The Canon LabelStream 4000 Series has become the first digital label press to be certified by the Fogra Research Institute for Media Technologies as meeting the specifications of its ProcessStandard Digital (PSD) Print Check.
The certification confirms that the colour consistency, uniformity, detail sharpness and stability of print runs produced on the LabelStream 4000 comply with the requirements defined by Fogra PSD.
Fogra offers all member and non-member companies the opportunity to obtain certification according to PSD on the basis of ISO/TS 15311. With this certificate, printing and media companies ensure quality capability and smooth production. The quality assurance in the sense of the PSD, comprises the evaluation of the final print result – what the customer receives. They are the subject of the ISO/TS 15311 family of standards, which defines the requirements for digital production printing in ISO/TS 15311-2 currently based on three different quality levels, A B and C.
The evaluation of output produced on the six-colour UV inkjet Canon LabelStream 4000 resulted in the printer’s colour gamut, homogeneity and coherence achieving the highest category score (A), indicating that the LabelStream’s colour gamut surpasses many seven-colour digital label presses available in the market today, according to Canon.
Last year, EFI’s Nozomi C18000 became the first singe-pass digital corrugated press to achieve Fogra certification, specifically, the direct-to-board press passed the PSD Print Check.
