Color Management for Gravure workflow

  • Basic of Colorimetry
  • Color Management Systems: purpose, facilities, limitations
  • ICC profile. Its structure, types of profiles
  • Rendering Intents
  • Principle of color conversation with ICC-profiles
  • 3C: Calibration, Characterization, Conversion
  • ICC profiles version 2 and 4
  • Content of ICC profiles (Input, Output, Display)
  • Creating a Test-form for ICC-profile
  • Preparations for printing test-form: inks, cylinders, press
  • Evaluation of cylinders ink transfers
  • Dot Gain compensation. Assessment of the gradations reproduction
  • Elements of Test-form, their functions
  • ISO 12 647-4: reference values for different types of substrate
  • Checklist of the printed Test-form
  • Gravure settings for ICC profiles
  • Checking ICC profiles
  • ICC profiles in Adobe applications
  • Device Link profiles
  • Color proof according ISO 12647-7
  • Color Rendering of Spot-colors (Pantone)