Re: Using an Epson 1270 for pre-press proofing
Re: Using an Epson 1270 for pre-press proofing
- Subject: Re: Using an Epson 1270 for pre-press proofing
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:23:13 +0200
on 6/09/2001 18:46, john ennis at email@hidden wrote:
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Desaturate Monitor colors and Blend RGB are both unchecked.
Desaturate Monitor is not necessary for such a gamut.
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I would like to send along a pre-press proof from my Epson 1270 that would
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accurately represent the image to the printer.
Well to shoot myself in the foot, one would believe that you would use proof
backwards to the Epson in absolute. I suppose it depends on how you see your
proof as being a match to press or not. On top as is usually the case, you
are supplying cmyk images for an assumed press condition over which you have
no control. Don't worry though this is what most of us do 99% of the time in
the RealWorld Photography. (Just kidding). The US Web V2 is a very, very
good starting place, and even though you cannot control the image setter,
plates or press, this is very much in line with the big press
characteristics.
If you get a RIP for the Epson you could add an assurance of the colorimetry
via ink limiting and true 4 channel data path. Probably not necessary for
occasional proofing though, if you add colour bars that make sense to your
prepress or printer.
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Also I have another question about Colorsync: I use PhotoCal and a spyder
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to create a monitor profile.
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My Colorsync settings are as follows:
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Input: PhotCal profile
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Display: electr22b2
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Output: Generic CMYK profile
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Proofer: Generic RGB profile
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Are these setting correct, and should this profile be chosen in any of the
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Photoshop 6 color settings?
The monitor is chosen automatically in PS 6. The others are not taken into
count for many applications at this point however the programmers are
writing tags into some future apps that will call for these settings.
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I have a small network, and since the Epson network device is unbearably
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slow, I send the images to a second work station that has the 1270 attached
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via USB and print from there out of Photoshop. When the files are opened on
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that work station, how should I set up the Photoshop color settings there to
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preserve the embedded profile, since that monitor will display the colors
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differently?
If the other monitor is calibrated then the monitor profile should be in
Photoshop already for that PARTICULAR monitor and you can copy your colour
settings the same as in your work station.
Hope this helps.
Neil Snape email@hidden
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape