Standards — A Strategic Business Issue

NPES, through its management of accredited national and international committees developing standards for our industry, provides its members with a means to become actively involved in the development of industry standards, both at the national and international level.

The Association administers two committees operating under the accreditation of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to develop national standards. The Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards (CGATS) consists of several subcommittees developing and maintaining technical standards that address a variety of topics, including densitometry, process control, data exchange formats, color characterization data sets for various printing processes, color calibration, etc. The ANSI-accredited B65 Committee develops national standards relating to the safety of equipment used in the printing and binding/finishing process.