TRAINING
COLOUR MANAGEMENT

Thanks to the extended color gamut, you can easily, precisely, and reliably reproduce spot colors using a fixed set of extended process colors.
The most commonly used colors are orange, green, and violet, although other combinations are also possible.
Regardless of the chosen ink configuration, X GAMUT optimally utilizes the full color range of the printing device and reproduces spot colors with high accuracy.
Spot colors can be continuously optimized and checked for consistency and repeatability.

Who is this course for?

For anyone interested in this technology

Training topics:

• Terminology and classification of concepts: what is and what is not an extended color gamut
• Purpose of implementing this technology in a print shop, economic and practical aspects, trends in color management for leading brands
• Advantages of CMYKOGV printing compared to using spot colors such as Pantone and HKS
• Definition of colors used in the extended gamut
• Limitations of the CMYKOGV printing process
• Equipment requirements before implementing 7C, depending on the printing technology
• Color tolerances
• Process control in extended gamut printing and managing expectations
• Quality control options, ICC profiles for extended gamut printing
• Implementation of X-Gamut technology, critical points and risks
• Definition of CMYKOGV colors and creation of standards
• Calibration and characterization of the process
• 7C implementation workflow, overview of execution methods
• Spot color conversion, methodology used by specific RIP systems
• Effective transition from Pantone to CMYKOGV
• ISO/CD 15930-9 Graphic technology, prepress data exchange using PDF, part 9 complete printing data exchange (PDF/X-6)
• ICCmax color management
• CxF/X-4 as a data exchange format for spot colors using additional OGV channels
• Conversion from RGB or CMYK to 7C using Adobe Photoshop and other graphic software
• AM and FM screening systems in the context of 7C calibration methods
• Examples of 7C implementation in flexographic, offset, and digital printing
• Efficient printing and process analysis
• Summary and trends in the development and adoption of the technology

Color Management training for brand owners will help you effectively communicate and evaluate your printing supply chain to see benefits such as shorter production time, faster market implementation times, lower costs and better brand integrity.

Who is this course for?

Brand managers or brand owners, print buyers, creative agencies, prepress and premedia professionals, designers, print and packaging supply chain specialists, as well as those working in CPG or FMCG – if you play any role in color management, color creation, or writing PQMs, you will benefit from this training.

Additionally, if your role includes color approvals, fulfilling buyer requirements such as printing, SOP creation, building color libraries, process mapping, brand guideline development, or managing printing and related processes, this course will help you develop technical skills and provide a clear roadmap. You’ll be able to navigate processes with confidence and build repeatable, more efficient brand standards.

Training topics:

• The general idea of ​​compliance for brand owners
• Color spaces and color evaluation
• Defining printing targets
• Global printing standards
• Production Conformity Reference Printing Conditions
• Basics of color management
• Basics of G7, PSO, NPDC and TVI methods
• Custom printing standards
• The theory of paper relativity
• Spot, individual and spot colors
• SCTV curves for spot colors
• Printing tolerances, methods of verification
• SOP documents specifying production procedures
• Initial assessment of your supply chain
• Conformity assessment of DE spot colors against digital standards
• Proofing, compliance levels
• Lighting conditions for color comparison
• Audit of printing houses in relation to the applicable production standards
• Acceptance of production and product repeatability
• Inline, online and offline production reporting
• Barriers to success
• How to create a quality control department on the part of the brand owner

This is a training for mixing room workers who do not fully consciously use the equipment and software used for formulation and quality control. The training organizes theoretical knowledge and allows for practical use of knowledge during the preparation of recipes and their verification. The training accurately locates the position of the paint mixing room throughout the printing production cycle, enabling an objective assessment of the quality and repeatability of this work department.
This course will provide you with the ability to implement basic calibration and quality control procedures to manage your chain
supply of spot inks and fuel a production culture based on process control.

Main features:

• This training addresses the latest international and industrial standards and the PANTONE Certified Printer Program Xrite
• After successful completion of the training, assessed on the basis of the post-test result, each participant receives a certificate confirming the acquired knowledge.
• It is part of a larger training program on standardization and optimization of printing production

Who is this course for?

Employees of the paint mixing department and the dyeing kitchen.

