Basic prerequisite for a standardised production according to ISO 12647 - PSO is a company´s wish to categorically operate according to binding default settings, and within a given range of tolerance.
Companies that shy away from investing into know-how and testing techniques should rethink their tenor before dealing with the vast field of standardisation.
The implementation and application of the PSO requires a certain level of modest investment, depending on the company's existing equipment.
In order to control colour binding reproduction for monitors and proof a colour measurement device is needed with is suitable for both measuring characterisation charts and control strips on proof prints as well as colour measurements on monitors.
For the digital creation of printing plates a suitable measuring device should be present. An adequate image analysis device is advisable.
In order to control the printing machine both a spectral photometer for adjustment as well as a reflected light densitometer for process control are necessary - ideally automatically. Modern manual measurement devices for the press room offer both densitometric as well as spectral functions in one device.
Naturally, process control is impossible without suitable control elements for testing films, proof prints print plates and offset prints. The PSO therefore suggests system neutral control wedges and control strips of Graphic Technology Research Association.

PSO prerequisites