ISO 12647-3:2013规定了为报纸单色或四色印刷制作分色和印刷表格时要应用的一些工艺参数及其值。参数和值的选择考虑了工艺，涵盖了以下工艺阶段:“分色”、“印刷成型”、“OK打印或校样”和“生产打印”。 ISO 12647-3:2013旨在加强印刷商、出版商和广告商之间的沟通，并使印刷买家提前意识到预期的印刷结果，使他们能够相应地进行规划。ISO 12647-3:2013定义了公差，允许进行客观的质量评估，并提高报纸相对于其他媒体的竞争力。 ISO 12647-3:2013适用于: 对使用分色数据的新闻纸进行冷套胶印生产； 类似于直接成像产生的印刷表面的印刷； 对于线性屏幕和非周期屏幕，可通过类比应用给定的参数。

ISO 12647-3:2013 specifies a number of process parameters and their values to be applied when producing colour separations and printing forms for newspaper single or four-colour printing. The parameters and values are chosen in consideration of the process, covering the process stages: "colour separation", "making of the printing formed", "OK print or proof" and "production printing". ISO 12647-3:2013 is intended to enhance communication between printers, publishers and advertisers and to make print buyers aware of the expected printed result in advance, enabling them to plan accordingly. ISO 12647-3:2013 defines tolerances, allowing for objective quality evaluations and raising the competitiveness of newspapers compared to other media. ISO 12647-3:2013 is applicable: to coldset offset production printing on newsprint that use colour separation data; by analogy to press printing from printing surfaces produced by direct imaging; to line screens and non-periodic screens, parameters given can be applied by analogy.