Both Hutton and Stanton acknowledge that the commercial lithographic print market consists of a highly diverse group of businesses producing a broad range of products. This diversity is implicitly recognized in the eight different categories that are delineated in GRACol printing guidelines charts. It is not uncommon for a single shop to print on different types of paper for different jobs, thereby producing results that would fall into different quality categories. Separate specifications are ultimately needed for each type of substrate. As an independent, third-party organization, GATF reports are objective and original research studies designed to help printers evaluate technologies on their own by guiding consumers to ask the right questions.
Methodology is described in all reports.
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