FUJIFILM Global Graphic Systems (FFGS) is responsible for the development, marketing, sales, and technical services of FUJIFILM's printing equipment, materials, and software. The transition of FFGS's Color Management System (CMS) is consistent with the history of progress and widespread use of CMS in the printing industry. In this report, based on our long-standing efforts to stabilize CMS, we will describe the importance of stabilizing CMS and how to approach it.

We will observe the standardization of print in this document, which is fundamental as we practice color management, as well as discuss the Japan Color Certification System, which becomes the most powerful tool for the standardization of print.

For the success of the standardization of print, we need to set a color-reproducing goal (we call it color reference) of CMYK data for offset-printing presses, and stabilize it. To make the standardization of print recognized, below are the main requirements:

1. Standardizing the printing environment and materials

2. Understanding the current condition of printing quality and its stabilization

3. Setting the standard color reference for offset printing presses

4. Maintaining and managing the offset printing presses, output devices and colorimeters generally used

After the completion of print standardization, color management is practiced using a color-matching procedure by adjusting every color standard of each press to the same and controlling each color quality of the printing process.

Now, we will describe the Japan Color Certification System as the most available tool for setting color reference to offset printing presses, maintaining and managing them and other output printing devices to start the standardization of print. For the companies considering the introduction of color management, especially, we strongly recommend taking advantage of acquiring the Japan Color Certification System and starting your print standardization today.

There are many ISO/JIS standards related to spectroscopy. These standards are used in various fields, such as ornaments, food, housing, space, and nuclear power. Therefore, no one standard covers all spectral measurements, but, rather, many standards that are necessary for each field. Spectral spectra can be used not only as product evaluation standards (transmittance and reflectance), but also to obtain various chemical and physical information. To correctly obtain such information, it is necessary to obtain spectra more accurately. In this paper, various standards of spectral characteristics and points to be noted in the measurement are described.

The Japanese Society of Printing Science and Technology (JSPST) and The Illuminating Engineering Institute of Japan have provided “Guidelines for viewing conditions of printed matter using LED lightings for color evaluation”. Old guidelines “JSPST-1998” was defined the conditions that R_a was more than 95, minimum R_i was more than 90, and color temperature was 5000K, etc. We conducted subjective and quantitative evaluations with the 14 LED lightings of 11 manufactures as to whether there is any difference from the high color rendering fluorescent lamps for color evaluation. The gist of new guidelines is that the LED lightings conformed in JSPST-1988 is practically useful for observing printed matter from these experiment results.

The appearance of an object is influenced by its material and shape, and lighting conditions. The recent development of solid-state lamps enables flexible spectral power distribution and light distribution, thus more flexible lighting environments. We introduce our research on color constancy and adaptation. We demonstrate the color perception of objects is stable despite the difference in the spectral power distribution of lighting, and the adaptation to a lighting environment influences colorfulness perception. We also show the effect of lighting diffuseness on the appearance of objects, such as glossiness and roughness. Besides, lighting condition with moderate diffuseness is suitable for reproducing an accurate or ideal surface appearance. It is important to consider both lighting and object properties for the evaluation of an object's appearance.