FIRST Methodology Takes a ‘By the Numbers’ 
Approach

Measure, monitor, and control

Smyth Companies, Inc., a package label printer based in St. Paul, Minn., began working with FIRST seven years ago, and has achieved success. According to Kim Madigan, director of corporate color management, the company had been thinking about getting into expanded-gamut printing when "we began to ask how in the world we were going to control seven colors when we couldn't adequately control four." At that point, the company was ready to establish a documented process for setting up a color-managed workflow, complete with training and accountability in every area and at every level.