This booklet is a visual guide and a series of tests for the pre-press of monochrome and color graphics. In practice, the booklet demonstrates how the selection of ICC profiles, color separation strategies, and technological settings determine the final print quality on paper.

1 // Monochrome

Achromatic Color Splitting: Generating Black and Gray Balance
Tonal Range: Controlling Contrast and Detail
Rasterization: reproducing half-tones and interference
Digital File Structure: Resolution and Gradation Loss
2 // Color
Color Management: ICC Profiling and Color Gamut
Color Synthesis and Print Stability
Color Synthesis and Print Stability
Color Correction: Global and Local Raster Processing
Prepress Engineering: Color Overlays and Contour Sharpness
























