The Tutorial makes you familiar with all the rules and communicates the contents of the newspaper standard that is binding worldwide. You get a comprehensive insight into quality management methods and measuring techniques.

Programme:

• Importance, use and objectives of the Club
• Introduction of INCQC 2012-2014
• Overview of procedure and time schedule
• Specifications of the ISO standard
• Printing in accordance with the ISO coldset standard 12647-3: What this means!
• ISO-Specifications
• Participation categories and test charts
• Description of technical details
• Overview of instructions
• Parameters for a successful participation
• Evaluation of measurements
• Utilities for checking quality in advance
• Judging the general printing quality
• Utilities to check quality in advance
• Tools and workflows for for high quality newspaper production

Target group: Personnel working in prepress, production and printing plant managers as well as all persons responsible for printing quality.

Participation in the competition for membership in the Color Quality Club is in principle open to all newspapers, independent of the production processes or types of paper that are used. Four different categories have been defined for the competition:

1. Coldset-offset printing on newsprint
2. Heatset-offset printing or UV-cured offset printing on newsprint
3. Heatset-offset printing or UV-cured offset printing on SC or LWC paper
4. Extra category for newspaper printing on tinted paper or for printing processes outside offset (e.g. flexo or ink-jet)