For the first time, Fogra Research Institute for Media Technologies has certified a print shop for metal print based on ISO standard 12647-9.
Metaprint AS from Tallinn (Estonia) is the first print shop to demonstrate that it also meets the ISO 12647-9 requirements. Previously, the company had been regularly certified according to Fogra39 for many years and later Fogra51.
The new certification is based on ISO 12647-9 ‘Graphic technology – Process control for the production of half-tone colour separations, proof and production prints – Part 9: Metal decoration printing processes using offset lithography”, published in 2021. Reference is made to the ‘MPC1’ printing condition, corresponding to printing on white-coated metal. With ‘Fogra60’ and ‘Metal Printing MPC1’, proven characterisation data and an ICC profile have been available since 2022.
