re: rgb printer profiles versus cmyk printer profiles?
re: rgb printer profiles versus cmyk printer profiles?
- Subject: re: rgb printer profiles versus cmyk printer profiles?
- From: Dan Reid <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:06:07 -0600
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 14:23:24 -1000, Steven Kornreich <email@hidden> wrote:
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Just curious, since none of m digital scans are ever going to press and only
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going out my Epson 9000 and Roland FJ-52 both driven with Best Color XXL Is
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there any advantage to making cmyk printer profiles as opposed to RGB
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Printer Profiles? I have done some side by side comparisons of both rgb and
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cmyk profiles printed out and I can't see any difference or am I missing
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something?
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Neutrality. You need control black generation which dependent on the
paper/ink combo. The RIP will use its default tables to convert RGB to CMYK
(needed for printing) for you. You also can't control ink limit settings
which, last I looked in v4.2.3 were still broken. Most profiling apps allows
TAC (total are coverage) setting if the RIP doesn't have it or its broken
<g>
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