Training topics:

• Spectral measurement basics
• Measurement conditions and color representation
• Consistency of color patterns and color libraries
• Lighting standards in accordance with ISO 3669: 2009
• Flow of spot color information according to ISO 17972-4 / Graphic technology / Color data exchange format (CxF / X) / Part 4: Spot color characterization data (CxF / X-4)
• CXF peaks as the basic format for the exchange of spot color information
• Illustrative overview of SCTV functionality for spot colors
• Overview of the Best Match function, selection of the best density to spectral compatibility
• INK Formulation + Color Quality. Work methodology, repeatability, precision
• Configuration of information flow for spot colors at all stages of production – from preparation to production quality control
• Effect of substrate and OBA on digital and optical color reproduction
• Practical application of automation depending on the hardware and system capabilities of the printing house
• Interpretation and configuration of measurement reports for spot colors
• Overview of the PANTONE Certified Printer Program Xrite
• Formulation of metallic paints
• Practical training

This course covers strategies and color control for production preparation and prepress departments responsible for verifying and preparing files for printing.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

Specialists and managers in DTP and production preparation.

TRAINING TOPICS:

• Color management and profiling in prepress
  • Profiling of input, display, and output devices
  • Proper color management in graphic applications
  • Workflow options: RGB vs. CMYK
• Application preferences and color management settings
  • Benefits and consequences of choosing the right working space
  • Practical configuration of working spaces in Adobe CS applications
  • Printing with and without active color management
• Proofing, calibration, optimization, calibration standards selection, and compliance assessment
• RIP strategies for CTP systems
• Preflight file inspection – how to understand and meet expectations
  • When and how to use or ignore embedded profiles
  • Creating PostScript or PDF files
  • Differences between PDF/X versions
  • Ghent specifications in relation to PDF/X
  • ISO 15930 – Preflight configuration with color management considerations
• RIPs and large-format calibration methodology in digital printing
  • Specifications of digital devices and associated RIP systems
  • Impact of resolution on color management
  • Understanding calibration and linearization for digital devices
  • Characterization and creation of media profiles
  • UCR and GCR to optimize ink consumption
  • Ensuring the quality of media profiles
  • Factors to consider when choosing a reference color space
  • Gamut limitations depending on technology and substrate
  • Use of ICC profiles in RIPs
  • Rendering intent configuration
  • Compliance and process control
• Target international printing standards: ISO 12647-X and industry standards Fogra PSO and G7
  • The concept of printing to standard
  • Differences between G7, Fogra, and PSO print aims vs. traditional print aims
  • Example of a print aim description
  • Difference between ISO 12647-2:2007 and ISO 12647-2:2013
• Lighting standards according to ISO 3669:2009
  • Color temperature: 5000K, 6000K
  • Color Rendering Index (CRI)
  • Light intensity in the viewing booth
• Production reports – analysis
  • Interpretation of report data in relation to printing standards
  • Interpretation of report results in terms of accuracy and printer methodology
  • Analysis of production efficiency based on net and gross report data

It is a practical level of using knowledge on color management and production optimization, intended for operators of offset machines, who do not use all the functionalities of the machines, and their knowledge of good production practices is low. This course will provide you with the ability to efficiently and repeatedly work on the machine using all its functionalities.

Main features:

• This training course addresses the latest international, industrial and good manufacturing practice standards
• After successful completion of the training, assessed on the basis of the post-test result, each participant receives a certificate confirming the acquired knowledge.
• It is part of a larger training program on standardization and optimization of printing production

DWho is this course for?

Machine operators, printers, printers’ assistants

Training topics:

• Overview of offset printing technology and machine construction
• Correct preparation of the machine for standardization
• Control of the inking unit by means of contact zones, NIP Control and analytical forms
• Regulation of the water complex by means of contact zones, NIP Control and analytical forms
• Selection of parameters of the wetting solution, cause and effect analysis
• Selection of components for production with conventional and UV paints
• Selection of printing components based on tests of analytical forms
• Benefits of periodic machine adjustments
• Spectral measurement vs. densitometric
• Calibration and certification of measuring devices
• Support for all functionalities of measuring devices
• Use of digital color libraries
• Work on the data saved for reprinting. Threats and Benefits
• Effective use of inline, online and offline measurement systems
• Optimize pre-inking for CMYK and spot colors
• Analysis of the basic parameters of print stability on the machine: stencils, stripes, doubling, masonry, matching, rubbing the paint around the perimeter
• Global printing standards and good manufacturing practices
• Analysis of production reports from the machine as digital confirmation of optical compliance
• Analysis of production efficiency based on reports from the machine
• Machine maintenance

This is the highest level of color management knowledge. The course is designed for industry professionals who wish to be recognized as experts in the standardization and optimization of flexographic production. The training covers color management issues at all stages of printing reproduction, defining how to integrate and maintain proven best industry practices and standards. The training goes beyond the one-time calibration process, providing a comprehensive set of tools for building color management and process control from creation to printing.
This course will provide you with the ability to implement basic calibration and quality control procedures to manage your printing product supply chain and drive a production culture based on process control.

Main features:

• This training course addresses the latest international and industrial standards
• After successful completion of the training, assessed on the basis of the post-test result, each participant receives a certificate confirming the acquired knowledge.
• It is part of a larger training program on standardization and optimization of printing production

Who is this course for?

Technologists, production managers, printing specialists, machine operators.

Training topics:

• Basics of color management
• Densitometric vs. spectral
• CIE color spaces
• Color measurement methods dE 2000.76, CMC
• Defining printing targets
• Global printing standards
• Custom printing conditions
• Tolerances in flexographic printing
• Relative theory of paper and substrate
• Proofing, calibration, certification, optimization
• Softproofing and lighting standards
• Diagnosis of the existing mechanical condition of a flexographic printing machine by means of analytical forms
• Selection of printing components
• Spectral measurement vs. densitometric
• Tolerances of quality and repeatability in flexographic printing
• Control of flexographic production processes
• Methods of plate lighting process verification, 3D point analysis, selection of parameters for the minimum size of the raster point.
• Stabilization of SOP production conditions
• Overview of basic printing variables such as: uniformity of inking, uniformity of pressure, repeatability of the pressure, repeatability of mapping solids, repeatability at different speeds, tonal values, matching between colors
• Selection of compensation parameters for assembly tapes to the nature of production
• Optimization of the print speed parameter, its impact on the mapping of solids and rasters
• Optimization of the pressure and set-up parameters in printing
• Maintaining high repeatability of spot colors mapping using the PANTONE Certified Printer Program guidelines
• Determination of TVI vs. NPDCS
• Determination of ICC profiles
• G7 Idealliance as a calibration method in four compliance levels
• Working in compliance with standards
• Methods of control and optimization of the triad printing process and process colors
• Creating of SOP procedures for the technological process

The course topics cover the latest color management theory and its applications, providing a solid educational foundation for managing the information flow of an image. It is the ideal entry-level course for any technical practitioner interested in a comprehensive understanding of the basics of color management.

Main features:

• It is a training course that addresses the latest international and industrial standards
• It is part of a larger training program on standardization and optimization of printing production

Who is this course for?

Print specialists and managers, all departments responsible for image reproduction

Training topics :

• Introduction to color management
• Device-independent and device-independent color spaces
• Basics of photometry and optical colorimetry
• CM for production standards
• Subjective and objective methods of color evaluation
• Color assessment lighting standards in accordance with ISO 3669: 2009
• Use of color management in graphics applications
• Color measurement in densitometric and spectral printing
• Profiling – introduction and characteristics
• Proofing compliance assessment
• Profiling input, display and output devices
• Conversion using ICC profiles
• Compliance with standard printing conditions

This is the highest level of color management knowledge. The course is designed for industry professionals who wish to be recognized as experts in the standardization and optimization of offset manufacturing. The training covers color management issues at all stages of printing reproduction, defining how to integrate and maintain proven best industry practices and standards. The training goes beyond the one-time calibration process, providing a comprehensive set of tools for building color management and process control from creation to printing.
This course will provide you with the ability to implement basic calibration and quality control procedures to manage your supply chain of printing products and fuel a production culture based on process control.

Main features:

• This training course addresses the latest international and industrial standards
• After successful completion of the training, assessed on the basis of the post-test result, each participant receives a certificate confirming the acquired knowledge.
• It is part of a larger training program on standardization and optimization of printing production

Who is this course for?

Technologists, production managers, printing specialists, machine operators.

Training topics:

• Basics of color management
• Densitometric vs. spectral
• CIE color spaces
• Color measurement methods dE 2000, 76 CMC
• Defining printing targets
• Global printing standards
• Custom printing conditions
• Tolerances in offset printing
• Relative theory of paper and substrate
• Proofing, calibration, certification, optimization
• Softproofing and lighting standards
• Plates, paper and paints, selection of printing components
• Comparison of standardization in conventional and UV technology
• Machine capabilities, qualification of the machine for calibration
• Mechanical adjustment of the inking unit
• Mechanical regulation of the water unit
• Verification of mechanical settings using analytical forms
• Verification of regulation settings using NIP Control probes
• Printing defects, deformations of raster points – how to recognize them, properly diagnose and eliminate them
• Determining the water-paint balance
• Stabilization of production conditions
• Determination of TVI vs NPDCS curves
• G7 Idealliance with four compatibility levels
• Determination of ICC profiles
• Recalibration of the production process with the G7 and TVI PSO method
• SOP process control methods
• Optimization of pre-inking on machines for CMYK
• Optimization of pre-inking on machines for spot colors
• Minimizing the amount of waste paper and setup time
• Digital color patterns at all stages of production, CxF / X-4
• Implementation of SCTV curves for production
• Implementation of reporting for the ongoing quality control and efficiency of the printing process.
• Control of printing reproduction processes