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GMG SUPPLIER CITY & WEST END SOLUTIONS GAINS FOGRA CERTIFICATION
Tuesday 16. December 2008 - London specialist reseller now offers support and consultancy to printers to gain Fogra certification
City & West End Solutions, the London specialist reseller of large format print solutions, is now able to offer support and consultancy services to enable offset printers to achieve the Fogra Process Standard Offset certification.
Simon Landau, technical sales manager of CWE Solutions, has qualified as a Partner of Fogra for this process. Having the Fogra certification demonstrates that a printer has the ability to consistently meet precise international printing standards, based on ISO 12647-2, which use measurable criteria for proofing and printing in a production environment. Through regular audits, the printer must show that he has full and proper control of his colour workflow from proof to print.
At the heart of Fogra PSO certification is the ability to produce proof & print that can be consistently controlled to stringent defined tolerance. Simon says: “Print buyers and print management companies are increasingly turning to printers with a recognized certification such as Fogra as a guarantee of quality.”
Customers can be confident that the proofs they supply will be just as they expected, as will the finished product. Integral to this confidence in the process are the proofing device and the Rip. GMG software works with all the leading manufacturers to ensure its Rip fits seamlessly into the workflow.
Many GMG products are Fogra certified, including ColorProof and DotProof, together with many grades of GMG proofing media. They also provide an extremely accurate tool for optimizing press output to improve quality and hit the ISO12647-2 standards. PrintControl provides this ability and RapidCheck is responsible for analyzing the on-going output and keeping the press in-line.
The standardization process then allows for products such as GMG’s Ink Optimizer to be used for print quality improvements and ink saving by using less CMY ink where it can be replaced by black.
Fogra certification is one of the industry’s top stamps of quality approval. Fogra is the leading standardization organization in the printing industry and internationally recognized as the measure of print quality for sheet fed and web offset printers. Certification to ISO 12647-2 through Fogra’s Process Standard Offset proves a printer’s commitment to meeting the highest print quality standards for both content and color. It proves that the printer can print and proof to ISO 12647-7, and provide all the necessary background detail.