ISO 12642-2:2006
(Main)Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing — Part 2: Expanded data set
Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing — Part 2: Expanded data set
ISO 12642-2:2006 defines a data set of ink value combinations that is intended to be used to characterize four-colour process printing. This data set is not optimized for any printing process or application area but is robust enough for all general applications. The needs of publication, commercial, and package printing with offset, gravure, flexography, and other printing processes have been considered. While it is primarily aimed at process colour printing with CMYK inks, it can also be used with any combination of three chromatic coloured inks and a dark ink. It is an alternate to the ISO 12642-1 data set where more robust data is required.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO12642-2First edition2006-12-15Corrected version2007-08-15Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing — Part 2: Expanded data set Technologie graphique — Données d'entrée pour caractérisation d'impression en quadrichromie — Partie 2: Ensemble de données élargies
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iiiContents Page Foreword.iv Introduction.v 1 Scope.1 2 Normative references.1 3 Terms and definitions.1 4 Technical requirements.2 4.1 Data set characteristics.2 4.2 Data set definition.2 4.3 Layouts for printing.3 4.4 Data set identification.3 Annex A (informative)
Default layouts and image files.24 Annex B (informative)
Flesh tone data set.28 Bibliography.29
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© ISO 2006 – All rights reserved Foreword ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. ISO 12642-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 130, Graphic technology. ISO 12642 consists of the following parts, under the general title Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing: ⎯ Part 1: Initial data set ⎯ Part 2: Expanded data set This corrected version incorporates corrections to the manner in which the data is designated in 4.4. SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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vIntroduction The existing characterization data set defined in ISO 12642-1 has proven very effective for use in characterizing various printing processes. Two concerns have been raised with respect to the ISO 12642-1 data set. First, many of those developing characterization data for colour management systems feel that additional data points are needed to provide better sampling of the data space. The second concern comes from the packaging industry which would like to see both more data points in general but also more data at the highlight end of the scale and in particular more 4-colour data with low levels of black. Several drafts of a data set optimized for package printing (referred to as IT8.7/4) have been prepared by ANSI Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards (CGATS). In addition, the European Colour Initiative (ECI) took an early draft and combined parts of it with the ISO 12642-1 data set and developed a data set known as ECI 2002 that has 1 485 data set elements. ECI 2002 has since been approved as DIN 16614:2004. The data set contained in this part of ISO 12642 adds a series of 4-colour overprints at the 10 % black level to the data set elements in the current ECI 2002 data set. It is believed that this combined data set can fill the general colour characterization needs of all segments of the industry. During development of this part of ISO 12642, concerns were raised by the Japanese delegates concerning adequate representation of flesh tones. While additional flesh tones were not included in the standard data set, a 112-element flesh tone data set has been included in Annex B. It is important to note that there will always be special applications where additional or special data will be needed because of the peculiarities of a process or critical colour needs in certain parts of the tone scale or colour space.
There is no required layout or patch size defined for the data set defined in this part of ISO 12642. Users are free to randomize the layout and/or “fit” it to the space available. However, the members of TC 130/WG 2 strongly believe that default layouts need to be defined so that electronic versions of the target can be made readily available. This will facilitate the use of this new data set by both users and colour management vendors. Accordingly, two default layouts are described in Annex A, i.e. one optimized for visual inspection, and the other randomized with the goal of uniform ink loading in each colour across the target area to minimize interaction between patch areas. In addition, the reference files that are included in this part of ISO 12642 clearly identify the elements that represent the data set defined as ISO 12642-1:1996 (often referred to as IT8.7/3) and the data set defined in ECI 2002. These can both be easily extracted from and/or related to the larger data set where appropriate.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) draws attention to the fact that it is claimed that compliance with this document may involve the use of a patent (Japanese Patent No. 2554366) held by Konica Minolta. ISO takes no position concerning the evidence, validity and scope of this patent right. The holder of this patent right has assured ISO that he is willing to negotiate licences under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions with applicants throughout the world. In this respect, the statement of the holder of this patent right is registered with ISO. Information may be obtained from: Mr. Kazuo Kato Industrial Standard Group Intellectual Property Center Konica Minolta Technology Center, Inc. Tel. +81-42-589-8135 Fax +81-42-589-8088 e-mail: kazuo.kato.kk@konicaminolta.jp SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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1Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing — Part 2: Expanded data set 1 Scope This part of ISO 12642 defines a data set of ink value combinations that are intended to be used to characterize 4-colour process printing. This data set is not optimized for any printing process or application area but is robust enough for all general applications. The needs of publication, commercial, and package printing with offset, gravure, flexography, and other printing processes have been considered. While it is primarily aimed at process colour printing with CMYK inks, it can also be used with any combination of three chromatic coloured inks and a dark ink. It is an alternate to the ISO 12642-1 data set where more robust data is required. