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Our focus on a reimagined marketing experience means our solutions are built to help integrate the many capabilities, technologies and partnerships that drive your modern marketing ecosystem.
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Marketing leaders are under more pressure than ever to deliver high-impact, personalized, and consistent experiences for today’s consumers — all while operating in an ever-changing business environment.
Quality, quantity and selection are critical factors for retail success. Consumers want options — the more there is to browse, the more they’ll find to buy.
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Quad's strategic priorities are powered by three key competitive advantages that include integrated marketing platform excellence, innovation, and culture and social purpose. Our integrated marketing platform is powered by a set of core disciplines including business strategy, insights and analytics, technology solutions, managed services, direct marketing, agency and studio solutions, media, print, in-store, and packaging.
Specifications and guidelines for supplying prepress files
NOTE: Most of the following imaging specifications are in Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Viewing PDF files requires Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Exchange software. If you do not have this software, follow this link to the Adobe Acrobat website, where you can download it.
Quad Chart – This file contains a combination of the industry standard IT8.7/4 as well as a P2P target (gray balance verify). These targets are configured to be used with an X-Rite Isis. Both targets can be used to verify/validate different characteristics of your proof output.
QuadCal Visualizer – This file contains a two-page collage of images to be used for visual comparison to a benchmark proof, or between proofers. The images contain sensitive grays, vignettes, flesh tones, and a full array of saturated colors to be used to identify many of the aspects of color reproduction accuracy.
(The profiles and datasets are courtesy of SWOP. Please refer to the “Read Me” file included in the following file for more information.)
Please contact your Imaging Service Representative for workflow and instructional recommendations when using applications other than those listed above.
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