as aim-points for colour proofing, colour is easier to match on press than using proofs made to values established from
pre-press proofing systems. This results in less compromise on the press when trying to achieve a colour match
* data was measured from printed sheets produced under controlled conditions, and experience has shown that the data is typical of press conditions

Never accept a proof unless it has been made on a FograCert Proofing System
All proofs must have the UGRA/FOGRA v3 media wedge included on the edge

The UGRA/FOGRA media wedge is used for certification purposes, with appropriate tolerances
 Profiles for sheetfed and heatset web offset printing according to ISO 12647-2:2004 and ISO 12647-2:2004/Amd 1:2007

Standards for Offset - Printing condition as de- File name of CMYK icc ISO profile Internal name of CMYK icc ISO profile Characterisation DES proofing
Sheet-fed (SFO) & fined by ISO 12647-2:2004 (ECI profiles 2009 ) data set substrate -
Heat-set Web (HSWO) PT - Paper type FograCert
AM / FM - screening TVI - Tone Value Increase ISO 12647-7
TAC - Total Area Coverage

SFO, HWO PT 1/2, TVI curves - A (CMY), B (K) ISOcoated_v2_eci.icc ISO Coated v2 (ECI) FOGRA39L.txt Precision 260
60-80 l/cm TAC 330% Spectrum 255
AM / periodic screen
SFO, HSWO PT 1/2, TVI curves - A (CMY), B (K) ISOcoated_v2_300eci.icc ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) FOGRA39L.txt Precision 260
60-80 l/cm TAC 300% Spectrum 255
AM / periodic screen
SFO PT 1/2, TVI curves – F (CMY), F (K) PSO_Coated_NPscreen_ISO12647_eci.icc PSO Coated NPscreen ISO12647 (ECI) FOGRA43L.txt
20 µm TAC 330%
FM / stochastic screening
SFO PT 1/2, TVI curves – F (CMY), F (K) PSO_Coated_300_NPscreen_ISO12647_eci.icc PSO Coated 300% NPscreen ISO12647 FOGRA43L.txt
20 µm TAC 300% (ECI)
FM / stochastic screening
HSWO PT 3, TVI curves - B (CMY), C (K) PSO_LWC_Improved_eci.icc PSO LWC Improved (ECI) FOGRA45L.txt Precision 260
60-80 l/cm TAC 300% Spectrum 255
AM / periodic screen
HSWO PT 3, TVI curves - B (CMY), C (K) PSO_LWC_Standard_eci.icc PSO LWC Standard (ECI) FOGRA46L.txt
60-80 l/cm TAC 300%
AM / periodic screen
SFO, HSWO PT 4, TVI curves - C (CMY), D (K) PSO_Uncoated_ISO 12647_eci.icc PSO Uncoated ISO12647 (ECI) FOGRA47L.txt HiRes 180
60-80 l/cm TAC 320%
AM / periodic screen
SFO, HSWO PT 4, TVI curves – F (CMY), F (K) PSO_Uncoated_NPscreen_ISO12647_eci.icc PSO Uncoated NPscreen ISO12647 (ECI) FOGRA44L.txt
30 µm TAC 320%
FM / stochastic screening
SFO PT 5, TVI curves - C (CMY), D (K) PSO_Uncoated_NPscreen_ISO12647_eci.icc ISO Uncoated Yellowish FOGRA30L.txt
60-80 l/cm TAC 320%
AM / periodic screen

Characterisation data sets – e.g. FOGRAxx”L”, contains CIELAB values for all the 1,617 patches of the IT8.7/4 test chart
The FOGRAxx dataset is a subset of this, containing the 1,485 patches of the ECI2002 test chart (all of which are also present in the IT8.7/4 chart)

ISO 3664:2009
The visual assessment of image characteristics on proofs and press sheets should only be conducted using viewing standards which correlate to CIE
D50 (Daylight spectral quality at 5000K)