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO 12642-1:1996, Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing — Part 1: Initial data set 3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 data set total collection of independently identified ink value sets that are defined by this part of ISO 12642 NOTE The terms patch and target are deliberately avoided because they imply a physical object or layout. This part of ISO 12642 only defines the data values which the user is free to arrange in any target layout that meets their needs using patches of any size compatible with their measuring equipment. 3.2 ink values digital value that represents the amount of a colourant required in a rendering process NOTE For the half-tone printing process this is equivalent to the tone value/dot area of the half-tone film expressed as a percentage. 3.3 ink value set set of four ink values representing the amount of the four colours to be used in a process colour area SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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© ISO 2006 – All rights reserved 4 Technical requirements 4.1 Data set characteristics In order to meet the colour characterization needs of both the printing industry in general and the package printing industry, this data set needs to contain ink value sets that will provide sufficient detail in the highlight and shadow areas when printed using gravure, offset, flexographic and metal-decorating printing processes. In addition, this data set should be suitable for use with both traditional process colours as well as with three chromatic colours and a dark colour. During the various development steps that led to the target defined in this standard, several groups of ink value sets (e.g. tone scales, grey balance, etc.) were identified. Those that are contained within the data set of this part of ISO 12642 are summarized in Table 1. During evaluation of the requirements for this data set, a number of additional elements were considered. One group of these elements involved a regular array of flesh tone data. While these flesh tone data were not selected for inclusion in the defined data set, they were felt to be important enough to be documented as Annex B. 4.2 Data set definition The groups of ink value sets of Table 1 have many individual sets of ink values that appear multiple times. Eliminating all duplicated sets would result in a composite data set of 1 588 ink value combinations. However, for any layouts that attempt to provide ease of visual inspection it is important to have symmetry within tone scales and within systematic 3-colour overprint arrays. This requires the presence of 29 duplicate ink value sets. These are the C, M, and Y single-colour data sets with tone values of 10 %, 20 %, 30 %, 40 %, 70 %, 85 %, and 100
% and the black single-colour data sets with tone values of 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 % and 100
%. In addition, there are two additional data set combinations assigned to paper to allow some flexibility in that area, particularly when the printing substrate is not traditional paper. This results in a total of 1 617 combinations. Table 1 — Required groups of ink value sets Group Description 1 All combinations of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 30 %, 40 %, 55 %, 70 %, 85 %, 100
% in C, M and Y 2 All combinations of
0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 % in C, M and Y with 10 % black All single-colour and 2-colour overprints at 100 % in C, M and Y with 10 % black 3 All combinations of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 20 % black 4 All combinations of 0 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 40 % black 5 All combinations of 0 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 60 % black 6 All 2-colour overprints at 40 % in C, M and Y with 70 % black All single colour and 2-colour overprints at 100 % in C, M and Y with 70 % black 7 All combinations of 0 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 80 % black 8 All combinations of 0 %, 40 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 100 % black 9 Near neutral combinations of C, M, Y as follows:
5 %, 3 %, 3 % with a black level of 0 %
10 %, 6 %, 6 % with black levels of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
20 %, 12 %, 12 % with black levels of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
40 %, 27 %, 27 % with black levels of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
50 %, 40 %, 40 % with a black level of 0 %
60 %, 45 %, 45 % with black levels of 0 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
80 %, 65 %, 65 % with black levels of 0 %,
40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
100 %, 85 %, 85 % with black levels of 0 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 % 10 All combinations of 0 %, and 3 % in C, M, Y and K
11 All combinations of 0 %, and 7 % in C, M, Y and K 12 All combinations of 0 %, 3 %, and 40 % in C, M, Y and K 13 Single-colour scales in C, M, Y, and K with values of 100 %, 98 %, 95 %, 90 %, 85 %, 80 %, 75 %, 70 %, 60 %, 50 %, 40 %, 30 %, 25 %, 20 %, 15 %, 10 %, 7 %, 5 %, 3 %, 2 %, 0 % SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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3Table 2, and the data file 12642-2_summary.csv accompanying this part of ISO 12642, lists the ID numbers and their associated CMYK ink values that shall constitute this characterization data set. Within this listing ink value data sets numbers 1 to 1485 are taken directly from the ECI 2002 specification [1]. NOTE 1 For convenience, separate ID numbers were assigned to the duplicated ink value sets noted above. Users are cautioned that, while the data in Table 2 may be included in application software and reproduced as part of reports generated by such applications, reproduction of these data separate from accompanying measurement or layout data is a violation of ISO copyright. NOTE 2 The 1 617 ink value data sets include all ink value combinations of the ECI data set (see Introduction) as well as all ink value combinations included in the original ISO 12642-1 data set, but not the duplicate ink value sets of the ISO 12642-1 data set.
NOTE 3 DIN 16614:2004 (ECI 2002) does not contain all of the ink value sets of Group 2 and it does not contain the near neutral combinations of 50 %, 40 %, 40 % with black. Table 3, and the data file 12642-1_vs_12642-2.csv, tabulates the relationship between the ink value sets used in ISO 12642-1 and those defined in this part of ISO 12642. Patch IDs 1 to 1485 of this data set have the same ink value combinations as the comparable patch IDs of the ECI 2002 (DIN 16614:2004) data set. 4.3 Layouts for printing
