Print product management system

A method of producing a printed product according to a project specification, comprising:

• creating a project specification and storing the project specification on a server, the project specification including a palette of selected master colors, a printing substrate, a printing technique and an ink base for a printed product;
• determining whether a quality assurance color is available for each master color;
• for master colors having an associated quality assurance color, automatically associating quality assurance color information with the master colors;
• generating a quality assurance package corresponding to the project specification, the quality assurance package including the quality assurance color information;
• providing a converter with access to the project specification and the quality assurance package;
• the converter producing the printed product according to the project specification and scoring the printed product against the quality assurance color information in the quality assurance package;
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• receiving from the converter a score indicative of the printed product's appearance measured against the quality assurance package.