HI Joey, The company that doing the certification will be Ugra. Some information from the www.ugra.ch.  Certification according to ISO 12647 Ugra certifies printing and prepress companies according to ISO 12647. Hereby different standards apply. In Germany these standards are summarized under the term «Process Standard Offset» (PSO). In Switzerland this term is not established yet. The procedure and the requirements of the Ugra certification were established in the expert working group «swiss4color». The Ugra certification is accomplished in a one-day audit. The company, which is to be certified must show in the following functions, that it complies with the ISO standards, that the devices are calibrated, the standard operation procedures (SOP) are available and followed and the aim values are reached within the given tolerances: • Data entry • Data creation • Monitor / Soft proofing • Proofing • Plate making • Print • Standard illumination The main issues of the audit are the following: The audit of the data entry is accomplished in three interviews with a sales representative, an order manager and a prepress operator. Every employee in the company has to know, which data can be processed in which way, what are the controls and what is to do if error occur. At the data creation step, know-how in color management, layout production and PDF creation (ISO 15630) have to be shown. This part of the audit is done with a test job. At least one monitor in the company has to be set up according to the guidelines (ISO 12646) and calibrated correctly. At proofing the «Visual Print Reference» is outputted. From the 8 pages the Media Wedges will be measured. The resulting values must lie within the required tolerances (ISO 12647-7). Since there are no standards for the printing plate making, the audit checks if it is correctly documented and organized in the context of a quality management system (ISO 9000). The print must fulfill the requirements of the ISO 12647-2. Furthermore it is verified whether these values are achievable in the daily practice without problems. The standard illumination must fulfill the ISO 3664. Besides these main points many further things are judged. Companies interested in the certification, may ask Ugra for a detailed description of the demanded values and the further evaluations. Since many points outside of standards are judged, for which no strict aim values are available, a system of evaluation was developed. If all requirements in a category are fulfilled, a rating of 100 points is given. To achieve the certification, the audit must result in a rating of over 80 points. With a rating between 60 and 80 points, single functions must be re-audited. With a rating below 60 points the complete certification process must be repeated. If the company fulfills the requirements it receives the certificate and is listed on the Ugra Website as a certified company. The certificate is valid for two years. As Ugra itself has an accreditation according to ISO 17025, Ugra is about to obtain the same accreditation for its certification according to ISO 12647 activities. Regards, Yan Wei Phin Manager of Technical Services - GMG Asia yan.weiphin(a)gmgcolor.com ; +60124120010 On May 9, 2007, at 10:55 AM, joey santos wrote: