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Knight Printing, G7™ Certified Master Printers

Knight Printing has achieved G7™ certification for calibrating proofing and press equipment to G7™ standards set by IDEAlliance. Our G7™ Certification was granted through implementing a calibration process that achieves a close visual match from proof-to-press.

G7™ is a the IDEAlliance publication that outlines methods to calibrate proofing systems and presses based on principles of digital imaging, spectrophotometry, and computer-to-plate (CTP) technologies. G7™ is currently being applied to many types of printing including commercial and publication printing, newsprint and even flexo. This publication utilizes the existing ISO 12647 Standards as the basis for good printing. G7™ specifies printing with inks defined by ISO 2846-1 so that the dry solids measure as close as possible to the ISO CIELab values for seven colors — the four primary colors and three 2-color overprints specified in ISO 12647. Because our goal is to simplify calibration help the printers reliably achieve a close “visual match” from proof to press, G7™ breaks from tradition by focusing on colorimetric data for gray balance in the mid-tones rather than on densitometric aims, i.e. dot gain, for each color. G7™ is named for its gray scale calibration technique and the 7 ISO ink colors it requires. G7™ is a trademark of IDEAlliance and was developed by the efforts of the GRACoL Committee.

G7™ offers the following benefits:

  • Reduced costs, decrease turn-around times, and avoid re-makes.
  • Develop internal guidelines for reliable process controls.
  • Acquire print predictability: know what you'll get on press — before you get there.
  • Demonstrate printing quality through achievable print guidelines and target goals.
  • Build upon the education in fundamentals of printing and developing technologies.
  • Clarification of what is reasonable to ask of print suppliers.

Knight Printing’s adoption of G7™ standards will improve communication between customers and staff to avoid disappointment in expectations. Knight Printing is the only G7™ Certified Master Printer in all of North Dakota, and Western Minnesota. Improved processes maintain Knight Printing’s position as a competitive force in the communications marketplace.

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