ISO 14001
The ISO 14001 is important to both existing and potential customers. This means we have focused on good working practices with environmental issues, so you can be assured of the absolute minimum of impact to the environment throughout the printing process.
ISO 9001
The ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for the quality management of businesses. It applies to the processes that create and control the services and products an organisation supplies. It prescribes control of activities to ensure that the needs and expectations of customers are met.
The Forest Stewardship Council
Orchard Press is proud to have achieved another goal in our list of environmental initiatives in our recent certification with FSC (The Forest Stewardship Council and PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes).
This supports our ongoing commintment to outstanding print with as little impact to the environment as possible. (more)
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification
Orchard Press is proud to have achieved another goal in our list of environmental initiatives in our recent certification with FSC (The Forest Stewardship Council and PEFC Council (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes).
This supports our ongoing commintment to outstanding print with as little impact to the environment as possible. (more)
Colour
Plant List
- Full Studio facilities
- Mac & PC based software
- Heidelberg Printready Remote Access.
- Heidelberg Printready PDF Workflow
- Epson Stylus 7800
- HP 5500
- Heidelberg Topsetter 74 CTP
- Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 10p 5/5 Perfector
- Heidelberg Speedmaster SM74 5p 2/3 Perfector
- 2 × B1 Combination Folders
- TI52 Leaflet Folder
- MBO B1 Folder
- Heidelberg ST 350 Stitchmaster
- Domino Code Box 3 for simple Inkjet Coding
- Polar 92 Guillotine
- Mailing Services, pollybagging and distribution via Post Office
- Our own delivery vans
Accurate colour reproduction is absolutely essential. That is why Orchard Press have invested in the best hardware and software available to give you piece of mind.
We work to ISO 12647 on a day-to-day basis, which is critical knowledge for our buyers that use several different printers.
How does ISO 12647 benefit your project?
How does ISO 12647 benefit your project?
When you supply your artwork (in whatever format) to the printer, how can you be assured that they are able to produce a satisfactory end result which matches your original proofs?
With ISO 12647 in place, imagery, proofs and printing are all set to a defined standard to produce reliable results.
- Standard settings with application
- Images can be separated and viewed accurately
- Proofs match the print
- Less waste with faster proof matching
- Quicker turnaround & make-readies
- Customer Satisfaction guaranteed
It gives you a confidence in knowing that the reproduction, transfer and communication of colour is set at a first-class standard.
Please click for Technical Information on ISO 12647
This is all managed through a device called image control. This scans the whole sheet, not just the colour bar, and will monitor this information throughout the production run. This data is then recorded and should the job ever need to be re-printed it will be an exact colour match.
Technical Information on ISO 12647
ISO 12647-2:2004 standard has been created as an international standard that sets a series of tight guidelines for reproducing colour across the reprographic and printing workflow. The specifications can be bought from the International Standards Organisation at www.iso.org. It contains detailed information to instill confidence in this standard, and allows print managers and publishers to convey exactly how they want their project to be reproduced. This keeps the workflow running smoothly from creative to pre-press to printing, where all too often misunderstandings can crop up and cause interference. The result is an improvement in colour consistency and less waste as digital information, proofs and printing are all brought together.
Specific parameters have to be followed and verified. The specification has targets and measurement settings for every process including different paper types. Manufacturing variables have been taken into account when defining each target.
The latest ISO printing specifications uses the CIElab model and Spectrophotometry to target solid colour measurement readings, to replace density weights which is traditionally used on press ink measurement.
The main reason for this change is to tackle the differences in printing with different inks, as they all have differing properties.