The 1 617 ink value sets may be printed in any arrangement desired. For any specific arrangement, a table defining the relationship between row-column position and ID number shall be provided.
Although there is no requirement that any particular arrangement of these data be used for printing characterization targets, it was felt that default layouts were desirable to facilitate use of the target in many applications. Accordingly, two default layouts are defined in Annex A. One is for “visual” use where the patches are arranged in logical groups. In a second layout, the patches are randomized to minimize the influence of the target arrangement itself on the final results. Figures A.1 and A.2 illustrate the appearance of the default visual and random layouts. NOTE The data file 12642-2_default.csv provides the relationship between row-column position and ID number for the two default layouts included in Annex A.
4.4 Data set identification It is recommended that where data derived from this target is exchanged, that data representing: ⎯ the full 1 617 data values of ISO 12642-2 be designated by: ISO12642-2 ⎯ the first 1 485 data values of ISO 12642-2 be designated by: ECI2002 ⎯ the ISO 12642-1 data created from ISO 12642-2 be designated by: ISO12642-1 ⎯ the flesh tone data of Annex B be designated by: ISO12642-2AnnexB SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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© ISO 2006 – All rights reserved Table 2 — Ink value combinations versus identification number (ID No.) ID No. % C % M % Y % K1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 3 0 20 0 0 4 0 30 0 0 5 0 40 0 0 6 0 55 0 0 7 0 70 0 0 8 0 85 0 0 9 0 100 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 11 10 10 0 0 12 10 20 0 0 13 10 30 0 0 14 10 40 0 0 15 10 55 0 0 16 10 70 0 0 17 10 85 0 0 18 10 100 0 0 19 20 0 0 0 20 20 10 0 0 21 20 20 0 0 22 20 30 0 0 23 20 40 0 0 24 20 55 0 0 25 20 70 0 0 26 20 85 0 0 27 20 100 0 0 28 30 0 0 0 29 30 10 0 0 30 30 20 0 0 31 30 30 0 0 32 30 40 0 0 33 30 55 0 0 34 30 70 0 0 35 30 85 0 0 36 30 100 0 0 37 40 0 0 0 38 40 10 0 0 39 40 20 0 0 40 40 30 0 0 41 40 40 0 0 42 40 55 0 0 43 40 70 0 0 44 40 85 0 0 ID No. % C % M% Y % K45 40 100 0 0 46 55 0 0 0 47 55 10 0 0 48 55 20 0 0 49 55 30 0 0 50 55 40 0 0 51 55 55 0 0 52 55 70 0 0 53 55 85 0 0 54 55 100 0 0 55 70 0 0 0 56 70 10 0 0 57 70 20 0 0 58 70 30 0 0 59 70 40 0 0 60 70 55 0 0 61 70 70 0 0 62 70 85 0 0 63 70 100 0 0 64 85 0 0 0 65 85 10 0 0 66 85 20 0 0 67 85 30 0 0 68 85 40 0 0 69 85 55 0 0 70 85 70 0 0 71 85 85 0 0 72 85 100 0 0 73 100 0 0 0 74 100 10 0 0 75 100 20 0 0 76 100 30 0 0 77 100 40 0 0 78 100 55 0 0 79 100 70 0 0 80 100 85 0 0 81 100 100 0 0 82 0 0 10 0 83 0 10 10 0 84 0 20 10 0 85 0 30 10 0 86 0 40 10 0 87 0 55 10 0 88 0 70 10 0 ID No.% C % M % Y % K89 0 85 10 0 90 0 100 10 0 91 10 0 10 0 92 10 10 10 0 93 10 20 10 0 94 10 30 10 0 95 10 40 10 0 96 10 55 10 0 97 10 70 10 0 98 10 85 10 0 99 10 100 10 0 100 20 0 10 0 101 20 10 10 0 102 20 20 10 0 103 20 30 10 0 104 20 40 10 0 105 20 55 10 0 106 20 70 10 0 107 20 85 10 0 108 20 100 10 0 109 30 0 10 0 110 30 10 10 0 111 30 20 10 0 112 30 30 10 0 113 30 40 10 0 114 30 55 10 0 115 30 70 10 0 116 30 85 10 0 117 30 100 10 0 118 40 0 10 0 119 40 10 10 0 120 40 20 10 0 121 40 30 10 0 122 40 40 10 0 123 40 55 10 0 124 40 70 10 0 125 40 85 10 0 126 40 100 10 0 127 55 0 10 0 128 55 10 10 0 129 55 20 10 0 130 55 30 10 0 131 55 40 10 0 132 55 55 10 0 SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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5ID No. % C % M % Y % K 133 55 70 10 0 134 55 85 10 0 135 55 100 10 0 136 70 0 10 0 137 70 10 10 0 138 70 20 10 0 139 70 30 10 0 140 70 40 10 0 141 70 55 10 0 142 70 70 10 0 143 70 85 10 0 144 70 100 10 0 145 85 0 10 0 146 85 10 10 0 147 85 20 10 0 148 85 30 10 0 149 85 40 10 0 150 85 55 10 0 151 85 70 10 0 152 85 85 10 0 153 85 100 10 0 154 100 0 10 0 155 100 10 10 0 156 100 20 10 0 157 100 30 10 0 158 100 40 10 0 159 100 55 10 0 160 100 70 10 0 161 100 85 10 0 162 100 100 10 0 163 0 0 20 0 164 0 10 20 0 165 0 20 20 0 166 0 30 20 0 167 0 40 20 0 168 0 55 20 0 169 0 70 20 0 170 0 85 20 0 171 0 100 20 0 172 10 0 20 0 173 10 10 20 0 174 10 20 20 0 175 10 30 20 0 176 10 40 20 0 ID No.% C % M% Y % K177 10 55 20 0 178 10 70 20 0 179 10 85 20 0 180 10 100 20 0 181 20 0 20 0 182 20 10 20 0 183 20 20 20 0 184 20 30 20 0 185 20 40 20 0 186 20 55 20 0 187 20 70 20 0 188 20 85 20 0 189 20 100 20 0 190 30 0 20 0 191 30 10 20 0 192 30 20 20 0 193 30 30 20 0 194 30 40 20 0 195 30 55 20 0 196 30 70 20 0 197 30 85 20 0 198 30 100 20 0 199 40 0 20 0 200 40 10 20 0 201 40 20 20 0 202 40 30 20 0 203 40 40 20 0 204 40 55 20 0 205 40 70 20 0 206 40 85 20 0 207 40 100 20 0 208 55 0 20 0 209 55 10 20 0 210 55 20 20 0 211 55 30 20 0 212 55 40 20 0 213 55 55 20 0 214 55 70 20 0 215 55 85 20 0 216 55 100 20 0 217 70 0 20 0 218 70 10 20 0 219 70 20 20 0 220 70 30 20 0 ID No. % C % M % Y % K221 70 40 20 0 222 70 55 20 0 223 70 70 20 0 224 70 85 20 0 225 70 100 20 0 226 85 0 20 0 227 85 10 20 0 228 85 20 20 0 229 85 30 20 0 230 85 40 20 0 231 85 55 20 0 232 85 70 20 0 233 85 85 20 0 234 85 100 20 0 235 100 0 20 0 236 100 10 20 0 237 100 20 20 0 238 100 30 20 0 239 100 40 20 0 240 100 55 20 0 241 100 70 20 0 242 100 85 20 0 243 100 100 20 0 244 0 0 30 0 245 0 10 30 0 246 0 20 30 0 247 0 30 30 0 248 0 40 30 0 249 0 55 30 0 250 0 70 30 0 251 0 85 30 0 252 0 100 30 0 253 10 0 30 0 254 10 10 30 0 255 10 20 30 0 256 10 30 30 0 257 10 40 30 0 258 10 55 30 0 259 10 70 30 0 260 10 85 30 0 261 10 100 30 0 262 20 0 30 0 263 20 10 30 0 264 20 20 30 0 SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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© ISO 2006 – All rights reserved ID No. % C % M % Y % K265 20 30 30 0 266 20 40 30 0 267 20 55 30 0 268 20 70 30 0 269 20 85 30 0 270 20 100 30 0 271 30 0 30 0 272 30 10 30 0 273 30 20 30 0 274 30 30 30 0 275 30 40 30 0 276 30 55 30 0 277 30 70 30 0 278 30 85 30 0 279 30 100 30 0 280 40 0 30 0 281 40 10 30 0 282 40 20 30 0 283 40 30 30 0 284 40 40 30 0 285 40 55 30 0 286 40 70 30 0 287 40 85 30 0 288 40 100 30 0 289 55 0 30 0 290 55 10 30 0 291 55 20 30 0 292 55 30 30 0 293 55 40 30 0 294 55 55 30 0 295 55 70 30 0 296 55 85 30 0 297 55 100 30 0 298 70 0 30 0 299 70 10 30 0 300 70 20 30 0 301 70 30 30 0 302 70 40 30 0 303 70 55 30 0 304 70 70 30 0 305 70 85 30 0 306 70 100 30 0 307 85 0 30 0 308 85 10 30 0 ID No. % C % M% Y % K309 85 20 30 0 310 85 30 30 0 311 85 40 30 0 312 85 55 30 0 313 85 70 30 0 314 85 85 30 0 315 85 100 30 0 316 100 0 30 0 317 100 10 30 0 318 100 20 30 0 319 100 30 30 0 320 100 40 30 0 321 100 55 30 0 322 100 70 30 0 323 100 85 30 0 324 100 100 30 0 325 0 0 40 0 326 0 10 40 0 327 0 20 40 0 328 0 30 40 0 329 0 40 40 0 330 0 55 40 0 331 0 70 40 0 332 0 85 40 0 333 0 100 40 0 334 10 0 40 0 335 10 10 40 0 336 10 20 40 0 337 10 30 40 0 338 10 40 40 0 339 10 55 40 0 340 10 70 40 0 341 10 85 40 0 342 10 100 40 0 343 20 0 40 0 344 20 10 40 0 345 20 20 40 0 346 20 30 40 0 347 20 40 40 0 348 20 55 40 0 349 20 70 40 0 350 20 85 40 0 351 20 100 40 0 352 30 0 40 0 ID No.