COLOR CONTROL -- Managing the Variables

Knowing how the presses print and getting them to do so with consistency was a critical first step in the company's broader color management plans. "Once that was done, we printed a test grid that was a combination of some GATF test targets and some images of our own. Then we started developing ICC profiles based on the press sheets to get our IRIS proofers to closer match what we were doing on-press," he explains.