Re: Lost in ICC Land
Re: Lost in ICC Land
- Subject: Re: Lost in ICC Land
- From: Henrik Holmegaard <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:55:47 +0200
"Howard Newby" <email@hidden> wrote:
2. Should the densities of the inks of the inkjet proofer match or be close
to the densities of the inks of the target device, (like the press or analog
proof)? Or does that matter at all?
It seems like the black on the inkjet is blacker than the black from
the press or the analog proof?
I posted an 'Inkjet profiling ABC' in January, maybe I should dig it
out and repost it with some extras, if you can't find it in the
archives.
The short and sweet answer is that inkjet densities and press
densities have NOTHING to do with one another.
Also the press inks and your inkjets inks have different colors. Even
the blacks are a different color.
Don't tweak any densities, don't even think of tweaking any
densities. Set up each device to its maximum gamut volume and best
visual reproduction capability. Characterize / fingerprint / profile
that. And then leave the rest to the ICC framework.
I am in search of reference material for self training or more formal
training on ICC setup.
Setting up ColorSync and building an ICC proofer profile :
http://www.iccabc.com. A little aging on the update side, but it'll
do fine for starters.