The Club has a programme that includes tools to improve colour quality. Wan Ifra says that register by 17 October 2011 will benefit from a free preliminary test evaluation. Full details and registration information can be found at its website.

Wan Ifra has held the competition every two years since 1994 and claims it as the only worldwide printing quality competition for newspapers. Its goals include improving the quality of reproduction and printing in production and increasing competitiveness, training and motivating personnel. Newspapers that participate with success are awarded membership for a two-year period in the exclusive club of top-quality titles.

Wan-Ifra lists the following benefits of participating: demonstrate consistent and reliable printing in accordance with exacting worldwide standards; promote certification and gain an edge in the competition for readers and advertisers; counter customer complaints more confidently; increase quality awareness and know-how within the workforce; define goals for production personnel and motivate them to achieve those goals; and optimise materials on the basis of detailed evaluations.

The competition has four categories:

Coldset-offset printing on newsprint

Heatset-offset printing or UV-cured offset printing on newsprint

Heatset-offset printing or UV-cured offset printing on SC or LWC paper

Extra category for newspaper printing on tinted paper or for printing processes other than offset (e.g. flexo or ink-jet)

Publishing houses or printing companies can register newspaper titles. One company can register several titles.

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