While SOS became ISO 12647-2 certified in August through colour specialist Kayell Australia, the new PSO certification is specific to the site, equipment, processes and people.

According to Kayell, PSO can only be achieved through the submission of stringent print samples to Fogra, on a regular basis, which must demonstrate expert colour management at every stage; proofing, platemaking and printing.

Luke Wooldridge, colour specialist at Kayell who oversaw the process and audit says PSO is an on-going process.

He says, “With a minimum print run of 5,000 sheets on an offset press to be measured and audited to be within ISO 12647-2 parameters. Certification is for 12-month periods and the SOS team worked unbelievably hard to achieve it.

“There are fewer than 350 printers worldwide with PSO certification, SOS’s certificate is number 344, so it is something to be proud of.”

Also commenting, Michael Schulz, director of SOS says, “With our range of offset and digital presses it is absolutely essential to have accurate, predictable and repeatable colour across devices.”

“Going through Fogra PSO certification has improved and streamlined our processes and helped achieve this goal. For print on demand it is critical to produce repeatable results every time and it is imperative to have a handle on colour reproduction.”

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