NPES and IDEAlliance Colour Management Certification Program for Printing

Sponsored by NPES, IDEAlliance and Konica Minolta. Immediately following this two-day course, participants will have the opportunity to take a Color Management Professional – Printing Certification Exam. All successful candidates will be awarded the Color Management Professional (CMP) for Printing certificate by IDEAlliance.

CMP Program Objective
The objective of the Color Management Professional (CMP) program is to provide a consistent worldwide understanding of the best practices associated with color management implementation in a graphic communication production environment. The program also assures that certified technology managers, production professionals and color management practitioners are properly recognized for their expertise and knowledge of the color management arena.
About the CMP for Printing Program

The Color Management Professional (CMP) Program for Printing is designed for press operators as an easy to understand instructional guide to basic color management principles in the pressroom. Applying the principles of the CMP-Print program will assure a consistent color managed workflow that adheres to industry specifications and standards.

Chief Trainer: Steve Ballinger, Vice President Print Media Technologies, IDEAlliance
Course Outline
Lesson #1: "Defining Press Room Operating Procedures"
Defines the terms and definitions related to color and density to establish proper benchmarks for consumables, lighting, instruments and output devices.

Lesson #2: "Defining Target Reference Condition"
Explains the importance of aiming for, and guidance in correctly choosing a target reference condition.

Lesson #3: "Optimizing the Press"
Covers the importance of making sure everything on the press is mechanically sound. Discussion will include methodologies for determining color bar strategies and methods to benchmark a press’ performance including determine target densities with dry back calculations.

Lesson #4: “Press Run to Determine Tone Reproduction Curves”
Reviews the basics required to perform a press run to determine proper plate curves for your print process?setting up the qualification run through the actual Tone Reproduction Curve (TRC) press run. Using curve software, we will develop a proper plate curve and discuss the verification press run to ensure the curves you built will accommodate your goals.

Lesson #5: “Verifying Plate Curves on Multiple Presses”
Shares tips and tricks from consultants that have completed hundreds of press runs to get multiple presses to match using the same plate curves. Although such a practice is not always possible, we will go through the process to provide the best chance of making multiple presses match using the same plate curve.

Lesson #6: “Maintaining the Press Calibration”
Provides strategies and tools that allow press operators to maintain their
target operating press conditions. Spot checking densities, and gray balance based on established tolerances will help your operator determine if everything is printing as expected. If a press condition is out of specification, these tools will suggest direction to find the solutions.

Discussion will include color bar strategies and measurement strategies to ensure that the press provides a consistent printing condition that is repeatable from the initial calibration run.

Participants who complete the Color Management for Printing course will be invited to take the Color Management - Printing Certification Exam.
HURRY! Limited Seats available. Registration is now open.
For more information and course registration, contact Vinod Vittoba, Director, NPES at phone: +91 9818278460, e-mail: vinod@npes.in