Version three of the newly titled BPIF Colour Quality Management Certification Scheme has been launched. The simplified scheme is in response to feedback since the first publishing in 2010 of the ISO 12647 Colour Management Certification Scheme.
The scheme now takes ISO 9001 and adds requirements specific to pre-press and printing processes, as well as the colour values and tolerances defined in the ISO 12647 series of standards – or any other accepted standards. As a result, the certified scheme can now be applied to any printing production method and process.
There are now two levels to the scheme – Professional and Elite – which are intended to provide a stepping stone approach to achieving full certification. Both levels are regulated and audited by UKAS accredited certified auditors, the only colour management schemes to be so.
Professional certification is only open to printers, and is designed to demonstrate the capability of the printer to comply with a defined standard.
Elite certification is open to any organisation providing print services – including printers, print managers, design agencies, repro houses – and is designed to demonstrate the capability of the organisation to comply with a defined standard in order to achieve consistent quality in production, and to achieve continual improvement.
