‘OPP’ stands for “Oriented Polypropylene”, a type of plastic film. OPP film is made from polypropylene and is characterised by its orientation. The orientation of the material is achieved by a special manufacturing process in which the film is stretched to improve its physical properties.
OPP films are transparent, glossy and have a smooth surface. They offer high clarity, are tear-resistant, water-repellent and have a good barrier effect against moisture, oils and gases. These properties make OPP films versatile and they are used in various areas, especially in the packaging industry.
There are four so-called ‘finishing proof’ standards from Fogra for film lamination with OPP matt films and OPP gloss films: Fogra49 and Fogra50 for OPP film-based papers in the classic ISOCoatedV2 300% standards, and Fogra56 and Fogra57 for OPP finishing of PSOCoatedV3 prints.
PSO Coated v2 300% Matte laminate (ECI)
Profile: PSO_Coated_v2_300_Matte_laminate_eci.icc
Commercial offset printing, positive copy, AM screen with 60–80 lines/cm, followed by matt film lamination (typical OPP matt film 15 μm with medium opacity ~70%, i.e. lightening ΔL* = 6 on black spot colour after finishing), white measuring surface.
The profile is consistent with the old profiles ISOcoated_v2_eci.icc and ISOcoated_v2_300_eci.icc and shows the matching matt-finished result.
Paper: Paper type 1 and 2, glossy and matt coated image printing
Dot gain curves A (CMY) and B (K) from ISO 12647-2:2004
Characterisation data: FOGRA49L
PSO Coated v2 300% Glossy laminate (ECI)
Profile: PSO_Coated_v2_300_Glossy_laminate_eci.icc
Commercial offset printing, positive copy, AM screen with 60-80 lines/cm, with subsequent glossy film lamination (typical OPP glossy film 12-15 μm), white measuring base.
The profile is consistent with the old ISOcoated_v2_eci.icc and ISOcoated_v2_300_eci.icc profiles and shows the matching glossy result.
Paper: Paper types 1 and 2, glossy and matt coated image printing, dot gain curves A (CMY) and B (K) from ISO 12647-2:2004
Characterisation data: FOGRA50L
PSO Coated v3 Matte laminate (ECI) New 2020
Profile: PSO_Coated_v3_Matte_laminate.icc
The ECI offset profile PSO_Coated_v3_Matte_laminate.icc is based on the characterisation file ‘FOGRA56.txt’ and applies to the following printing conditions in accordance with international standard ISO12647-2:2013: Commercial offset, premium coated paper, tone value increase curve 2013-A, followed by matt film lamination (typical OPP matt film 15 μm with medium opacity ~70%, i.e. lightening ΔL* = 6 on black spot colour after finishing), white measurement substrate. The profile is consistent with the PSOcoated_v3.icc profile and shows the corresponding gloss-finished result. The profile was calculated using Heidelberg ColorToolbox 2019 with the following settings: black length 9 (starting point 10%), black width 10, max. area coverage 300%, max. black 96%.
Characterisation data: FOGRA56.txt
PSO Coated v3 Glossy laminate (ECI) New 2020
Profile: PSO_Coated_v3_Glossy_laminate.icc
The ECI offset profile PSO_Coated_v3_Glossy_laminate.icc is based on the characterisation file ‘FOGRA57.txt’ and applies to the following printing conditions according to the international standard ISO12647-2:2013: commercial offset, premium coated paper, dot gain curve 2013-A, with subsequent gloss foil lamination (typical OPP gloss foil 12-15 μm), white measuring substrate. The profile is consistent with the PSOcoated_v3.icc profile and shows the matching gloss-coated result. The profile was calculated using Heidelberg ColorToolbox 2019 with the following settings Black length 9 (inset point 10%), Black width 10, max. area coverage 300%, max. black 96%.
Characterisation data: FOGRA57.txt
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