Downloads

Here you can find downloads of general interest.

Note about opening archives: Several downloads on this page are available as StuffIt or ZIP archives. In order to open StuffIt archives you will need the free StuffIt Expander (available from http://www.stuffit.com/ - though the procedure to access the free StuffIt Expander has become pretty cumbersome now). Opening or de-compressing ZIP archives is directly supported by Mac OS/X 10.3 and Windows XP. With other operating systems or versions of operating systems you may need one of the free un-ZIP tools on the internet. Archives whose names only differ with regard to their suffix - .sit versus .zip - have the same content.

Please find below the files for the Technical Page 2 of the upcoming Altona Test Suite 2.0.

Note: The file «eci_altona-test-suite-v2_technical2_x4.pdf» contains the actual test page. The file «eci_altona-test-suite-v2_technical2_one-patch-per-page_x4.pdf» contains all test patches from the actual test page in a way such that each patch appears on its own page.

Please find below the files for the Altona Test Suite 1.2. These files reflect the same version of files that have been used for the Altona Test Suite Application kit (see section “Altona Test Suite” for more information).

Note: As of June 1, 2004, Altona_Measure_1v1a.pdf and Altona_Visual_1v2a_x3.pdf replace the files Altona_Measure_1v1.pdf und Altona_Visual_1v2_x3.pdf, as these inadvertantly contained halftone information. For these two files please only use the ones with the letter ‘a’ after ‘1v1’ resp. ‘1v2’ in the file name.

Here you can find useful “digital photography” downloads.

Please find below the ECI 2002 target (visual and random layout) as well as several auxiliary files and tools.

Please find below the version 2 of the ECI/bvdm Gray Control Strip. In this version, two bugs have been fixed, which may occure when creating PDF files or when printing documents containing the previous version of the “GrayCon”: moved other page content, moved characters in the info text on the control strip, such as the numbers above the patches. The set contains versions for the recently published characterization data FOGRA45 - FOGRA47 and for the still valid sets FOGRA30 and FOGRA39 - FOGRA44. The ZIP archive contains InDesign template documents to create your own versions corresponding to special printing conditions as well as a PDF manual with background information about the make and the use of the ECI/bvdm Gray Control Strip. [2009-06-01 |::| FS]

Below you can find versions of the ECI/bvdm Gray Control Strip for older characterization data such as FOGRA27. These versions are provided only in order to enable you to process older files. In any other case it is urgently recommended to use only the current versions of the ECI/bvdm Gray Control strip based on the current FOGRA characterization data.

Please find below the ICC profiles from ECI. Besides profiles for offset printing and gravure printing - based on reference characterization data according to the ISO 12647 series of standards - the ICC profile recommended by ECI as working color space, eciRGB_v2 is available for download.

Detailed information about each profile can be found inside each download package. Additional information is provided in the section “Colour standards”.

The download archive ECI Offset 2009 contains the following ICC profiles:

• ISO Coated v2 (ECI)
• ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI)
• PSO LWC Improved (ECI)
• PSO LWC Standard (ECI)
• PSO Uncoated ISO12647 (ECI)
• ISO Uncoated Yellowish
• SC Paper (ECI)
• PSO MFC Paper (ECI)
• PSO SNP Paper (ECI)
• PSO Coated NPscreen ISO12647 (ECI)
• PSO Coated 300% NPscreen ISO12647 (ECI)
• PSO Uncoated NPscreen ISO12647 (ECI)

In case you are not sure which ICC profile for offset printing to use, it is recommended to use ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI).

The download archive ISO_Offset_cont_2004 contains ICC profiles for continuous forms printing.

The download archive ECI Offset Profiles – Supplement 2012-1 – Improved News Print contains ICC profiles for Improved News Print.

The download archive ECI Offset Profiles – Supplement 2012-2 – Surface Finishing contains ICC profiles for surface finished offset prints.

The download archive PSR V2 Gravure profiles (“eci_gravure_psr_v2_12-2009.zip”) contains the following ICC profiles:

• PSR_LWC_PLUS_V2_PT.icc (for LWC_Plus paper, published in June 2009)
• PSR_LWC_STD_V2_PT.icc (for LWC_STD paper, published in June 2009)
• PSR_SC_STD_V2_PT.icc (for SC_STD paper, published in June 2009)
• PSR_SC_PLUS_V2_PT.icc (for SC_Plus paper, published in December 2009)
• PSRgravureMF.icc (for MF paper, already published in 2004)

accompanied by the necessary documentation – in English, German and French – as well as the characterisation data sets.

eciRGB_V2 is the working colour space profile recommended by ECI. Extensive information can be found in the section Colour standards::Working colour spaces.

eciRGB 1.0 represents the original working colour space profile of the ECI.

Note: ECI profiles are not sponsored, approved or supported by the International Organization for Standardization ISO or may not be the only profiles complying with ISO International Standards.

Below you can find older versions of some ICC profiles from ECI. These profiles are provided only in order to enable you to process older files. In any other case it is urgently recommended to use only the current versions of the ICC profiles from ICC.

For the Ifra newspaper profiles (for example: ISOnewspaper26v4.icc) please visit the Ifra website and check out the Download section.

Please find below ICC profiles from several printers and publishing houses. Detailed information about each profile can be found inside each download package.

Please also note the following links:

• Axel Springer Verlag: ICC profiles from the Axel Springer publishing house can be found at http://www.asv.de/icc

• schlott group: ICC profiles of companies from the schlott group can be found at technical guidelines

Profiles from the following publishers and printers can also be found here:

• Bauer Verlagsgruppe

Please contact them directly with any question you might have regarding their profiles.

Here you can find useful “monitor” downloads.

Here you can find various downloads with regard to PDF/X:

- The most recent version of Martin Bailey’s PDF/X FAQ (last updated in November 2005).

- Cook book recipes for making PDF/X files using Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress (last updated in 2003!). Note: These cook book recipes are only available in German language.

- An excerpt from the “PostScript- und PDF-Bibel” by ThomasMerz and Olaf Drümmer (published in 2002), covering PDF/X. The whole book is now available as a free downloadable PDF from PDFlib GmbH . Note: This excerpt as well as the whole book are only available in German language.

• Proofzertifizierung ISO12647-7 undVorschläge für eine modifizierte Auswertung [CIEDE2000 ] – Andreas Kraushaar
• Proof certification according to ISO 12647-7 and a proposal for a new evaluation [CIEDE2000] – Andreas Kraushaar
• Normung – Dr. Claudia Jahn
• Introduction to PSR v2 – McCrorie
• Standardisierter Farb-Workflow – Haas
• Gravure Publication - new/updated input to Gamut Type 2 based on PSR Test Print Series (ECI Gravure WG) – Karl Michael Meinecke
• Introduction to PSR V2 by ERA/ECI – Michael Farkas
• Introduction to PSR V2 – Raffaele Belligoli
• ERA-Tagung | 25. Juni 2009: New version of Process Standard Rotogravure PSR V2 – Stefan Spengler
• Further development of the European gravure standard: PSR-V2 – Bernhard Schmidt:
  • deutsche Fassung
  • English version
  • version française
• Comparison of PSR V1 and PSR V2 – Renate Rewer

Here you can find the press releases published by ECI. N/A

Results and documents from the various ECI projects and working groups are provided here for download.

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