Specifications Web Offset Publications. SWOP specifies film densities, screen rulings, reverses, surprinted type, proofing, color bars, and proofing stock. The purpose of SWOP is to encourage uniform communication among those involved in the production workflow to promote quality color in web offset publications.
Standard for Web Offset Proofing. A rigorously defined color proofing standard designed to ensure consistency between the color you see on a PROOF and the color you will get on a printing press. Proofs which do not adhere to the SWOP standard should never be used to check or approve color.
Scottish Working Group on Official Publications which maintains a directory of collections of national government and international agency publications.
Abbreviation for Specifications for Web-Offset Publications, a set of standards for color proof ing developed by a joint committee to ensure that colors are reproduced consistently among different publishers and publications.
Abbreviation for the Specifications for Web Offset Publications, developed in the U.S. as a standard for magazine production, and used to ensure consistency of color printing. to top
Abbreviation for specifications for web offset publications, specifications recommended for web printing of publications.
An acronym for standards for web offset printing. This is a specification used to establish a method of reproducing process color with predictable results.
Acronym for specifications for Web Offset Publications.
Formulations of inks used in web-offset presses; inks following these standards form the basis for color-matching systems such as Pantone. Different components of SWOP inks, such as those with fluorescence, expand the color gamut beyond the effective range of many digital printers, however.
Specifications Web Offset Publications, a booklet that gives the web offset specifications for separations, proofing and printing process colour.
Specifications for Web-Offset Publications. A booklet that provides the web-offset specifications for separations, proofing, and printing process color in Europe.
Specifications for Web Offset Publications. A standard set of specifications for color separations, proofs, and printing to encourage uniform standards in the industry.
SWOP, Inc. was established in 1974 to set standards for the printing industry so that quality and color issues could be made consistent throughout the print industry. SWOP states their mission to be "to continually raise the level of quality of publication printing by setting forth specifications and tolerances."