Dear Steve,

We are writing to express our concerns about some misleading information which was published in the story “On Demand attains PSO certification” on the 16th of January.

The story incorrectly features the term PSO in the following sentence: ‘This means On-Demand is the only digital printer that can guarantee the quality of the complete printed product through ISO 12647-2-7 PSO,’ managing director Bruce Peddlesden (pictured) said in a statement.”

The terminology PSO (Process Standard Offset-print) can only be used for offset printing according to fogra/bvdm and UGRA, and its requirements are the following:

1) 5000 sheet print run for sheetfed printing with a evaluation of every 500 sheets
2) 10,000 sheet print run for web printing with a evaluation of every 1,000 sheets
3) A proper certification can only be obtained though a neutral independent body without any intervention from the person or partner who has provided onsite support for the validation process.

ISO printing Standards are the following:
1) 12647-2 for printing
2) 12647-7 for digital proofing

Therefore, “ISO 12647-2-7 PSO” – as referred to in the story – not only misuses the word PSO but it is also misleading as it combines two different ISO standards: print and proof.

Because the information contained in the story does not comply with the following PSO requirements outlined above, the use of the word “PSO” in the press release is misleading the readers of ProPrint!

Therefore I am asking that the ProPrint readership be informed of the misleading and inaccurate use of terminology contained in the story.

Kind Regards,
Yves Roussange – Colour Process
Robert Gatto – Kayell Australia

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