Production Resources

Magazines Canada provides useful links to assist you in finding information for most commonly requested topics:

Colour Management

• Apple ColorSync Forum
• CIP4
• European Colour Initiative (ECI)
• General Requirements for Applications in Offset Lithography (GRACoL)
• Graphic Arts Information Network (GAIN)
• International Color Consortium (ICC)
• International Digital Enterprise Alliance (IDEAlliance)
• PIA/GATF
• Specifications Web Offset Printing (SWOP)  

Preflighting

• Agfa ApogeeX
• Apago PDF/X-1 Checkup
• Callas Software
• Enfocus PDF CheckUp for InDesign
• Enfocus PitStop Professional
• Markzware Flightcheck Professional
• PreFlight On-line Creative Pro
• Quite Revealing

PDF & PDF/X

• Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional
• Enfocus  
• Ghent PDF Workgroup  
• PDF-X.com
• PDF Zone
• PlanetPDF
• PrintPlanet.com  

Paper

• TAPPI 

General Information

• Technical Association of the Graphic Arts (TAGA)
• The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing & Converting Technologies (NPES)

Associations

• The Association of Graphic Solutions Providers (IPA)   
• Digital Image Submission Criteria) DISC

Last Update: Tuesday, July 27 2010

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