Jason Lazar from Standards Australia says the new standards – which will join the current ISO standard for Graphic Technology, AS ISO 12647-2 – says each proposal was extensively reviewed and assessed against set criteria for eligibility, including net benefit and stakeholder support.

He says, “Standards Australia is committed to developing internationally aligned Australian Standards in the national interest. The quality of submissions received was very high and the amount of stakeholder support was pleasing.”

The ISO 12647-2 standard for the process control of offset presses was adopted as the Australian Standard for print quality in 2008 in a move that has received widespread support from some of the most influential players in our market.

The Australian TC 130 committee says that despite the local success of this standard it only relates to the actual printed product and does not specify other equally important aspects of the production chain such as proofing and measurement methods.

Luke Wooldridge, chairman of TC 130 says, “It was a long time coming but the committee has always aimed to introduce more standards to the Australian Industry to complement the existing Australian standard.

“These three ISO standards are part of the 12647 group and are designed to be implemented with each other in order to achieve optimal print quality.”

The complete names of the three ISO standards that will be directly adopted by Standards Australia are:

• ISO 12647-7:2007 Graphic technology – process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints – part 7: proofing processes working directly from digital data

• ISO 12647-8: Graphic technology – process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints – part 8: validation print processes working directly from digital data (this standard is yet to be accepted at internationally)

• ISO 12647-1:2004 Graphic technology – process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints – part 1: parameters and measurement methods

Bill Healey, CEO of Printing Industries says, “The decision enhances the link between the industry in Australia and the international printing community and is an excellent outcome for our Australian TC 130 committee members who committed a lot of time and research to make this achievement possible.”

Also commenting, Grant Churchill, federal president of the LIA says, “The LIA recognizes the importance of ISO printing standards as a competitive advantage for the Australian Printing Industry and is fully supportive of the achievements being made by Australian TC 130 Colour Standards Committee.”

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