Beyond the Label: GMI Certification

Gina Lisella • Oct 24, 2018
GMI Graphic Measures International, LTD

 

When you begin any packaging project, of course one of your main concerns is that the final physical label you use on your products looks the same as the design file you fell in love with. There are so many variables that go into the printing of a label, from size to alignment to color, so how can you be sure that your printer will get everything right? At Dion Label Printing, we don’t just do our best to match colors and maintain proportion: we are a GMI Certified Printer.

GMI (Graphic Measures International) is a third-party monitoring agency that certifies, monitors, and measures the performance of packaging suppliers. They ensure that we at Dion are accountable to brands for both our print process and the final labels that we create for you. Through print facility certification and scientific, repeatable measurement of global packaging, our GMI certification helps you as a brand owner feel confident that your packaging will always be consistent when you print with us. GMI certification allows us to guarantee color consistency and predictable packaging every time we print. It also creates increased brand control for you as a client and protects your brand look and bottom line. We follow strict standard operating procedures for all product offerings to maintain our certification, so you can rest easy knowing that we are always on top of maintaining your brand look and colors. 

One of our specialties (and the one we take most pride in) is our ability to maintain color consistency for both our digital and flexographic printing. Our procedures measure color standards through the label printing process while at the facility, and GMI provides control on retail shelves with in-store assessments to ensure uniformity and global consistency. Both our digital and flexographic printing teams work extensively with spectrophotometers to ensure color consistency, not to mention the incredible work that our prepress, quality control and quality assurance departments do, both by eye and with technology! Whether your color falls within the CMYK process or you need 7-color extended gamut, we can work with you to make sure your colors print precisely as you expect them to.


Dion is proud to be the first GMI certified printer in the country for both digital and flexographic printing. Our GMI certification lets you know that we can take care of your packaging needs in a manner that offers full consistency with your brand! Read more about our GMI certification here, and as always, contact us for a free quote any time!

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