FOGRA38

Printing process definition: ISO 12647-2:2004, Continuous forms printing according to ISO 12647-2, negative plates, paper type 4 (white uncoated offset, 120 g/m2), screen frequency 60/cm. (see downloadable report readme.pdf)

Responsible Organization: Fogra, Graphic Technology Research Association, Munich, Germany

Contact Information:
Andreas Kraushaar
Fogra
Forschungsgesellschaft Druck e.V.
Graphic Technology Research Association
Abt./Dept. Vorstufe/Prepress
Streitfeldstraße 19
D-81673 München
Tel. +49 89. 431 82 - 335
Fax +49 89. 431 82 - 100
Email: [email protected]

CHARACTERIZATION DATA

Documentation source: see ISO 12647-2:2004

Electronic data source:
1485 patches: FOGRA38L.txt
see also www.fogra.org.

Created: February 2003

Measurement backing: white

TONAL VALUE INCREASE

Densitometric:
22%

TVI aim values in ISO 12647-2 are specified as densitometric TVI, as described in ISO 12647-2 sections 4.3.5 and 5.

Colorimetric:
TVI for cyan, magenta, yellow and black computed from colorimetric data is shown below.
50% 29.4, 28.8, 29.2, 32.7
40% 30.6, 29.1, 29.5, 33.3

Note that colorimetric TVI values will not exactly match densitometric TVI values. See What is colorimetric TVI?

PROFILES

For profiles see www.eci.org.