In the 1960s and 1970s, there was no actual standard regarding printing. Everyone was printing in different grayscales creating many other forms of print. But everything changed in 1974 when the G7 Gracol Print Standard was designed. 

What is the G7 Gracol Print Standard? 

GRACoL® stands for General Requirements for Applications in Commercial Offset Lithography, a set of criteria for determining a proofing and printing system's grayscale and tonal curve. A GRACOL specification is for the reproduction of color in sheetfed offset lithography.

Why Was The G7 Gracol Print Standard Created? 

In 2006, Don Hutcheson, chairman of the International Digital Enterprise Alliance GRACoL (General Requirements for Applications in Commercial Offset Lithography), developed G7. Its purpose is to solve the problem of the computer to plate (CtP) printing systems, as well as other devices that print images with different tonal value increases (TVIs) or dot gains. 

Using the G7 method for printing calibration is a manual process. It is not device-dependent, which means that it can be used with any printing device that can manipulate a raster image processor or computer to plate curve information that dictates how digital signals from an image are printed.

Learn More About The G7 Gracol Print Standard

This print standard is used globally and plays a significant role in print marketing. To learn more about this method or Foote Printing, call us today at 216-431-1757. You can also fill out the form below!