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What changed between FOGRA39 and FOGRA51/52 and what do ECI/Fogra say about lamination, varnish and measurement for CMYK conversion targets?

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ECI says the 2013 revision of ISO 12647-2 changed ink aims and tone-value curves for optically brightened papers; FOGRA51/52 come with PSO Coated/Uncoated v3 profiles and require M1 (UV-including D50) measurement for metered proof and print control; FOGRA49/50 cover matt/glossy lamination derived from FOGRA39-era test prints, varnish shifts are smaller and have no standard data set, and FOGRA60 covers metal printing.

ECI says the 2013 revision of ISO 12647-2 changed ink aims and tone-value curves for optically brightened papers; FOGRA51/52 come with PSO Coated/Uncoated v3 profiles and require M1 (UV-including D50) measurement for metered proof and print control; FOGRA49/50 cover matt/glossy lamination derived from FOGRA39-era test prints, varnish shifts are smaller and have no standard data set, and FOGRA60 covers metal printing. Curator qualifications: Pages read 2026-10-22; nothing printed or preflighted. Limitations: Pages read 2026-10-22; nothing printed or preflighted. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://registry.color.org/cmyk-registry/fogra51",
      "note": "ECI offset colour standards page (live); ICC CMYK registry: FOGRA51 (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://eci.org/doku.php?id=en:colorstandards:offset",
      "note": "ECI offset colour standards page (live); ICC CMYK registry: FOGRA51 (live)"
    }
  ]
}

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  • [sourced_fact] ECI says the 2013 revision of ISO 12647-2 changed ink aims and tone-value curves for optically brightened papers; FOGRA51/52 come with PSO Coated/Uncoated v3 profiles and require M1 (UV-including D50) measurement for metered proof and print control; FOGRA49/50 cover matt/glossy lamination derived from FOGRA39-era test prints, varnish shifts are smaller and have no standard data set, and FOGRA60 covers metal printing. · locator: ECI offset colour standards page (live); ICC CMYK registry: FOGRA51 (live) source

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