Dale Wallis, BPIF membership director
Ricoh has achieved the first UKAS accredited ISO 12647 certification for a digital press manufacturer.
Print and Media Certification (PMC) issued the BPIF ISO 12647 colour quality management scheme to Ricoh’s Customer Experience Centre in Telford at the end of November, covering toner and inkjet production.
Ricoh has ‘the distinction of achieving the first UKAS accredited certification for ISO 12647 to have been issued to a digital press manufacturer,’ commented Jon Stack, PMC’s colour/certification manager, ‘and only the second ever accredited ISO 12647 certification to have been issued for digital print production. PMC’s audit team were highly impressed by the systems implemented by Ricoh, and its performance in the audit’s product tests.’
‘ISO 12647 provides assurance to customers that there will be consistency of colour, especially important in ensuring that brand requirements are met,’ noted Dale Wallis, BPIF membership director. ‘[And] that there’s a systematic controlled process to deliver to customer’s requirements across different print technologies, reducing waste and avoiding problems later on.’
