No new Standard
PSO is the abbreviation of ProcessStandard Offset
It is very important to know that the PSO is not a new standard, but combines a set of standards, which serve to fulfill the printing standard ISO 12647-2.
Which standards are combined in the PSO?
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 00005-4 |
| Beschreibung |
Optische Dichte |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 02846-1 |
| Beschreibung |
Druckfarben |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 03664 |
| Beschreibung |
Standardbeleuchtung |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 12218 |
| Beschreibung |
Druckplattenbelichtung analog |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 12641 |
| Beschreibung |
Scanner-Testchart |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 12642 |
| Beschreibung |
Ausgabe-Testcharts |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 12646 |
| Beschreibung |
Monitore |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 12647-2 |
| Beschreibung |
Drucknorm |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 12647-7 |
| Beschreibung |
Digitalproof |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 13655 |
| Beschreibung |
Spektrale Farbmessung |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 13656 |
| Beschreibung |
Densitometrische und Farbmetrische Messung |
| ISO-Norm |
ISO 14981 |
| Beschreibung |
Densitometer |
ProzessStandard Offset
All informations about the PSO are summarized in a book called ProcessStandard Offset and a CD-ROM of BVDM, which can be purchased from Ugra (German only).
PSO-Book (German)
CD-ROM "PSO – An Introduction"
Certification according to PSO
Up to now Ugra named its certification according to ISO 12647. Since however all standards listed above were always covered with the Ugra certification, in the future Ugra certification will be named «Ugra PSO Certification».
Further ProcessStandards!
The standards collection for newspaper printing is named ProcessStandard Newspaper PSN.
The standards collection for gravur printing is named ProcessStandard Rotogravure PSR.
The ProcessStandard for screen and flexo printing are not yet defined.
