X-Rite – Suppliers of industry leading calibration andprofiling instruments for Ctp, monitors, proofing andprinting systems. In March 2008 Kayell Australia was appointed as a certification partner for the AS/ISO 12647-2 standard by the respected print specification body Fogra. This recognition allows Kayell to be one of only two companies in Australia with the ability to assess a printing and pre-press company’s ability to achieve the ISO standard on behalf of Fogra.
For many years Kayell has supplied a range of industry leading colour management technologies designed specifically to achieve best practice conditions throughout your entire production cycle. To this end our product range includes but is not limited to:
X-Rite – Suppliers of industry leading calibration andprofiling instruments for Ctp, monitors, proofing andprinting systems.
Epson Stylus Pro – Epson’s range of professionallarge format printers produces the highest quality possible
Eizo - Colour accurate monitors for reliable soft proofing
GTI - Viewing booths, globes and luminare’s designed forcritical viewing of proofs and press sheets
GMG Colour Management Technology – Suppliers industry leading press, press-press and file separation software for acomplete colour managed workflow.
TOYO INK – Suppliers of high quality ISO ink products for the sheetfed and web offset printing industry.
TECHKON - Leading manufacturer and supplier of spectrophotometers, densitometers, colour measurement systems and software solutions for applications in pre-press and print.Put simply we specialise in helping our clients achieve the ISO standard through all of the production steps however we can also create a customised ‘in-house’ profile for you if you prefer. To learn more about how Kayell Australia can assist your colour management needs please contact us and one of our technical representatives will arrange a consultation for you.
ISO CERTIFIED PRODUCTS:
PROOFING: GMG – Optimized GMG profiles for various ISO standards
GMG ships ready-to-use profiles that are optimized for a particular combination of printing system, proofing medium, and ISO standard. GMG provides profiles for the Epson Stylus Pro series printers and GMG ProofPaper semimatte 250 proofing paper that have been optimized for the following printing standards:
- Offset printing to ISO 12647-2
- Gravure printing to the specifications of the ECI Gravure Working Group
- Offset printing to SWOP (USA)
MONITORS: EIZO – The Eizo range of graphics monitors feature hardware calibration for professionals in graphics arts, printing digital photography and other fields requiring excellent colour management performance. Monitors within this range conform to SWOP Certification for soft proofing. SWOP certification means graphics professionals can use this system in place of hardcopy proofs and perform all colour checks on-screen.
LIGHTING: GTI – GTI supply an entire range of lighting products designed to conform to ISO standards. Included in the GTI range are press-side viewing consols, desk mounted viewing booths, softproofing stations, luminare and colour correct globes. All GTI colour viewing booths conform to ASTM D1729-96 (Society for Testing and Materials, an International organization). This standard specifies the surround colour of the booth, the light sources to be used, with their minimum colour characteristics required, the light levels that are required on the viewing surface, and procedures. The daylight source, as specified by this standard, must have at least a CIE Publication 51 rating of B/C for critical colour matching applications. For information on ASTM and the D1729-96 standard, please go to the ASTM web site, http://www.astm.org.
INK: TOYO INK - Since the Toyo Ink Group's formation in 1907, serving the printing and graphic arts industry has been a key role of the Group. Toyo Ink continuously delivers high quality and high value-added ink products to various printing industries. Beyond meeting the colour-critical requirements of today's commercial printing applications, Toyo Ink is envisioning tomorrow's needs and expanding into exciting new technologies.
Toyo Ink offers a comprehensive lineup of inks designed to ensure outstanding results in sheetfed and web offset printing applications. For more information about Toyo Ink and how we Toyo can help with your ISO 12647-2 enquiry please email them from this link bmangan@toyoink.com.au
Kayell Australia offers many services to the Graphic Arts and Printing sectors. We have built our reputation on skilled staff, up-to-date workflow and colour management services and our service capabilities. These service capabilities are available to be hired either as required or by period based contracts. Our range of services and expertise is outlined below:
Kayell Australia is a leading business partner for people that depend on accurate digital colour.
Our reputation is built upon our up-to-date workflow and colour management services. These are available for photographers, graphic designers, prepress and printers. We cover all areas in the production cycle, which gives us a thoroughly considered approach to digital colour. This is the reason that our clients depend on and trust the solutions we build for their business. The technical network we share with our partners in Australia and around the world enhances the quality and the continued development of our capabilities.
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.psoinsider.com site, receive a certificate and a certified logo to display on your letterheads or other promotional material
ISO PRINTER PROGRAM FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
The ISO printer program for Australia and New Zealand (ISO ANZ) is offered for printing companies that wish to promote their ability to comply with the ISO 12647-2 standard without undertaking the entire Fogra PSO certification process.
While certification by Fogra has many benefits we recognise that this is not for everyone, especially companies that may struggle to allocate the necessary press time required to perform Fogra’s print run. While both of these processes offered by Kayell are designed to prove a companies ability to match the ISO 12647-2 standard under production conditions, the key difference is the print run.
The main focus of the ISO ANZ printer program:
· Use of Standard Profiles
· Correct values for dot gain
· Adjust presses to predefined values
· Control of elements from prepress to press – includes correct viewing conditions and calibration of all devices.
The key components of the ISO ANZ printer program are:
· For printers with in-house prepress, the following modules are checked: proof production, platemaking, and print runSALES SUPPORT & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
At Kayell Australia we pride ourselves on our commitment to our clients and our ability to provide them with the best technical service available. Our team of experienced Colour Management professionals cover all areas of image capture, image output and Colour Management for the Print, Pre-Press, Photography and Design sectors. Kayell has many experienced technicians in both New South Wales and Victoria available for onsite and phone support for all hardware and software related issues. Further to this, both our sales and technical staff are constantly updating their skills to keep ahead of industry changes which allow us to offer the best advice to our clients whenever possible. In recent years many companies have chosen Kayell Australia to provide their colour management services with some of our customers joining us after extensive comparison trials. Our commitment to service and expertise combined with the quality of our product range were just some of the reasons why these clients chose to work with Kayell Australia.