% C % M % Y % K353 30 10 40 0 354 30 20 40 0 355 30 30 40 0 356 30 40 40 0 357 30 55 40 0 358 30 70 40 0 359 30 85 40 0 360 30 100 40 0 361 40 0 40 0 362 40 10 40 0 363 40 20 40 0 364 40 30 40 0 365 40 40 40 0 366 40 55 40 0 367 40 70 40 0 368 40 85 40 0 369 40 100 40 0 370 55 0 40 0 371 55 10 40 0 372 55 20 40 0 373 55 30 40 0 374 55 40 40 0 375 55 55 40 0 376 55 70 40 0 377 55 85 40 0 378 55 100 40 0 379 70 0 40 0 380 70 10 40 0 381 70 20 40 0 382 70 30 40 0 383 70 40 40 0 384 70 55 40 0 385 70 70 40 0 386 70 85 40 0 387 70 100 40 0 388 85 0 40 0 389 85 10 40 0 390 85 20 40 0 391 85 30 40 0 392 85 40 40 0 393 85 55 40 0 394 85 70 40 0 395 85 85 40 0 396 85 100 40 0 SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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7ID No. % C % M % Y % K 397 100 0 40 0 398 100 10 40 0 399 100 20 40 0 400 100 30 40 0 401 100 40 40 0 402 100 55 40 0 403 100 70 40 0 404 100 85 40 0 405 100 100 40 0 406 0 0 55 0 407 0 10 55 0 408 0 20 55 0 409 0 30 55 0 410 0 40 55 0 411 0 55 55 0 412 0 70 55 0 413 0 85 55 0 414 0 100 55 0 415 10 0 55 0 416 10 10 55 0 417 10 20 55 0 418 10 30 55 0 419 10 40 55 0 420 10 55 55 0 421 10 70 55 0 422 10 85 55 0 423 10 100 55 0 424 20 0 55 0 425 20 10 55 0 426 20 20 55 0 427 20 30 55 0 428 20 40 55 0 429 20 55 55 0 430 20 70 55 0 431 20 85 55 0 432 20 100 55 0 433 30 0 55 0 434 30 10 55 0 435 30 20 55 0 436 30 30 55 0 437 30 40 55 0 438 30 55 55 0 439 30 70 55 0 440 30 85 55 0 ID No.% C % M% Y % K441 30 100 55 0 442 40 0 55 0 443 40 10 55 0 444 40 20 55 0 445 40 30 55 0 446 40 40 55 0 447 40 55 55 0 448 40 70 55 0 449 40 85 55 0 450 40 100 55 0 451 55 0 55 0 452 55 10 55 0 453 55 20 55 0 454 55 30 55 0 455 55 40 55 0 456 55 55 55 0 457 55 70 55 0 458 55 85 55 0 459 55 100 55 0 460 70 0 55 0 461 70 10 55 0 462 70 20 55 0 463 70 30 55 0 464 70 40 55 0 465 70 55 55 0 466 70 70 55 0 467 70 85 55 0 468 70 100 55 0 469 85 0 55 0 470 85 10 55 0 471 85 20 55 0 472 85 30 55 0 473 85 40 55 0 474 85 55 55 0 475 85 70 55 0 476 85 85 55 0 477 85 100 55 0 478 100 0 55 0 479 100 10 55 0 480 100 20 55 0 481 100 30 55 0 482 100 40 55 0 483 100 55 55 0 484 100 70 55 0 ID No. % C % M % Y % K485 100 85 55 0 486 100 100 55 0 487 0 0 70 0 488 0 10 70 0 489 0 20 70 0 490 0 30 70 0 491 0 40 70 0 492 0 55 70 0 493 0 70 70 0 494 0 85 70 0 495 0 100 70 0 496 10 0 70 0 497 10 10 70 0 498 10 20 70 0 499 10 30 70 0 500 10 40 70 0 501 10 55 70 0 502 10 70 70 0 503 10 85 70 0 504 10 100 70 0 505 20 0 70 0 506 20 10 70 0 507 20 20 70 0 508 20 30 70 0 509 20 40 70 0 510 20 55 70 0 511 20 70 70 0 512 20 85 70 0 513 20 100 70 0 514 30 0 70 0 515 30 10 70 0 516 30 20 70 0 517 30 30 70 0 518 30 40 70 0 519 30 55 70 0 520 30 70 70 0 521 30 85 70 0 522 30 100 70 0 523 40 0 70 0 524 40 10 70 0 525 40 20 70 0 526 40 30 70 0 527 40 40 70 0 528 40 55 70 0 SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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© ISO 2006 – All rights reserved ID No. % C % M % Y % K529 40 70 70 0 530 40 85 70 0 531 40 100 70 0 532 55 0 70 0 533 55 10 70 0 534 55 20 70 0 535 55 30 70 0 536 55 40 70 0 537 55 55 70 0 538 55 70 70 0 539 55 85 70 0 540 55 100 70 0 541 70 0 70 0 542 70 10 70 0 543 70 20 70 0 544 70 30 70 0 545 70 40 70 0 546 70 55 70 0 547 70 70 70 0 548 70 85 70 0 549 70 100 70 0 550 85 0 70 0 551 85 10 70 0 552 85 20 70 0 553 85 30 70 0 554 85 40 70 0 555 85 55 70 0 556 85 70 70 0 557 85 85 70 0 558 85 100 70 0 559 100 0 70 0 560 100 10 70 0 561 100 20 70 0 562 100 30 70 0 563 100 40 70 0 564 100 55 70 0 565 100 70 70 0 566 100 85 70 0 567 100 100 70 0 568 0 0 85 0 569 0 10 85 0 570 0 20 85 0 571 0 30 85 0 572 0 40 85 0 ID No. % C % M% Y % K573 0 55 85 0 574 0 70 85 0 575 0 85 85 0 576 0 100 85 0 577 10 0 85 0 578 10 10 85 0 579 10 20 85 0 580 10 30 85 0 581 10 40 85 0 582 10 55 85 0 583 10 70 85 0 584 10 85 85 0 585 10 100 85 0 586 20 0 85 0 587 20 10 85 0 588 20 20 85 0 589 20 30 85 0 590 20 40 85 0 591 20 55 85 0 592 20 70 85 0 593 20 85 85 0 594 20 100 85 0 595 30 0 85 0 596 30 10 85 0 597 30 20 85 0 598 30 30 85 0 599 30 40 85 0 600 30 55 85 0 601 30 70 85 0 602 30 85 85 0 603 30 100 85 0 604 40 0 85 0 605 40 10 85 0 606 40 20 85 0 607 40 30 85 0 608 40 40 85 0 609 40 55 85 0 610 40 70 85 0 611 40 85 85 0 612 40 100 85 0 613 55 0 85 0 614 55 10 85 0 615 55 20 85 0 616 55 30 85 0 ID No.% C % M % Y % K617 55 40 85 0 618 55 55 85 0 619 55 70 85 0 620 55 85 85 0 621 55 100 85 0 622 70 0 85 0 623 70 10 85 0 624 70 20 85 0 625 70 30 85 0 626 70 40 85 0 627 70 55 85 0 628 70 70 85 0 629 70 85 85 0 630 70 100 85 0 631 85 0 85 0 632 85 10 85 0 633 85 20 85 0 634 85 30 85 0 635 85 40 85 0 636 85 55 85 0 637 85 70 85 0 638 85 85 85 0 639 85 100 85 0 640 100 0 85 0 641 100 10 85 0 642 100 20 85 0 643 100 30 85 0 644 100 40 85 0 645 100 55 85 0 646 100 70 85 0 647 100 85 85 0 648 100 100 85 0 649 0 0 100 0 650 0 10 100 0 651 0 20 100 0 652 0 30 100 0 653 0 40 100 0 654 0 55 100 0 655 0 70 100 0 656 0 85 100 0 657 0 100 100 0 658 10 0 100 0 659 10 10 100 0 660 10 20 100 0 SIST ISO 12642-2:2008
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STANDARD 12642-2
First edition
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Corrected version
2007-08-15
Graphic technology — Input data for
characterization of 4-colour process
printing —
Part 2:
Expanded data set
Technologie graphique — Données d'entrée pour caractérisation
d'impression en quadrichromie —
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STANDARD 12642-2
First edition
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Corrected version
2007-08-15
Graphic technology — Input data for
characterization of 4-colour process
printing —
Part 2:
Expanded data set
Technologie graphique — Données d'entrée pour caractérisation
d'impression en quadrichromie —
Partie 2: Ensemble de données élargies
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Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions. 1
4 Technical requirements . 2
4.1 Data set characteristics . 2
4.2 Data set definition. 2
4.3 Layouts for printing. 3
4.4 Data set identification. 3
Annex A (informative) Default layouts and image files . 24
Annex B (informative) Flesh tone data set. 28
Bibliography . 29
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies
(ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO
technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been
established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and
non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the
International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.
