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FOGRA41

Reference Name: FOGRA41

Short designation: OFCOM

Printing process definition: ISO 12647-2:2004Offset printing according to ISO 12647-2, paper type MFC (machine finished coated), tone value increase curves B (CMY) and C (K)

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: FOGRA41.txt
1617 patches: FOGRA41L.txt
see also www.fogra.org.

Created: June 2008

Measurement backing: white


TONAL VALUE INCREASE

Densitometric:
ISO 12647-2 curves 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% 16.4, 15.8, 17.0, 19.6
40% 15.5, 14.9, 15.9, 18.9

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



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