My approach to this issue has
always been to simply offer colorimatric and visual proof of a superior match
toward the target press. We initially had the same skepticism to DOD inkjet
proofs, both with clients and internally, but if you can offer a proof that is
as good, or often times better than the conventional halftone proofer, it goes a
long way. I often will supply reports using GMB
MeasureTool's Comparing feature, comparing measurement data from the proof
to that of TR001, DTR004, or whatever press data you're matching. Compare that
with the performance of the conventional proof. Here, GMG/EPson proofs have
always performed much better at matching any press data set than a conventional
halftone proofer
Michael Eddington
North American Color, Inc.
www.nac-mi.com
From: Steve Lehning
[mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Mon 8/15/2005 1:42 PM
To:
email@hidden
Subject: Documentation on proofing
systems
We have switched our proofing systems about a year
ago. We
use to have a high dollar, high end, dot proof
system. We have since taken
the plung and went to
Epson Ultra chrome ink proofing, using GMG Rip.
We
have finger printed our presses and bulit device link
profiles for our
GMG Rip to produce a good proof to
press match. However we are going through
our battles
trying to explain to our own sales staff and customers
why we
did this. Allot of our high end clients are
from the old school and demand to
see a hard dot dot
proof, (example, Matchprint, Kodak Color Approval,
or
Fugi Color Art, etc.). Even using the dot proof
function out of GMG
does not produce the dot that they
are looking for. We have recently added
onto our sales
staff who have come from such places that specifically
used
these proofing systems and want answers as to why
we have gone this route. I
can obviously write some
sound answers of my own but they are looking for
some
documentation that may carry alittle more clout in the
industry than
my humble position within our company.
So I am asking for some help from
those authorities or
someone who may know where I can be led to find
such
documentation as to why the industry is going down
this path for
proofing.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Steve
Lehning
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