Newspaper standard

Ads with correct colour profile for a quality colour reproduction!

As of 1 February 2008, Medibel+ joins the international ISO12647-3 standard “ISOnewspaper26v4” for newspapers as to guarantee you an optimal printed result of your advertisements in Belgian newspapers.

More information? Click here .

The colour profile, for the conversion of RGB to CMYK – used in Photoshop – determines the colour of the printed ads!

Medibel+ – i.e. every publisher in Belgium – asks to use the following colour profiles:

• ISOnewspaper26v4 for ads in newspapers

Since the use of the correct colour profile is very important for the print quality, Medibel+ asks to include the used profile in the file name of the ad:

• Filename_INP.pdf for ISOnewspaper26v4

Alternative
It is also possible to supply your advertisement already bearing the ISOcoated_v2_300_eci profile.
Since the use of the correct colour profile is very important for the print quality, Medibel+ asks to include the used profile in the file name of the ad:

• Filename_IC.pdf voor ISOcoated_v2_300_eci

Be careful when transmitting a colourfast proof!
If you wish to forward ads created with this alternative colour profile (ISOcoated_v2_300_eci), the contract proof still has to be made using the ISOnewspaper26v4 profile. This means that you have to take care of the file conversion from ISOcoated_v2_300_eci to ISOnewspaper26v4 using the appropriate conversion software (GMG Colorserver – Alwan CMYK Optimizer – Callas PDF Color2Convert).

Stub
There is also a possibility to check whether the created colour proof meets the ISOnewspaper26v4 (IFRA26) proof demands by applying an Ugra/Fogra stub and to compare it afterwards to a test file.

The test files can be downloaded here:
– Media Wedge v2.0
– Media Wedge v3.0