International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards
adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an
International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.
ISO 12642-2 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 130, Graphic technology.
ISO 12642 consists of the following parts, under the general title Graphic technology — Input data for
characterization of 4-colour process printing:
⎯ Part 1: Initial data set
⎯ Part 2: Expanded data set
This corrected version incorporates corrections to the manner in which the data is designated in 4.4.
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Introduction
The existing characterization data set defined in ISO 12642-1 has proven very effective for use in
characterizing various printing processes. Two concerns have been raised with respect to the ISO 12642-1
data set. First, many of those developing characterization data for colour management systems feel that
additional data points are needed to provide better sampling of the data space. The second concern comes
from the packaging industry which would like to see both more data points in general but also more data at the
highlight end of the scale and in particular more 4-colour data with low levels of black.
Several drafts of a data set optimized for package printing (referred to as IT8.7/4) have been prepared by
ANSI Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards (CGATS). In addition, the European Colour
Initiative (ECI) took an early draft and combined parts of it with the ISO 12642-1 data set and developed a
data set known as ECI 2002 that has 1 485 data set elements. ECI 2002 has since been approved as
DIN 16614:2004. The data set contained in this part of ISO 12642 adds a series of 4-colour overprints at the
10 % black level to the data set elements in the current ECI 2002 data set. It is believed that this combined
data set can fill the general colour characterization needs of all segments of the industry.
During development of this part of ISO 12642, concerns were raised by the Japanese delegates concerning
adequate representation of flesh tones. While additional flesh tones were not included in the standard data set,
a 112-element flesh tone data set has been included in Annex B.
It is important to note that there will always be special applications where additional or special data will be
needed because of the peculiarities of a process or critical colour needs in certain parts of the tone scale or
colour space.
There is no required layout or patch size defined for the data set defined in this part of ISO 12642. Users are
free to randomize the layout and/or “fit” it to the space available. However, the members of TC 130/WG 2
strongly believe that default layouts need to be defined so that electronic versions of the target can be made
readily available. This will facilitate the use of this new data set by both users and colour management
vendors. Accordingly, two default layouts are described in Annex A, i.e. one optimized for visual inspection,
and the other randomized with the goal of uniform ink loading in each colour across the target area to
minimize interaction between patch areas.
In addition, the reference files that are included in this part of ISO 12642 clearly identify the elements that
represent the data set defined as ISO 12642-1:1996 (often referred to as IT8.7/3) and the data set defined in
ECI 2002. These can both be easily extracted from and/or related to the larger data set where appropriate.
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) draws attention to the fact that it is claimed that
compliance with this document may involve the use of a patent (Japanese Patent No. 2554366) held by
Konica Minolta.
ISO takes no position concerning the evidence, validity and scope of this patent right.
The holder of this patent right has assured ISO that he is willing to negotiate licences under reasonable and
non-discriminatory terms and conditions with applicants throughout the world. In this respect, the statement of
the holder of this patent right is registered with ISO. Information may be obtained from:
Mr. Kazuo Kato
Industrial Standard Group
Intellectual Property Center
Konica Minolta Technology Center, Inc.
Tel. +81-42-589-8135
Fax +81-42-589-8088
e-mail: kazuo.kato.kk@konicaminolta.jp
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Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights other than those identified above. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
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Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of
4-colour process printing —
Part 2:
Expanded data set
1 Scope
This part of ISO 12642 defines a data set of ink value combinations that are intended to be used to
characterize 4-colour process printing. This data set is not optimized for any printing process or application
area but is robust enough for all general applications. The needs of publication, commercial, and package
printing with offset, gravure, flexography, and other printing processes have been considered. While it is
primarily aimed at process colour printing with CMYK inks, it can also be used with any combination of three
chromatic coloured inks and a dark ink. It is an alternate to the ISO 12642-1 data set where more robust data
is required.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 12642-1:1996, Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing —
Part 1: Initial data set
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
data set
total collection of independently identified ink value sets that are defined by this part of ISO 12642
NOTE The terms patch and target are deliberately avoided because they imply a physical object or layout. This part
of ISO 12642 only defines the data values which the user is free to arrange in any target layout that meets their needs
using patches of any size compatible with their measuring equipment.
3.2
ink values
digital value that represents the amount of a colourant required in a rendering process
NOTE For the half-tone printing process this is equivalent to the tone value/dot area of the half-tone film expressed
as a percentage.
3.3
ink value set
set of four ink values representing the amount of the four colours to be used in a process colour area
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4 Technical requirements
4.1 Data set characteristics
In order to meet the colour characterization needs of both the printing industry in general and the package
printing industry, this data set needs to contain ink value sets that will provide sufficient detail in the highlight
and shadow areas when printed using gravure, offset, flexographic and metal-decorating printing processes.
In addition, this data set should be suitable for use with both traditional process colours as well as with three
chromatic colours and a dark colour.
During the various development steps that led to the target defined in this standard, several groups of ink
value sets (e.g. tone scales, grey balance, etc.) were identified. Those that are contained within the data set of
this part of ISO 12642 are summarized in Table 1.
During evaluation of the requirements for this data set, a number of additional elements were considered. One
group of these elements involved a regular array of flesh tone data. While these flesh tone data were not
selected for inclusion in the defined data set, they were felt to be important enough to be documented as
Annex B.
4.2 Data set definition
The groups of ink value sets of Table 1 have many individual sets of ink values that appear multiple times.
Eliminating all duplicated sets would result in a composite data set of 1 588 ink value combinations. However,
for any layouts that attempt to provide ease of visual inspection it is important to have symmetry within tone
scales and within systematic 3-colour overprint arrays. This requires the presence of 29 duplicate ink value
sets. These are the C, M, and Y single-colour data sets with tone values of 10 %, 20 %, 30 %, 40 %, 70 %,
85 %, and 100 % and the black single-colour data sets with tone values of 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %
and 100 %. In addition, there are two additional data set combinations assigned to paper to allow some
flexibility in that area, particularly when the printing substrate is not traditional paper. This results in a total of
1 617 combinations.
