Dear subscribers of the ECI-EN mailing list, it is with great pleasure that I herewith announce the availability of new offset profiles from the ECI (see news article below) "Rome wasn't built in a day" (again) was applicable also to this project though it wasn't merely a question of adding a day or two, but it also came with a huge pile of unanticipated extra work. The "Offset profile working group" of the ECI had taken on the challenge - in coordination with, as well as with substantial support from, both bvdm and fogra - to develop offset profiles from several new characterization data sets. I would like to thank the working group very much for their continued hard work and outstanding results! To all of you - please enjoy the new profiles and the characterization data sets they are based on. Any question that may come up are as always welcome on this list. To get hold of the new profiles, just follow this link: http://eci.org/doku.php?id=en:downloads#icc_profiles_from_eci Have a nice day, Olaf Drümmer Chairman of the European Color Initiative Availability of new ECI Offset Profiles (July 2008) For four new printing conditions, published by Fogra in July 2008, ECI offset profiles are available as extension to the package “ECI_Offset_2007”. The two profiles for heatset web offset printing on MFC paper (machine finished coating) and SNP paper (standard newsprint) are based on an extensive test print series conducted by the ECI Working Group Web Offset printing with substantial contribution from the bvdm. For offset printing with non periodic screening, ECI added three profiles for the paper types 1 and 2 (gloss- and matte-coated) and paper type 4 (uncoated white). The ECI, bvdm and Fogra recommend the immediate use of the new characterization data sets and profiles, as the new profiles are an extension, and do not replace any of the current valid profiles in the package “ECI_Offset_ 2007”. Further information is provided in the section “Colour standards -> Offset”. The package “ECI_Offset_2008” in the section “Downloads” contains the new profiles as well as the still valid profiles “ISO Coated v2 (ECI)”, “ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI)”, “ISO Web Coated”, “ISO Uncoated”, “ISO Uncoated yellowish” and “SC Paper (ECI)”. [2008-07-14 |::| FS] -- Olaf Druemmer | Managing Director | callas software GmbH | Schoenhauser Allee 6/7 | 10119 Berlin Tel +49.30.4439031-0 | Fax +49.30.4416402 | o.druemmer(a)callassoftware.com | www.callassoftware.com Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 59615 | Geschäftsführung: Olaf Drümmer, Ulrich Frotscher