For half a century, designers and color professionals have relied on Pantone for consistent color standards that produce the most accurate color matches.
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Now, with the PANTONE Certified Printer Program, the Graphics Arts industries have printer resources that meet Pantone’s strict quality requirements.
The PANTONE Certified Printer Program is for printers who wish to gain a competitive edge by:
- Maintaining the highest achievable levels of color reproduction accuracy
- Optimizing their operations from prepress to final output, to ensure greater consistency and efficiency
- Reducing make-ready times and waste while maintaining color accuracy
- Displaying a seal of approval from the world’s leading color communications and control company
The PANTONE Certified Printer Program benefits designers, brand managers and print buyers who want:
Accurate print color reproduction- Consistent and reliable results
- Greater confidence in choosing the right print provider
- Timely and professional service
Comprehensive Certification
All operations areas and processes– Ink Room, Prepress, Print, Customer Handling – are reviewed in depth for proper equipment, best practices and optimal outputs. Certification experts audit, inspect, analyze and qualify all operations to meet Pantone quality standards, which have been continually refined over 50 years to ensure the highest level of accurate color reproduction.
| Only Pantone’s certification program includes ink room qualifications! |
Checklist
Basic equipment setup and practices are determined through a questionnaire.
Audit
Certification teams conduct an on-site inspection of operations.
Prepress Evaluation
File, Preflighting and Proofing processes are reviewed.
Ink Room Evaluation
Draw-down tests are performed to assess ink mixing.
Printer Evaluation
A comprehensive print test evaluates the accuracy of reproducing spot and process color printing, TVI (dot gain) curves, gray balance, photo half-tones, and overall print color and clarity.
Recertification
An annual audit is conducted as a condition of renewal.
Fast ROI
On average, the Return-On-Investment for certification is under 2 months.
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