Over 70% of Marks & Spencer’s clothing print suppliers are now ImpressionProof certified
Mellow Colour has released the latest version of ImpressionProof, the Internet based print run approval system launched at drupa 2012, which has been adopted by leading brands such as Marks & Spencer.
The system implementation has been underway for Marks & Spencer for the past 12 months. Over 70% of its clothing print suppliers are now ImpressionProof Certified and make submissions via the MellowCloud web service.
It is expected that the remaining Marks & Spencer print suppliers currently in the process of developing their quality management systems will achieve certification for submissions before April 2014.
Trevor Hatchett, head of GM packaging – production, quality and sourcing at Marks & Spencer, commented, ‘We have worked with the team at Magnet Harlequin and Mellow Colour for over three years and made great technological advances with our approach to global colour quality management. Marks & Spencer continue to challenge both Magnet Harlequin and Mellow Colour to push boundaries & ensure our global suppliers are working to increasingly higher standards.
‘At Marks & Spencer we feel that the Mellow Colour model gives us the best opportunity to manage our corporate image, not only locally across the UK but within our international business as well.’
The remote print run approval system requires that printers take two stages of training in print quality management and quality control before being audited to access competence.
The company’s print quality management system is administered by Magnet Harlequin, the Uxbridge based pre-press provider.
