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HAINBURG (Germany)/MINNEAPOLIS MN, July 11, 2008 – CGS Publishing Technologies International, global leader of color management solutions, digital proofing systems and specially-formulated media, today announced that it has been the first company to receive certifications for the Canon imagePROGRAF iPF x100 series of printers. “Canon is excited to be a partner with CGS on SWOP and GRACoL standards. These certifications certainly prove that the Canon iPF range meets the expectations of customers in the high quality, contract proofing market” states Ami Bagchi director of printer division for Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Certification has been granted for Grade # 3 SWOP on ORIS PearlProof Commercial, Grade # 5 SWOP on ORIS PearlProof Publication and Grade # 1 GRACoL on ORIS PearlProof Super and ORIS PearlProof Select on the Canon iPF x100 series. The ORIS PearlProof family is made to CGS specifications under the strictest manufacturing tolerances ensuring consistent batch-to-batch quality. With their exclusive ultra-fine grain nanoporous coating, ORIS PearlProof media provide double the surface area of common microporous papers thus allowing for higher ink densities, uniform ink absorption, better shadow detail, larger color gamut and faster drying. The exclusive single-pass coating ensures very low defect level, greater consistency and stable Lab values.
Heath Luetkens, CGS Director of Technology, commenting on the certification stated, “CGS is pleased to be the first company to receive industry certification with the Canon iPF x100 series. Certifications like this are very important for achieving perfect color matching. CGS is committed to all color standards as a means of assuring the best quality for users of proofs created by ORIS products.”
About SWOP
Specifications for Web Offset Printing (SWOP) was initiated in 1975 as a response to the printing industry’s need for uniform specifications and tolerances to ensure consistency and quality of material in publications. In 2005, SWOP merged with IDEAlliance in order to support print media through the coordinated development of standardized specifications and guidelines, certification programs, software tools, educational seminars and peer support networks. SWOP, Inc. now operates as a program with IDEAlliance. SWOP is a registered trademark of IDEAlliance. Learn more at www.swop.org.
About GRACoL
In 1996, a graphics arts task force was formed by the Graphic Communications Association (now IDEAlliance) to develop a document containing general guidelines and recommendations that could be used as a reference source across the industry for quality color printing. Since that time, the GRACoL Committee has developed, maintained and published printing guidelines that have since become de facto standards on many pressrooms. The mission of GRACoL is to improve communications and education in the graphics arts by developing best practices that reflect the influence and impact of new technologies in the workflow of commercial offset lithography. GRACoL is a registered trademark of IDEAlliance. Visit www.gracol.org for more information.
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