Re: AW: AW: colorsync-users digest, Vol 2 #216 - 18 msgs
Re: AW: AW: colorsync-users digest, Vol 2 #216 - 18 msgs
- Subject: Re: AW: AW: colorsync-users digest, Vol 2 #216 - 18 msgs
- From: Darrian Young <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:39:03 +0200
Hello Ulf,
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Yes it is like Black Magic, but if I know Black magic correctly, they will
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do at first an descreening of the 1-Bit File and create an own screening for
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the Inkjet printer.
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Our solution use directly the screening from the Imagesetter RIP, you can
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see the Point, if it is round or eliptical and you can see any problems with
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the angles or descreening from printed images. Our normal Colormanagement
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will work with this solution and depending on the printer it is not
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nessecary to create new profiles.
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Sounds very interesting although there are two things that have been nagging
me with this type of solution which I hope you can clarify for me. The
first is how to achieve a reliable dot reproduction of a 2400 or more
imagesetter with printers that only go up to around 1440 or so. I know that
you can make the print head pass over the same area various times to get
more dots in the same area, but this has its limitations given the size of
the inkjet dot compared to the film dot. This also usually slows down print
times considerably. There has been quite a bit of testing going on using
printers with special black ink to print on film but the bests test I have
seen or been able to reproduce fall short of even 1200 resolution of an
imagesetter, making these films useful only for textile or other such
processes. How are you getting around this?
The second is a question I have had which I also saw posted on this list
once or on another, I don't recall which. The problem is that if you have
the same dot structure but different ink color and paper color, you will get
different colors on your proof. Unless I use the same exact CMYK inks in
the printer, then necessarily I will have different colors from the press if
I have the exact same screen, dots, etc. Am I outdated here? I hope so.
Regards.
Darrian