Table 1 — Required groups of ink value sets
Group Description
1 All combinations of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 30 %, 40 %, 55 %, 70 %, 85 %, 100 % in C, M and Y
2 All combinations of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 % in C, M and Y with 10 % black
All single-colour and 2-colour overprints at 100 % in C, M and Y with 10 % black
3 All combinations of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 20 % black
4 All combinations of 0 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 40 % black
5 All combinations of 0 %, 20 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 60 % black
6 All 2-colour overprints at 40 % in C, M and Y with 70 % black
All single colour and 2-colour overprints at 100 % in C, M and Y with 70 % black
7 All combinations of 0 %, 40 %, 70 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 80 % black
8 All combinations of 0 %, 40 %, 100 % in C, M and Y with 100 % black
9 Near neutral combinations of C, M, Y as follows:
5 %, 3 %, 3 % with a black level of 0 %
10 %, 6 %, 6 % with black levels of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
20 %, 12 %, 12 % with black levels of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
40 %, 27 %, 27 % with black levels of 0 %, 10 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
50 %, 40 %, 40 % with a black level of 0 %
60 %, 45 %, 45 % with black levels of 0 %, 20 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
80 %, 65 %, 65 % with black levels of 0 %, 40 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
100 %, 85 %, 85 % with black levels of 0 %, 60 %, 80 %, 100 %
10 All combinations of 0 %, and 3 % in C, M, Y and K
11 All combinations of 0 %, and 7 % in C, M, Y and K
12 All combinations of 0 %, 3 %, and 40 % in C, M, Y and K
13 Single-colour scales in C, M, Y, and K with values of 100 %, 98 %, 95 %, 90 %, 85 %, 80 %, 75 %, 70 %,
60 %, 50 %, 40 %, 30 %, 25 %, 20 %, 15 %, 10 %, 7 %, 5 %, 3 %, 2 %, 0 %
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Table 2, and the data file 12642-2_summary.csv accompanying this part of ISO 12642, lists the ID numbers
and their associated CMYK ink values that shall constitute this characterization data set. Within this listing ink
[1].
value data sets numbers 1 to 1485 are taken directly from the ECI 2002 specification
NOTE 1 For convenience, separate ID numbers were assigned to the duplicated ink value sets noted above.
Users are cautioned that, while the data in Table 2 may be included in application software and reproduced as
part of reports generated by such applications, reproduction of these data separate from accompanying
measurement or layout data is a violation of ISO copyright.
NOTE 2 The 1 617 ink value data sets include all ink value combinations of the ECI data set (see Introduction) as well
as all ink value combinations included in the original ISO 12642-1 data set, but not the duplicate ink value sets of the
ISO 12642-1 data set.
NOTE 3 DIN 16614:2004 (ECI 2002) does not contain all of the ink value sets of Group 2 and it does not contain the
near neutral combinations of 50 %, 40 %, 40 % with black.
Table 3, and the data file 12642-1_vs_12642-2.csv, tabulates the relationship between the ink value sets used
in ISO 12642-1 and those defined in this part of ISO 12642. Patch IDs 1 to 1485 of this data set have the
same ink value combinations as the comparable patch IDs of the ECI 2002 (DIN 16614:2004) data set.
4.3 Layouts for printing
The 1 617 ink value sets may be printed in any arrangement desired. For any specific arrangement, a table
defining the relationship between row-column position and ID number shall be provided.
Although there is no requirement that any particular arrangement of these data be used for printing
characterization targets, it was felt that default layouts were desirable to facilitate use of the target in many
applications. Accordingly, two default layouts are defined in Annex A. One is for “visual” use where the
patches are arranged in logical groups. In a second layout, the patches are randomized to minimize the
influence of the target arrangement itself on the final results. Figures A.1 and A.2 illustrate the appearance of
the default visual and random layouts.
NOTE The data file 12642-2_default.csv provides the relationship between row-column position and ID number for
the two default layouts included in Annex A.
4.4 Data set identification
It is recommended that where data derived from this target is exchanged, that data representing:
⎯ the full 1 617 data values of ISO 12642-2 be designated by: ISO12642-2
⎯ the first 1 485 data values of ISO 12642-2 be designated by: ECI2002
⎯ the ISO 12642-1 data created from ISO 12642-2 be designated by: ISO12642-1
⎯ the flesh tone data of Annex B be designated by: ISO12642-2AnnexB
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Table 2 — Ink value combinations versus identification number (ID No.)
ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K
1 0 0 0 0 45 40 100 0 0 89 0 85 10 0
2 0 10 0 0 46 55 0 0 0 90 0 100 10 0
