IPPStar has made attempts in the past year such as the Monsoon Summit in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai (July 2009) and the first proposed Technical Advisory Group meeting on January 2010 in Delhi to create awareness and discuss with Indian printers about the implementation of (ISO-12647-2) standards in multi-colour offset printing in India. During the Monsoon Summit, Alan Dresch said that “Indians need to get inside the tent” instead of loose discussion or criticism of the standards as they are still under development. It was seen as mildly shocking that one of the largest printing industries in the world is not involved in contributing to the colour printing standard.
IppStar is trying to initiate a discussion with the Bureau of Indian Standards on the need to get inside the tent or get involved in the international printing standards movement by initially attending the ISO/TC 130 meetings. Since India is an observer member of ISO/TC130 attending these meetings requires a representation from the BIS. IppStar has nominated experts from the industry to be made part of the BIS panel on printing technology. We are optimistic that at least two participants of the proposed Indian TAG meeting held in Delhi in January will attend the next ISO/TC 130 meeting to be held in St. Gallen in Switzerland from 19 to 24 April 2010. Lots more needs to be done and industry support is needed to get inside the tent on a continuous and serious basis -- to take print standardisation activities further, faster.
