Through the annual cycle of discovery, testing, and reporting the Idealliance SPECTRUM connection advanced the science of print, revolutionized workflows, developed specifications, fostered implementation of emerging print technologies.

The Association, under the leadership of IBM, formalized the Gencode Specification, which was eventually standardized by ISO as ISO 8879, SGML.

The PRISM working group was created to develop a standard set of metadata to identify, organize, publish, aggregate and reuse digital magazine content assets in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

When SGML and HTML came together, they built a new language for the Web. This language, “eXtensible Markup Language”, or XML, merged the strengths of both communities.

DISC enabled production departments to streamline the intake of digital images and quickly determine which images were suited for final print publication.

G7 continues to revolutionize global print workflows as the leading print alignment methodology to improve visual color consistency for print buyers, regardless of print technology.

This specification was developed to provide a standard message format for printers to report print quality to Brands.

This specification, a joint development between Idealliance and USPS enabled modern postal business workflows for printer/mailers large and small.

SWOP began as an organization whose purpose and goal was the improvement of the quality of magazine printing.