FIRST Methodology Takes a ‘By the Numbers’ 
Approach

From the beginning, developers have been careful to describe FIRST as a set of print production tools—guidelines, tutorials, targets, and tolerances—rather than as a standard. Correctly implemented, the FIRST methodology is designed to enable users to achieve accurate, consistent, repeatable color from process to process and from job to job, no matter what combination of variables—inks, substrates, plates, presses, and printing conditions—is involved.