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: email@hidden (Bruce Fraser)
- Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:01:53 -0700
At 12:46 PM -0400 9/6/01, john ennis wrote:
I need some advice for using an Epson 1270 for pre-press proofing.
I create images in Photoshop 6 using the color settings below. Although I
work in RGB with Proof Colors active, the images will eventually be
converted to CMYK and sent to a web offset printer.
Working Space: ColorMatch
CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Grey: 1.8
Dot gain 20%
Conversion Options:
Engine: Adobe ACE
Intent: Perceptual
Black Point and dither are both checked.
Desaturate Monitor colors and Blend RGB are both unchecked.
(By the way if any of these settings are wrong please let me know).
I would like to send along a pre-press proof from my Epson 1270 that would
accurately represent the image to the printer.
I would like to know how you would recommend setting up the Epson dialogue
box to accurately represent the image.
Convert the image to final CMYK
In Print
Source Space=Document
Destination Space=the profile for the 1270 that matches your paper
Rendering intent = Absolute Colorimetric
In the Advanced panel of the print driver, set Color Adjustment to No
Color Adjustment
Print.
Also I have another question about Colorsync: I use PhotoCal and a spyder
to create a monitor profile.
My Colorsync settings are as follows:
Input: PhotCal profile
Display: electr22b2
Output: Generic CMYK profile
Proofer: Generic RGB profile
Are these setting correct, and should this profile be chosen in any of the
Photoshop 6 color settings?
Yes, and no, respectively. Photoshop finds the monitor profile
automatically. Unless you choose ColorSync Workflow as your Color
Settings set, it ignores all the other ColorSync settings. (If you do
choose ColorSync Workflow, it uses the Default Profiles for Documents
settings for its working spaces. It never pays any attention to the
Default Profiles for Devices other than the monitor profile.)
And finally, and I apologize for the lengthy list of questions, but I have
one other variable that I need to address.
I have a small network, and since the Epson network device is unbearably
slow, I send the images to a second work station that has the 1270 attached
via USB and print from there out of Photoshop. When the files are opened on
that work station, how should I set up the Photoshop color settings there to
preserve the embedded profile, since that monitor will display the colors
differently?
Just use the same color settings file on both machines. The monitor
is compensated for automatically.
Bruce
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