Colour variations may occur if viewed in different lighting conditions

References: www.eci.org www.ifra.org www.fogra.org www.color.org www.gwg.org

 Profiles for the newspaper offset printing process according to ISO 12647-3:2005
Standards for Newspapers Printing condition as File name of CMYK icc ISO Internal name of CMYK icc Characterisation data set DES proofing substrate - FograCert
Cold-set Web & Heat-set defined by ISO 12647-3:2005 profile ISO profile ISO 12647-7
Web AM - screening PT - Standard Newsprint
TVI - Tone Value Increase
TAC - Total Area Coverage
CSWO Cold-set News Papers ISOnewspaper26v4.icc ISO Newspaper 26 IFRA26.txt Newsproof
40 l/cm TVI curves - E (CMY), E (K)
AM / periodic screen TAC 240%
HSWO Heat-set News Papers PSO_SNP_Paper_eci.icc PSO SNP Paper (ECI) FOGRA42L.txt Newsproof
60-80 l/cm TVI curves - C (CMY), D (K)
AM / periodic screen TAC 260%
HSWO Heat-set Improved News- PSO_INP_Paper_eci.icc PSO INP Paper (ECI) FOGRA48L.txt Newsproof
60 l/cm print
AM / periodic screen TVI curves - C(CMY), D (K)
TAC 260%

3DAPv3 digital control strip specifically for the magazine publishers

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Profile Guidelines for Magazine Publishing according to 3DAP

Guidelines for Magazines Printing condition File name of CMYK icc profile Internal name of CMYK icc Reference DES proofing substrate -
& Publications Sheet PT - Paper type & reference ISO profile characterisa- FograCert ISO 12647-7
fed & Heat-set Web TVI - Tone Value Increase tion data set
AM - screening TAC - Total Area Coverage
SFO, HSWO 3DAPv3 - PT 1/2, 3DAPv3_PAPERTYPE-1_300.icc 3DAPv3 Paper type 1 FOGRA39L.txt Precision 260
60-80 l/cm TVI curves - A (CMY), B (K) ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI)
AM / periodic screen TAC 300%
HSWO 3DAPv3 - PT 3, 3DAPv3_PAPERTYPE-3_280_F45.icc 3DAPv3 Paper type 3 FOGRA45L .txt Precision 260
60-80 l/cm TVI curves - B (CMY), C (K) PSO LWC improved (ECI)
AM / periodic screen TAC 280% (revised profile)
SFO, HSWO 3DAPv3 - PT 4, 3DAPv3_PAPERTYPE-4_270_F47.icc 3DAPv3 Paper type 4 FOGRA47L.txt HiRes 180
60-80 l/cm TVI curves - C (CMY), D (K) PSO Uncoated ISO12647 (ECI)
AM / periodic screen TAC 270% (new stock)

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Information:

DIGITAL TEST IMAGES - Prepress digital data exchange

ISO 12640 CMYK standard colour image data (CMYK/SCID)
ISO 12640-2 XYZ/sRGB encoded standard colour image data (XYZ/SCID)
ISO 12640-3 CIELAB standard colour image data (CIELAB/SCID)
COLOUR MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES
ISO 13655 Spectral measurement and colorimetric computation for graphic arts images
PRINTING INK COLOURS - Graphic technology - Colour and transparency of printing ink sets for four-colour printing
ISO 2846 -1 Sheet-fed and heat-set web offset lithographic printing
ISO 2846 -2 Coldset offset lithographic printing
ISO 2846-4 Screen printing
ISO 2846-5 Flexographic printing
COLOUR MONITORS FOR SOFT PROOFING

COLOUR VIEWING CONDITIONS

ISO 3664 Proof and Print viewing conditions
CHARACTERISATION TARGETS - Prepress digital data exchange ON PRESS PERFORMANCE
ISO 12641 Colour targets for input scanner calibration
ISO 12642-2 Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing