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BS ISO 12639:2004

Current

Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

Graphic technology. Prepress digital data exchange. Tag image file format for image technology (TIFF/IT)

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

31-12-2008

$797.50
Including GST where applicable

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Compliance levels and identification
  2.1 General
  2.2 Image file type identification
  2.3 TIFF/IT conformance
  2.4 TIFF/IT-P1 conformance
  2.5 TIFF/IT-P2 conformance
  2.6 Conformance identification
3 Normative references
4 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
  4.1 Terms and definitions
  4.2 Abbreviated terms
5 Notations and field types
  5.1 Notations
  5.2 Field types
6 Image data type description
  6.1 Colour continuous-tone picture image (CT) data
  6.2 Colour line-art (LW) image data
  6.3 High-resolution continuous-tone (HC) image data
  6.4 Monochrome and binary images
  6.5 Final page (FP) data
7 Requirements for TIFF/IT, TIFF/IT-P1 and TIFF/IT-P2
  image data files
  7.1 Structure of TIFF/IT file
  7.2 General parameters
  7.3 Colour continuous-tone picture (CT) file
  7.4 Colour line-art (LW) file
  7.5 High-resolution continuous-tone (HC) file
  7.6 Monochrome continuous-tone picture (MP) file
  7.7 Binary picture (BP) file
  7.8 Binary line-art (BL) file
  7.9 Screened data image (SD) file
  7.10 Final page (FP) file
Annex A (informative) - Background of conformity levels
Annex B (informative) - Identification and determination
        procedures for TIFF/IT file type
Annex C (informative) - Relationship between image types
        on a colour page
Annex D (informative) - Alphabetical list of TIFF/IT field
        names
Annex E (normative) - Incorporating JPEG compressed data
        into TIFF/IT
Annex F (normative) - Incorporating Flate compressed data
        into TIFF/IT
Annex G (normative) - RGB colour-space data in TIFF/IT-CT
Annex H (normative) - LAB colour space data in TIFF/IT CT
Annex I (informative) - Colour values
Annex J (normative) - ICC Profile tag in TIFF/IT image
Annex K (informative) - Monochrome continuous-tone picture
        colour-value calculation
Bibliography

Describes a media-independent means for prepress electronic data exchange using a tag image file format.

Committee
PAI/43
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 96/125553 DC. (07/2005) Issue date: 31/12/2008. Supersedes 02/124072 DC & 05/30128557 DC. (12/2008)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
86
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

This International Standard specifies a media-independent means for prepress electronic data exchange using a tag image file format. This International Standard defines image file formats for encoding colour continuous-tone picture images, colour line-art images, high-resolution continuous-tone images, monochrome continuous-tone picture images, binary picture images, binary line-art images, screened data, and images of composite final pages.

Standards Relationship
ISO 12639:2004 Identical
ISO 12639:2004/Amd 1:2007 Identical

ISO/IEC 11544:1993 Information technology — Coded representation of picture and audio information — Progressive bi-level image compression
IEC 61966-2-1:1999 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-1: Colour management - Default RGB colour space - sRGB
ISO/IEC 10918-1:1994 Information technology — Digital compression and coding of continuous-tone still images: Requirements and guidelines
ISO/IEC 14492:2001 Information technology — Lossy/lossless coding of bi-level images
ISO 12641:1997 Graphic technology — Prepress digital data exchange — Colour targets for input scanner calibration
ISO 13655:2017 Graphic technology — Spectral measurement and colorimetric computation for graphic arts images
ISO/IEC 646:1991 Information technology — ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
ISO 12642-1:2011 Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of four-colour process printing — Part 1: Initial data set
ISO 12642-2:2006 Graphic technology — Input data for characterization of 4-colour process printing — Part 2: Expanded data set

$797.50
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