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Color/Quality Control - Software
TC130 (Graphic technology) has approved ISO 15339 as a Publicly Available Specification (PAS).
A new service is available for member companies of Printing Industries of America interested in the benefits of advanced soft proofing.
The ISO TC130 committee that sets global standards for the Graphic Arts has adopted the X-Rite Color Exchange Format version 3 (CxF3).
In an effort to identify the current state of color management within printing operations, InfoTrends surveyed the readers of Printing Impressions. The survey is part of an ongoing partnership between InfoTrends and NAPCO Media to monitor emerging market trends. The latest survey, conducted in February, focused on identifying key business practices, investment decisions and technology impacts from 95 participants.
The Idealliance G7 Master program has been improved with changes designed to meet the quality needs of print buyers.
A new series of sector-specific Webinars is being released from NPES based on presentations from the ICC DevCon 2014 Conference.
Commercial printers from around North America attended the IDEAlliance G7 Expert/Professional Training Seminar at the The Standard Group's Print and Technology Center in Lititz, PA. The sold-out training seminar combined classroom lectures by Don Hutcheson, G7 Inventor and Instructor, and live demonstrations by The Standard Group Print Production Team and covered proofing and press calibration and ICC profiling.
An intensive three-day course on digital wide- and grand-format printing will be offered by Agfa Graphics and IDEAlliance. At the end of the course, participants will become G7 certified in the fields of color management, process and quality control for proofing and printing.
Whether it's uncoated, coated, gloss or matte, every sheet reacts differently on-press. That’s the reason why our industry has developed sets of guidelines and recommendations to help print buyers, designers, and specifiers work more effectively with their print suppliers.