About GATF Certification The Graphic Arts Technical Foundation is a member-supported, nonprofit, technical, and education organization serving the international graphic communications industries. Its mission statement is "to serve the graphic communications community as the leading resource for technical information and services through research and education." Founded in 1924 as the Lithographic Technical Foundation, GATF is the oldest continuous organization of its kind in graphic communications.GATF's facilities include state-of-the-art prepress, pressrooms, testing laboratories, libraries, and classrooms that provide a world-class platform for innovative sheetfed and web research, leading-edge publications and instruction, and the development of effective test images. GATF research activities include waste control, environmental studies, press and prepress research, and quality control. Educational activities include an outstanding graphic arts library, an extensive publication program, career and curricular consultation for schools and universities, seminars, workshops, and conferences for the graphic arts community. Grit is proud to have three of its pressmen either certified or training to receive their certification. The GATF's Sheetfed Offset Press Operator's Multicolor Certification sets high standards for press operation and color reproduction, following industry standards set by experts in the field of offset lithography.