What the cyan, magenta, and black variation report cannot omit

The report must say it is within-batch variation, which two sheets were compared, the ΔEab, and the measuring conditions. A lone 4 is not enough. Follow the job ticket. Don't rely on what this shift remembers.

Within-batch color difference

The report must say it is within-batch variation, which two sheets were compared, the ΔEab, and the measuring conditions. A lone 4 is not enough. Follow the job ticket. Don't rely on what this shift remembers.

Within-batch color difference

Missing this, you cannot conclude

Inside one batch, ISO 12647-2 commonly uses ΔEab 4 for cyan, magenta, and black. That is sheet to sheet, not the 5 against the signed proof. Follow the contract version. Miss the conditions or the objects, and nobody else can check this conclusion.

Report side by side

Item Do this Don't
Cyan, magenta, and black variation The report must say it is within-batch variation, which two sheets were compared, the ΔEab, and the measuring conditions. A lone 4 is not enough. Follow the job ticket. Don't rely on what this shift remembers. Write only a feeling
A common miss Don't use the proof deviation of 5 to pass within-batch variation, and don't put yellow's 5 onto cyan, magenta, and black. Leave the wrong number standing
What to leave The report must say it is within-batch variation, which two sheets were compared, the ΔEab, and the measuring conditions. A lone 4 is not enough. Leave only a line that says pass

Check before you file it

  1. Confirm you are comparing two sheets of the job, not against the signed proof.
  2. Read cyan, magenta, and black against the common limit of 4.
  3. If the conditions differ, don't calculate.

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