Commentary from 3DAP:

The 3DAP committee (Digital Data Delivery for Australian Publications) intend to release version 3 (V3) of their proof guidelines early in 2008. Version 3 will adopt the international printing standard ISO 12647-2 and intends to follow the proposed ISO 12647-7 tolerance for proofing quality control, which at present is still in draft form.

3DAP Committee Chairman James Hawkes commented, “ We can only agree with the move by the LIA and Printing Industries to support printing to the ISO 12647-2 standard in Australia and believe one of the many benefits will be a common colour space for both web and sheet-fed print applications.

This should narrow the divide between the two printing methods and deliver a more consistent and standardised colour outcome regardless of the type of printing press used.”