PrintTools: Tools for Improving Quality & Efficiency in Graphic Communications
 
Tools by Organization
BRIDGS
GRACoL
IDEAlliance
IPA
SWOP
Tools by Category
Home > Tools by Organization: IDEAlliance

IDEAlliance

The mission of IDEAlliance is to advance and advocate information technologies solutions and business process integration for its members with a user focus on content-graphics creation, management, production, and distribution and its data workflow across the end-to-end value chain.

Click on product title for full description and pricing.

Introduction to Color Bars

Introduction to Color Bars

Color bars are the print buyerís most important quality and process control device. Hereís the book that answers key questions about color bar elements.

Introduction to Densitometry

Introduction to Densitrometry

The only book dedicated to this topic, this concise text introduces densitometers and the process of using densitometers effectively, in clear, non-technical language.

Standard Reference Materials

IDEAlliance Standard Reference Materials

IDEAlliance Standard Reference Materials (SRM) have been produced for agencies, printers, publishers, separators Öanyone who wants to control color reproduction quality!

Available SRMs from IDEAlliance:

  • T-Ref Card - T-Refô consists of a printed sample of white, yellow, cyan, magenta, and black circular SWOP ink patches, with readings calibrated to the ANSI Status "T" response, and with calibration traceable to National Institute of Science and Technology primary references.

  • Enhanced T-Ref Card - Enhanced T-Refô includes both Status "T" and Status "E" certified readings. Status "E" is the ANSI standard for European wideband transmission densitometer response.

  • Custom X-Rite T-Ref Card - The Custom X- Rite T-Refô consists of a printed sample of white, yellow, cyan, magenta, and black square SWOP ink patches, with readings calibrated to the ANSI Status "T" response, and with calibration traceable to National Institute of Science and Technology primary references.

  • Lab Ref Card - Lab Ref™ is designed to allow colorimeter, spectrophotometer, and hybrid color measurement device users to verify that their equipment can measure colors accurately in terms of CIE specified values.
Hi Lo Ink References

IDEAlliance Backstop

This standard backing material is available to printers as well as manufacturers of light table and densitometric equipment. Backstop is the only commercially available backing material that conforms to the ANS/ISO Standard 5/4 ñ1983, ANSI PH2.17-1985 which outlines conditions to be used for the measurement of press sheets, proofs, and off-press proofs with densitometers.

Contact Us | Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2001-2006 IDEAlliance Inc. All rights reserved.