Tutorials start in June for entrants in WAN-Ifra’s tenth International Newspaper Color Quality Club competition. The once-every-two-years programme includes tools to improve colour quality, and those who register by October 17 will have a free preliminary test evaluation.

Registration for the 2012-2014 competition is open, with a first tutorial being June 29 in Darmstadt. Participants download a small ad-like test element and incorporate it into a page, with special print runs no longer required.

Categories cover coldset-offset printing on newsprint; heatset-offset printing or UV-cured offset printing on newsprint and SC or LWC paper (two categories), and an extra category covers printing on tinted paper or for printing processes other than offset (such as flexo or inkjet).

Newspaper titles can be registered by publishing houses or printing companies, with each title is considered a separate participant.

As part of the program, WAN-Ifra offers a variety of tools to help prepress, production and printing plant managers. Among these are tutorials on relevant ISO standards and contest rules.