INDUSTRY STANDARDS — FOR THE COMMON GOOD

Some members of the U.S. printing community have questioned the usefulness of promoting gray balance as the preferred control mechanism ahead of TVI. The strongest dissent, however, has come from the European community. Olaf Druemmer, chairman of the European Color Initiative, become the unofficial spokesperson for this group that argues in favor of continuing to use the ISO 12647 family of standards. Its members see no compelling reason to replace the standard and walk away from the decade’s worth of experience with it.