ISO 12647-4:2014规定了应用于四色出版物凹版印刷的若干工艺参数及其值。这些参数和数值的选择是考虑到整个过程，包括“分色”、“打印模板制作”、“校样制作”和“生产打印”等过程阶段。 ISO 12647-4:2014适用于: ? 直接出版凹版印刷，包括杂志、目录和商业材料， ? 直接用于预测凹版印刷色度结果的半色调和连续色调打样过程，以及 ? 通过类比，来处理彩色凹版包装印刷。

ISO 12647-4:2014 specifies a number of process parameters and their values to be applied to four-colour publication gravure printing. The parameters and values are chosen in view of the complete process covering the process stages "colour separation", "making of the printing forme", "proof production", and "production printing". ISO 12647-4:2014 is applicable: ? directly, to publication gravure printing, including magazines, catalogues, and commercial materials, ? directly, to half-tone and continuous tone proofing processes that predict the colourimetric results of gravure printing, and ? by analogy, to process-colour gravure package printing.