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Achieve G7® Master Printer status:
Improve gray balance and color consistency.
Xerox SmartPress Production Consultants
are G7 Experts and ready to help.
Why become a G7 Master Printer?
Print Buyers who seek consistency and competitive pricing now look for
print providers that have become G7 Master Printers, signifying consistent
and exceptional print quality. The G7 Master Printer Program provides
print buyers with the confidence that their important color work will print
consistently, regardless of which G7 Master Printer they choose.
If you are a printer, prepress house or designer who wants to learn to
proof or print to the new G7 methodology, a Xerox G7 Expert can get
you there. The G7 process control methodology was developed by
IDEAlliance® to prescribe how to use the most modern technology,
techniques, process controls and standards to reliably produce highquality printing with a close visual appearance from proof to press
and from press to press. To be qualified as a G7 Master Printer, you
must employ a G7 Expert to guide you through the qualification
process and to verify your qualification.
G7 Master Printer qualification will benefit you
in the following ways:
Let’s face it: Balancing color output from one
printing process to another is a major headache.
We can help. Xerox Confident Color offers our
customers the process to become G7 Master
Printers. Our skilled G7 Experts are ready to help
you on your journey!
• Cross over jobs between digital and offset for short runs and proofs.
• Harmonize color balance among multiple printing presses.
• Allow similar visual appearance in Digital, Web, Sheetfed, Newspaper,
Flexographic, and Inkjet printing technologies.
• Your personnel will produce more efficient color, minimizing costly
rework while providing a superior color product.
• Your staff will get a better understanding of
color management concepts and what’s
involved with producing more predictable,
repeatable color.
• Reduce makeready time which helps your
bottom line.
Achieve G7 Master Printer status: Improve gray balance and color consistency
What is a Xerox G7 Expert?
Steps in the qualification process include:
Xerox SmartPress Production Consultants
(SPPCs) are G7 Experts. They are an elite group
of professionals who are experts in the field of
color management, process and quality control
for proofing and printing equipment. They are
trained in the new GRACoL® press calibration
process and have the ability to analyze and take
corrective action with color and print related
issues. Furthermore, Xerox G7 Experts are
certified to qualify G7 Master Printers.
• Completing a pre-qualification packet and
checklist prior to our arrival.
How can Xerox G7 Experts
help my company become
a G7 Master Printer?
To become a G7 Master Printer, your shop must
be qualified by an IDEAlliance G7 Expert. These
are color management professionals who have
been trained in hands-on sessions and are
certified by IDEAlliance to teach G7 techniques.
Xerox G7 Experts are uniquely qualified to train
printers, creatives and prepress houses in the
G7 Method and are authorized to act as
the qualification agents for IDEAlliance G7
Master Printers.
GRACoL and SWOP® print specifications
bring appearance metrics to the print management process. Built using the G7Method,
these specifications go beyond single-channel
density metrics to ensure that process colors
overprint neutral and balanced. The result is
improved gray balance, color stability, and color
appearance matching across multiple printing
processes including Electrophotography (Xerox
Digital Color), Inkjet, Offset Sheetfed, Offset
Web, and Flexo print.
• Once the Xerox G7 Expert has arrived, the
consultant will educate you in the G7 process
and work with you to set up your presses and
proofing to support the G7 method.
• Completing an Equipment Audit and
Application form to submit to IDEAlliance.
• Record before and after measurements
of the Neutral Print Density Curves (NPDC)
from each system at your location (qualification is location based, not organizationally
based). You will also work with your Xerox G7
Expert to submit your curve measurements,
sample proofs and/or press sheets
to IDEAlliance.
What you will learn:
This package includes 5 days of on-site
consulting and training, plus a Master Printer
Qualification. (A membership with IDEAlliance
is required– see note below.) This package is
intended for companies who would like to have
up to 3 presses calibrated and verified to
GRACoL specs using the G7 Master Printer
method. A Xerox G7 Expert will come to your
facility and work with you as you create
calibration curves for up to 3 presses or papers,
help you setup your workflows with the new
curves, train you in the process of achieving and
maintaining the GRACoL specification on your
presses, and submit all the necessary files to the
IDEAlliance for G7 Master Printer Qualification.
No one knows your Xerox digital color machine
better than your Xerox G7 Expert, so you are
assured the highest level of expertise.
5-Day Package Includes:
• 5 days of on-site training and workflow
implementation from a Xerox G7 Expert.
• Submission of press sheets and curve data
to IDEAlliance G7 Master Printer Program for
official qualification.
Note: All IDEAlliance membership fees (if applicable)
and file submission fees are not included.
SPPCs are G7 Experts. They
help you attain improved
gray balance, color consistency and color appearance,
matching across multiple
printing processes!
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To discover even more about Xerox Confident
Color and to help you qualify for G7 Master
Printer status, please contact Melissa Reynolds
at 973-390-9630 ([email protected])
or your local Xerox Sales Representative or
Systems Analyst.
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