Graphic technology. Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proofs and production prints - Publication gravure printing

BS ISO 12647-4:2005 Graphic technology. Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proofs and production prints. Publication gravure printing

BS ISO 12647 specifies a number of process parameters and their values, for preparing colour separations. It can be used for four-colour printing or when producing four-colour prints by:

• Heat–set process

• Sheet-fed process

• Continuous forms of process printing

• Proofing for one of these processes

• Offset proofing for half tone gravure

BS ISO 12647-4 applies to:

Directly, to publication gravure printing, including magazines, catalogues and commercial materials

Directly, to halftone and continuous tone proofing processes that predict the colorimetric results of gravure printing

By analogy, to process-colour gravure package printing.

It does not apply to the specifics of the transformations necessary to relate digital input data to the data used to create the cylinder engraving data and/or the proofing process.

Contents of BS ISO 12647-4:

Foreword

Introduction

1 Scope

2 Normative references

3 Terms and definitions

4 Requirements

4.1 General

4.2 Data file and printing forme

4.3 Proof or production print

5 Reporting of printing conditions

Annex A (normative) Gamut types

Bibliography