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FOGRA46

Reference Name: FOGRA46

Short designation: OFCOM

Printing process definition: ISO 12647-2, Heatset web offset printing according to ISO 12647-2:2004, standard light-weight coated (LWC), 60 l/cm

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: FOGRA46.txt
1617 patches: FOGRA46L.txt
see also www.fogra.org.

Created: March 2009

Measurement backing: white

TONAL VALUE INCREASE

Densitometric:
ISO 12647-2 curve B (CMY) and C (K)

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% 16.3, 15.9, 17.0, 19.8
40% 15.2, 15.0, 16.0, 19.0

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


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