BS ISO 12647-6:2006 Graphic technology. Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proofs and production prints. Flexographic 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 12647-6 is applies to:
- Publication flexographic printing including
- magazines,
- catalogues
- commercial materials
- packaging
- flexographic printing including labels, boxes and flexible packages
- Half-tone and continuous tone proofing processes that predict the colorimetric results of flexographic printing.
Contents of BS ISO 12647-6:
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
4.1 General
4.2 Data files, colour separation films and printing formes
4.3 Proof or production print
5 Test methods: tone value and tone value increase of a print
6 Reporting of printing conditions
Annex A (informative) Composition of grey balance patches
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