History of Fogra and ISO standards

[maas]

Afternoon

I am intrigued to learn the history of Fogra and ISO in the prepress and print industry, i read somewhere Fogra dates back to 1951, would appreciate any and all information.

thank you

regards
Maas

[michaelejahn]

There is a nice overview here;

ColorWiki - FOGRA

and of course, you can always visit the Fogra web site and click over the History page;

Die Geschichte der Fogra - www.fogra.org

Not sure how it is that you did not find this on your own - a simple Google search of Fogra would yield that.

What are you are actually looking for ?

[rrd]

Member "Green Printer" and a couple others provide a wealth of information on Fogra.
Hope that helps.

[maas]

It is was this thread that prompted my question, at what point is there over saturation in the standards, when Fogra and ISO certify products and procedures, both set measurable standards and are oftern quoted well out of context.

regards
Maas

[rich apollo]

It is was this thread that prompted my question, at what point is there over saturation in the standards, when Fogra and ISO certify products and procedures, both set measurable standards and are oftern quoted well out of context.

I have to agree, maas. The colors for the primary and overprint colors are pretty optimistic. I've always had to push the inks and some of the colors seem unnatural.