ISO Printer Of Australia and New Zealand
Below is a list of the requirements to qualify for our ‘ISO Printer Of Australia and New Zealand Program’ website page:
In order to qualify for the certificate of ‘ISO Printer Of Australia and New Zealand’ the participating company must be able to demonstrate the ability to check and maintain quality control throughout the entire production process. To achieve this certificate the company must be able to adhere to the below criteria:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the various ISO paper types and characterization data
- Have the ability to produce calibrated proofs to the desired ISO paper type
- Correct D50 viewing conditions present in the Pre-Press section
- Correct D50 viewing conditions present in Print production area
- Demonstrate the ability to check that critical viewing areas remain within the industry standard
- Demonstrate the ability to regularly calibrate monitors, spectrophotometers, proofing and Ctp systems
- Have access to software capable of optimizing printing conditions to the desired ISO standard
- Demonstrate the ability to correct TVI to match the desired ISO 12647-2 standard on press
- Demonstrate that an appropriate process plan is in place, which is devised to regularly check quality control throughout the entire production process
- Produce printed sheets that are compliant to the ISO 12647-2 standard under normal production conditions.
An ISO Printer Of Australia and New Zealand must submit six ISO compliant press sheets to Kayell Australia each six months in order to retain their ISO Printer Of Australia and New Zealand certificate. New Zealand Printers will be checked by Frontline Technologies www.frontline.nz.net
For information on Fogra PSO certification please read below
FOGRA PSO CERTIFICATION AND THE BENEFITS
Fogra PSO certification is a service offered by Kayell which allows print and media companies to promote their ability to print to the ISO 12647-2 standard and therefore their capability of printing to the highest standards in the industry.
Attaining PSO – ISO 12647-2 is an excellent marketing instrument for print and media companies to demonstrate their quality to the outside world. The PSO defined production process will create a reproducible quality standard from correct file separation to the final printed product resulting in fewer errors and smoother production.
As the industry leading print specialist body, Fogra played a key role in creating the ISO print standard and also provides the chairman of the ISO technical committee for Graphic Technology in Germany, making it the ideal institution to check a company’s ability to match the 12647-2 standard.
The main focus of PSO certification lies in the following areas:
- Colour Management (Creation and use of ICC-Profiles)
- Use of Standard Profiles
- Standardised file creation PDF-X
- Correct values for dot gain
- Adjust presses to predefined values
- Control of elements from prepress to press.
The key components of Fogra’s PSO certification are:
- The certification is valid for a period of 2 years.
- The print run examination takes approximately 1 day for each press type
- Samples taken from a print run of 10,000 sheets for Web and 5000 sheets for sheetfed are submitted for evaluation by both Fogra & BVDM in Germany
- Upon the successful completion of the test programme your company will be listed on the www.pso-insider.de site, receive a certificate and a certified logo to display on your letterheads or other promotional material