3 0 20 0 0 47 55 10 0 0 91 10 0 10 0
4 0 30 0 0 48 55 20 0 0 92 10 10 10 0
5 0 40 0 0 49 55 30 0 0 93 10 20 10 0
6 0 55 0 0 50 55 40 0 0 94 10 30 10 0
7 0 70 0 0 51 55 55 0 0 95 10 40 10 0
8 0 85 0 0 52 55 70 0 0 96 10 55 10 0
9 0 100 0 0 53 55 85 0 0 97 10 70 10 0
10 10 0 0 0 54 55 100 0 0 98 10 85 10 0
11 10 10 0 0 55 70 0 0 0 99 10 100 10 0
12 10 20 0 0 56 70 10 0 0 100 20 0 10 0
13 10 30 0 0 57 70 20 0 0 101 20 10 10 0
14 10 40 0 0 58 70 30 0 0 102 20 20 10 0
15 10 55 0 0 59 70 40 0 0 103 20 30 10 0
16 10 70 0 0 60 70 55 0 0 104 20 40 10 0
17 10 85 0 0 61 70 70 0 0 105 20 55 10 0
18 10 100 0 0 62 70 85 0 0 106 20 70 10 0
19 20 0 0 0 63 70 100 0 0 107 20 85 10 0
20 20 10 0 0 64 85 0 0 0 108 20 100 10 0
21 20 20 0 0 65 85 10 0 0 109 30 0 10 0
22 20 30 0 0 66 85 20 0 0 110 30 10 10 0
23 20 40 0 0 67 85 30 0 0 111 30 20 10 0
24 20 55 0 0 68 85 40 0 0 112 30 30 10 0
25 20 70 0 0 69 85 55 0 0 113 30 40 10 0
26 20 85 0 0 70 85 70 0 0 114 30 55 10 0
27 20 100 0 0 71 85 85 0 0 115 30 70 10 0
28 30 0 0 0 72 85 100 0 0 116 30 85 10 0
29 30 10 0 0 73 100 0 0 0 117 30 100 10 0
30 30 20 0 0 74 100 10 0 0 118 40 0 10 0
31 30 30 0 0 75 100 20 0 0 119 40 10 10 0
32 30 40 0 0 76 100 30 0 0 120 40 20 10 0
33 30 55 0 0 77 100 40 0 0 121 40 30 10 0
34 30 70 0 0 78 100 55 0 0 122 40 40 10 0
35 30 85 0 0 79 100 70 0 0 123 40 55 10 0
36 30 100 0 0 80 100 85 0 0 124 40 70 10 0
37 40 0 0 0 81 100 100 0 0 125 40 85 10 0
38 40 10 0 0 82 0 0 10 0 126 40 100 10 0
39 40 20 0 0 83 0 10 10 0 127 55 0 10 0
40 40 30 0 0 84 0 20 10 0 128 55 10 10 0
41 40 40 0 0 85 0 30 10 0 129 55 20 10 0
42 40 55 0 0 86 0 40 10 0 130 55 30 10 0
43 40 70 0 0 87 0 55 10 0 131 55 40 10 0
44 40 85 0 0 88 0 70 10 0 132 55 55 10 0
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Table 2 (continued)
ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K
133 55 70 10 0 177 10 55 20 0 221 70 40 20 0
134 55 85 10 0 178 10 70 20 0 222 70 55 20 0
135 55 100 10 0 179 10 85 20 0 223 70 70 20 0
136 70 0 10 0 180 10 100 20 0 224 70 85 20 0
137 70 10 10 0 181 20 0 20 0 225 70 100 20 0
138 70 20 10 0 182 20 10 20 0 226 85 0 20 0
139 70 30 10 0 183 20 20 20 0 227 85 10 20 0
140 70 40 10 0 184 20 30 20 0 228 85 20 20 0
141 70 55 10 0 185 20 40 20 0 229 85 30 20 0
142 70 70 10 0 186 20 55 20 0 230 85 40 20 0
143 70 85 10 0 187 20 70 20 0 231 85 55 20 0
144 70 100 10 0 188 20 85 20 0 232 85 70 20 0
145 85 0 10 0 189 20 100 20 0 233 85 85 20 0
146 85 10 10 0 190 30 0 20 0 234 85 100 20 0
147 85 20 10 0 191 30 10 20 0 235 100 0 20 0
148 85 30 10 0 192 30 20 20 0 236 100 10 20 0
149 85 40 10 0 193 30 30 20 0 237 100 20 20 0
150 85 55 10 0 194 30 40 20 0 238 100 30 20 0
151 85 70 10 0 195 30 55 20 0 239 100 40 20 0
152 85 85 10 0 196 30 70 20 0 240 100 55 20 0
153 85 100 10 0 197 30 85 20 0 241 100 70 20 0
154 100 0 10 0 198 30 100 20 0 242 100 85 20 0
155 100 10 10 0 199 40 0 20 0 243 100 100 20 0
156 100 20 10 0 200 40 10 20 0 244 0 0 30 0
157 100 30 10 0 201 40 20 20 0 245 0 10 30 0
158 100 40 10 0 202 40 30 20 0 246 0 20 30 0
159 100 55 10 0 203 40 40 20 0 247 0 30 30 0
160 100 70 10 0 204 40 55 20 0 248 0 40 30 0
161 100 85 10 0 205 40 70 20 0 249 0 55 30 0
162 100 100 10 0 206 40 85 20 0 250 0 70 30 0
163 0 0 20 0 207 40 100 20 0 251 0 85 30 0
164 0 10 20 0 208 55 0 20 0 252 0 100 30 0
165 0 20 20 0 209 55 10 20 0 253 10 0 30 0
166 0 30 20 0 210 55 20 20 0 254 10 10 30 0
167 0 40 20 0 211 55 30 20 0 255 10 20 30 0
168 0 55 20 0 212 55 40 20 0 256 10 30 30 0
169 0 70 20 0 213 55 55 20 0 257 10 40 30 0
170 0 85 20 0 214 55 70 20 0 258 10 55 30 0
171 0 100 20 0 215 55 85 20 0 259 10 70 30 0
172 10 0 20 0 216 55 100 20 0 260 10 85 30 0
173 10 10 20 0 217 70 0 20 0 261 10 100 30 0
174 10 20 20 0 218 70 10 20 0 262 20 0 30 0
175 10 30 20 0 219 70 20 20 0 263 20 10 30 0
176 10 40 20 0 220 70 30 20 0 264 20 20 30 0
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Table 2 (continued)
ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K
265 20 30 30 0 309 85 20 30 0 353 30 10 40 0
266 20 40 30 0 310 85 30 30 0 354 30 20 40 0
267 20 55 30 0 311 85 40 30 0 355 30 30 40 0
268 20 70 30 0 312 85 55 30 0 356 30 40 40 0
269 20 85 30 0 313 85 70 30 0 357 30 55 40 0
270 20 100 30 0 314 85 85 30 0 358 30 70 40 0
271 30 0 30 0 315 85 100 30 0 359 30 85 40 0
272 30 10 30 0 316 100 0 30 0 360 30 100 40 0
273 30 20 30 0 317 100 10 30 0 361 40 0 40 0
274 30 30 30 0 318 100 20 30 0 362 40 10 40 0
275 30 40 30 0 319 100 30 30 0 363 40 20 40 0
276 30 55 30 0 320 100 40 30 0 364 40 30 40 0
277 30 70 30 0 321 100 55 30 0 365 40 40 40 0
278 30 85 30 0 322 100 70 30 0 366 40 55 40 0
279 30 100 30 0 323 100 85 30 0 367 40 70 40 0
280 40 0 30 0 324 100 100 30 0 368 40 85 40 0
281 40 10 30 0 325 0 0 40 0 369 40 100 40 0
282 40 20 30 0 326 0 10 40 0 370 55 0 40 0
283 40 30 30 0 327 0 20 40 0 371 55 10 40 0
284 40 40 30 0 328 0 30 40 0 372 55 20 40 0
285 40 55 30 0 329 0 40 40 0 373 55 30 40 0
286 40 70 30 0 330 0 55 40 0 374 55 40 40 0
287 40 85 30 0 331 0 70 40 0 375 55 55 40 0
288 40 100 30 0 332 0 85 40 0 376 55 70 40 0
289 55 0 30 0 333 0 100 40 0 377 55 85 40 0
