Re: Best Color Designer Edition
Re: Best Color Designer Edition
- Subject: Re: Best Color Designer Edition
- From: Juanje Luzardo <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:04:49 +0000
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I'm just fine tuning BestColor DE tonight. I'm trying to see if I could from
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the clients point of view use the proofs as contract proofs.
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The answer is yes. I can't get the sharpness out of the Epson 1200 that an
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imagesetter does at 2400 but the similarity between the press tear sheets
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and the Epson proofs are outstanding. I would never had thought this
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possible of a cheap inkjet producing or mimicking a press so closely.
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I've proofed sheet fed and web press pages on different (press) stock on
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Epson 190g/M2 PhotoPaper. Reference profile a saved out Eurocaoted V2, from
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PS 6. I've used different seperation settings and the subtle changes show
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quite well in the proofs. The US web coated V2 should simulate the average
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web stock over there with an ugly but true paper white.
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The better way is to buy the Tecco/Best proofing paper not only for the
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better matching characteristics, but also sizes available. If you proof to
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the A4+ Best paper you'll have room for comments and the printers wedges.
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Set up is simple and more or less like other RIP's for inkjets. There are
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some things that could be improved in the user's interface but it will out
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of the box get you great proofs with their stock profiles.
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The eye-opener is when after fighting for control in Adobe PressReady for
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months is to get a sure proof even out of the box.
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What else would you like to know?
Hi Neil
Thanks for your nice review, my current setup is a Epson 3000 and Adobe
PressReady and i think i'll go to Bestcolor soft. Only one thing, can you be
so kind to mail me privately some snapshot of the interface (you know,
command+shift+3)? Thanks again!
Juanje Luzardo