Do not judge if you see a difference (you should see a difference between every target), you want to judge where you would “accept” the difference.
Your e-Factor is 6.
An E-Factor of 6+ is representative of how many printers reproduce color
throughout the world today. For the most part, these print organizations have
not internalized the G7 or ISO process to control their devices and have not
implemented complete color control to all their printing devices. This level of
work is commodity-based and typically inconsistent based on the operators that
are overseeing the production equipment when your job is run. Jobs might run
to an E-Factor of 6, but they could easily run at an E-Factor much higher since so
much of the result is based on human perception and the inconsistently therein.
If you are serious about getting an E-Factor result of less than 6, make sure to
communicate your expectations to the print service organization and make it
part of the contract that your job will assess to an E-Factor of 6. The chances are
that most printers in this range will not know what E-Factor is and probably will
not be willing to guarantee an E-Factor of 6, which means you may need to find
a Printer with an E-Factor of 5 or less to run your work.
ChromaChecker has PDF files that can be used to benchmark any printing
process to quantify the devices E-Factor. Click here to learn more about
ChromaChecker printer benchmarking.
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