290 55 10 30 0 334 10 0 40 0 378 55 100 40 0
291 55 20 30 0 335 10 10 40 0 379 70 0 40 0
292 55 30 30 0 336 10 20 40 0 380 70 10 40 0
293 55 40 30 0 337 10 30 40 0 381 70 20 40 0
294 55 55 30 0 338 10 40 40 0 382 70 30 40 0
295 55 70 30 0 339 10 55 40 0 383 70 40 40 0
296 55 85 30 0 340 10 70 40 0 384 70 55 40 0
297 55 100 30 0 341 10 85 40 0 385 70 70 40 0
298 70 0 30 0 342 10 100 40 0 386 70 85 40 0
299 70 10 30 0 343 20 0 40 0 387 70 100 40 0
300 70 20 30 0 344 20 10 40 0 388 85 0 40 0
301 70 30 30 0 345 20 20 40 0 389 85 10 40 0
302 70 40 30 0 346 20 30 40 0 390 85 20 40 0
303 70 55 30 0 347 20 40 40 0 391 85 30 40 0
304 70 70 30 0 348 20 55 40 0 392 85 40 40 0
305 70 85 30 0 349 20 70 40 0 393 85 55 40 0
306 70 100 30 0 350 20 85 40 0 394 85 70 40 0
307 85 0 30 0 351 20 100 40 0 395 85 85 40 0
308 85 10 30 0 352 30 0 40 0 396 85 100 40 0
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Table 2 (continued)
ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K
397 100 0 40 0 441 30 100 55 0 485 100 85 55 0
398 100 10 40 0 442 40 0 55 0 486 100 100 55 0
399 100 20 40 0 443 40 10 55 0 487 0 0 70 0
400 100 30 40 0 444 40 20 55 0 488 0 10 70 0
401 100 40 40 0 445 40 30 55 0 489 0 20 70 0
402 100 55 40 0 446 40 40 55 0 490 0 30 70 0
403 100 70 40 0 447 40 55 55 0 491 0 40 70 0
404 100 85 40 0 448 40 70 55 0 492 0 55 70 0
405 100 100 40 0 449 40 85 55 0 493 0 70 70 0
406 0 0 55 0 450 40 100 55 0 494 0 85 70 0
407 0 10 55 0 451 55 0 55 0 495 0 100 70 0
408 0 20 55 0 452 55 10 55 0 496 10 0 70 0
409 0 30 55 0 453 55 20 55 0 497 10 10 70 0
410 0 40 55 0 454 55 30 55 0 498 10 20 70 0
411 0 55 55 0 455 55 40 55 0 499 10 30 70 0
412 0 70 55 0 456 55 55 55 0 500 10 40 70 0
413 0 85 55 0 457 55 70 55 0 501 10 55 70 0
414 0 100 55 0 458 55 85 55 0 502 10 70 70 0
415 10 0 55 0 459 55 100 55 0 503 10 85 70 0
416 10 10 55 0 460 70 0 55 0 504 10 100 70 0
417 10 20 55 0 461 70 10 55 0 505 20 0 70 0
418 10 30 55 0 462 70 20 55 0 506 20 10 70 0
419 10 40 55 0 463 70 30 55 0 507 20 20 70 0
420 10 55 55 0 464 70 40 55 0 508 20 30 70 0
421 10 70 55 0 465 70 55 55 0 509 20 40 70 0
422 10 85 55 0 466 70 70 55 0 510 20 55 70 0
423 10 100 55 0 467 70 85 55 0 511 20 70 70 0
424 20 0 55 0 468 70 100 55 0 512 20 85 70 0
425 20 10 55 0 469 85 0 55 0 513 20 100 70 0
426 20 20 55 0 470 85 10 55 0 514 30 0 70 0
427 20 30 55 0 471 85 20 55 0 515 30 10 70 0
428 20 40 55 0 472 85 30 55 0 516 30 20 70 0
429 20 55 55 0 473 85 40 55 0 517 30 30 70 0
430 20 70 55 0 474 85 55 55 0 518 30 40 70 0
431 20 85 55 0 475 85 70 55 0 519 30 55 70 0
432 20 100 55 0 476 85 85 55 0 520 30 70 70 0
433 30 0 55 0 477 85 100 55 0 521 30 85 70 0
434 30 10 55 0 478 100 0 55 0 522 30 100 70 0
435 30 20 55 0 479 100 10 55 0 523 40 0 70 0
436 30 30 55 0 480 100 20 55 0 524 40 10 70 0
437 30 40 55 0 481 100 30 55 0 525 40 20 70 0
438 30 55 55 0 482 100 40 55 0 526 40 30 70 0
439 30 70 55 0 483 100 55 55 0 527 40 40 70 0
440 30 85 55 0 484 100 70 55 0 528 40 55 70 0
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Table 2 (continued)
ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K ID No. % C % M % Y % K
529 40 70 70 0 573 0 55 85 0 617 55 40 85 0
530 40 85 70 0 574 0 70 85 0 618 55 55 85 0
531 40 100 70 0 575 0 85 85 0 619 55 70 85 0
532 55 0 70 0 576 0 100 85 0 620 55 85 85 0
533 55 10 70 0 577 10 0 85 0 621 55 100 85 0
534 55 20 70 0 578 10 10 85 0 622 70 0 85 0
535 55 30 70 0 579 10 20 85 0 623 70 10 85 0
536 55 40 70 0 580 10 30 85 0 624 70 20 85 0
537 55 55 70 0 581 10 40 85 0 625 70 30 85 0
538 55 70 70 0 582 10 55 85 0 626 70 40 85 0
539 55 85 70 0 583 10 70 85 0 627 70 55 85 0
540 55 100 70 0 584 10 85 85 0 628 70 70 85 0
541 70 0 70 0 585 10 100 85 0 629 70 85 85 0
542 70 10 70 0 586 20 0 85 0 630 70 100 85 0
543 70 20 70 0 587 20 10 85 0 631 85 0 85 0
544 70 30 70 0 588 20 20 85 0 632 85 10 85 0
545 70 40 70 0 589 20 30 85 0 633 85 20 85 0
546 70 55 70 0 590 20 40 85 0 634 85 30 85 0
547 70 70 70 0 591 20 55 85 0 635 85 40 85 0
548 70 85 70 0 592 20 70 85 0 636 85 55 85 0
549 70 100 70 0 593 20 85 85 0 637 85 70 85 0
550 85 0 70 0 594 20 100 85 0 638 85 85 85 0
551 85 10 70 0 595 30 0 85 0 639 85 100 85 0
552 85 20 70 0 596 30 10 85 0 640 100 0 85 0
553 85 30 70 0 597 30 20 85 0 641 100 10 85 0
554 85 40 70 0 598 30 30 85 0 642 100 20 85 0
555 85 55 70 0 599 30 40 85 0 643 100 30 85 0
556 85 70 70 0 600 30 55 85 0 644 100 40 85 0
557 85 85 70 0 601 30 70 85 0 645 100 55 85 0
558 85 100 70 0 602 30 85 85 0 646 100 70 85 0
559 100 0 70 0 603 30 100 85 0 647 100 85 85 0
560 100 10 70 0 604 40 0 85 0 648 100 100 85 0
561 100 20 70 0 605 40 10 85 0 649 0 0 100 0
562 100 30 70 0 606 40 20 85 0 650 0 10 100 0
563 100 40 70 0 607 40 30 85 0 651 0 20 100 0
564 100 55 70 0 608 40 40 85 0 652 0 30 100 0
565 100 70 70 0 609 40 55 85 0 653 0 40 100 0
566 100 85 70 0 610 40 70 85 0 654 0 55 100 0
567 100 100 70 0 611 40 85 85 0 655 0 70 100 0
568 0 0 85 0 612 40 100 85 0 656 0 85 100 0
569 0 10 85 0 613 55 0 85 0 657 0 100 100 0
570 0 20 85 0 614 55 10 85 0 658 10 0 100 0
571 0 30 85 0 615 55
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