INTERNATIONAL ISO

STANDARD 12647-4
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Second edition
2014-07-15

Graphic technology — Process control

for the production of half-tone colour
separations, proof and production
prints —
Part 4:
Publication gravure printing
Technologie graphique — Contrôle des processus de confection de
sélections couleurs tramées, d’épreuves et de tirages —
Partie 4: Processus de gravure

Reference number
ISO 12647-4:2014(E)

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Contents Page

Foreword......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... iv
Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v
1 Scope.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Normative references....................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
3 Terms and definitions...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
4 Requirements........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
4.1 General............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2
4.2 Data file and printing forme......................................................................................................................................................... 3
4.3 On-press proof and production print................................................................................................................................... 4
Annex A (informative) Gamut types....................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Annex B (informative) Grey reproduction and grey balance....................................................................................................13
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17

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Foreword
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The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 130, Graphic technology.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 12647‑4:2005), which has been technically
revised with the following changes:
— deletion of film based requirements;
— changes in proof requirements;
— changes in printing conditions;
— changes in the colouration of the primary and secondary solids;
— general clean up.
ISO 12647 consists of the following parts, under the general title Graphic technology — Process control
for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints:
— Part 1: Parameters and measurement methods
— Part 2: Offset lithographic processes
— Part 3: Coldset offset lithography on newsprint
— Part 4: Publication gravure printing
— Part 5: Screen printing
— Part 6: Flexographic printing
— Part 7: Proofing processes working directly from digital data
— Part 8: Validation print processes working directly from digital data

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Introduction
This part of ISO 12647 lists values or sets of values of the primary process parameters specified in
ISO 12647‑1 and related technical properties of a gravure publication print. Where deemed useful,
secondary parameters are also specified.
The purposes of this part of ISO 12647 are:
— to list and explain the minimum set of primary process parameters required to uniquely define
the visual characteristics and related technical properties of a half-tone proof or production print
produced from digital data;
— to give the definitions for the general terms necessary for process control;
— to describe the measurement methods and the requirements for reporting the results.
The purpose of a proof print is to simulate the visual characteristics of the finished print product as
closely as possible. In order to visually simulate particular print, off-press proofing processes might
require values for solid tone coloration and tone value increase which are different from those of
the printing process they are meant to simulate. This is caused by differences in phenomena such as
gloss, light scatter (within the print substrate or the colorant), metamerism, and transparency. Such
differences are likely for those off-press proofing processes in which the print substrate, the colorants,
and the technology for applying them are significantly different from gravure publication printing. In
such cases, the user or the supplier should ensure that appropriate corrections are specified. Another
problem area is the matching of a digital off-press proof to a double-sided print on a less-than-opaque,
lightweight printing paper as used in publication gravure printing. If it is deemed necessary, for image
quality reasons, to proof with colour management profiles based on measurements with substrate
backing rather than black backing, there will be an unavoidable difference between proof and production
prints. This fact needs to be communicated to all parties concerned.

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