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CMYK Characterization data

Registered CMYK characterization data sets for standard printing processes are listed below.

Characterization data sets have been registered by the following organisations:

To obtain more information about the data sets registered by an organisation, or to see all the data sets registered by that organisation, click on their name in the list above.

In the table below, more information about the respective printing conditions can be obtained by clicking on the reference name in the table below. Click on the column header to sort the data by the corresponding field.

In some cases the characterisation data is available as a text file. For those printing conditions for which profiles are available, links are also given to example profiles from ECI, Fogra, Adobe, Ifra and System Brunner. These are for convenience only and do not represent any endorsement by ICC.

Older Fogra data sets can be found here.

Process Media TVI Backing Designation Reference name
Offset Gloss or matt coated, 115 g/m2 28% white OFCOM FOGRA43
Offset + gravure US Grade 1 coated sheetfed N/a white GRACoL Grade 1 Paper CGATS TR 006
Offset Gloss or matt coated, 115 g/m2 13% white OFCOM FOGRA39
Offset Gloss or matt coated, 105 g/m2 . black Japan Color 2001 Coated JC200103
Offset Gloss or matt coated, 115 g/m2 13% white OFCOM 1.2 Altona FOGRA27
Offset Gloss or matt coated, 115 g/m2 . white Japan Color 2003 JCW2003
Offset Gloss or matt coated, 115 g/m2 15% white 'Eurostandard' 15% Coated EUROSB104
Offset Machine finished coated 17% white OFCOM FOGRA41
Offset Gloss coated web, (LWC) 16% black SWOP CGATS TR 001
Offset + gravure US grade 3 coated web N/a white SWOP Grade 3 Paper CGATS TR 003
Offset + gravure US grade 5 coated web N/a white SWOP Grade 5 Paper CGATS TR 005
Offset Gloss coated web, (LWC) 60 g/m2 16% white OFCOM 3 Altona FOGRA28
Offset Gloss coated web, (LWC) 80 g/m2 15% white 'Eurostandard' 15% Webcoated EUROSB204
Offset Uncoated white, 115 g/m2 28% white OFCOM FOGRA44
Offset Uncoated white, 120 g/m2 19% white OFCOM 4 Altona FOGRA29
Offset Uncoated white, 105 g/m2 . black Japan Color 2001 JC200104
Offset Super calendered (SC) 60 g/m2 16% white OFCOM FOGRA40
Offset Uncoated slightly yellowish offset, 120 g/m2 19% white OFCOM 5 Altona FOGRA30
Offset Standard Newsprint 20% white OFCOM FOGRA42
Offset Newsshade newsprint 22% black NW IFRA22
Offset Newsshade newsprint 26% white NW IFRA26
Offset Newsshade newsprint 28% black NW IFRA28
Offset Newsshade newsprint 30% white NW IFRA30
Offset Newsprint . black Japan Color 2002 JCN2002
Offset Uncoated groundwood 26% black US-SNAP CGATS TR 002
Continuous stationery Matt coated art, 115 g/m2 13% white OFCOF 1.2 Altona FOGRA33
Continuous stationery Matt coated art, 115 g/m2 22% white OFCOF 1.2 Altona FOGRA37
Continuous stationery Matt coated art, 115 g/m2 19% white OFCOF 2 Altona FOGRA31
Continuous stationery Matt coated art, 115 g/m2 19% white OFCOF 1.2 Altona FOGRA35
Continuous stationery Uncoated white offset, 80 g/m2 22% white OFCOF 4 Altona FOGRA32
Continuous stationery Uncoated white offset, 115 g/m2 22% white OFCOF 4 Altona FOGRA34
Continuous stationery Uncoated white offset, 115 g/m2 25% white OFCOF 4 Altona FOGRA36
Continuous stationery Uncoated white offset, 115 g/m2 28% white OFCOF 4 Altona FOGRA38

If you wish to supply data for inclusion of this section of the data registry please contact ksmythe@npes.org.