DGI-Graphic has 2 distinct activities:
- Graphic Arts where I provide technical solutions for printers.
- Civil drone and video creation
It is rare to be able to combine these 2 professions for the same client.
I was able to achieve this ‘double’ at my favorite printer.
Following the installation of a GOSS M-600 roto press, the Rivet Presse Edition team asked me to prepare their PSO ISO 12647-2 certification
The path to certification is long, complex and requires sophisticated measuring instruments.
Together we defined specifications for the test program.
The test form had to be double-sided. 16 folded A4 pages. Print format 62cm x 86 cm.
In order not to distort the reading of the measurements, the opposite side of the pages remained white in order to avoid reading errors due to transparency.
The images had to be the same on the front and back to have an immediate visual comparison by folding the sheet.
In pre-press, compensation curves were implemented in the Prepage-It Workflow. This consists of 4 Rip's Harlequin V13 RIP’s on 2 Servers with load-balancing. They generate separate 1-bit 2400 dpi TIFF files.
The files are then sent to a Xitron Raster Blaster PC that manages the queues and sends them to the CTPs.
For the printing tests, we used 3 papers with different characteristics.