COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING -- Strategies for a "Smart Fa

The machines are sophisticated, but they are measuring the same basic properties documented in the standards as the best way to control a press. Measuring the process is essential to a "smart factory."

Thirdly, there is a series of standards that govern the process itself. The proper way to measure ink color and transparency "in the can" is defined in ISO 2846. There is also an ISO standard for platemaking, which helps define the reproduction argument (linear vs. bowed) that we are having with computer-to-plate. The "smart factory" of the future will properly define processes and establish shop standards based on good theory.