Creating Separations for Dai Nippon (or other Pacific Rim printers)
Creating Separations for Dai Nippon (or other Pacific Rim printers)
- Subject: Creating Separations for Dai Nippon (or other Pacific Rim printers)
- From: Rick Gordon <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 20:04:57 -0700
A company that I work for is considering Dai Nippon as a possible candidate for printing an upcoming book. I queried them for information on how to best produce separations for their workflow. The answer I received was not particularly helpful, and if I had not known that they are capable of producing very good work, I might well be predisposed to discourage my employer from using them.
Since I know that they are a very large company that likely others of you have had experience with, let me throw the questions back to you:
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1) What specifications and/or profiles should we use for color-separating our files? Accounting for our choice of paper stock (probably 70-80 lb coated matte paper)
2) Should we create our color separations using the "Japan Standard" profile that ships with Photoshop? Or would you suggest another profile or separation setup? I have heard that there are two Japanese standards, Toyo and DIC (Dainippon Ink and Chemicals), and I don't understand what the differences are.
3) What values should be used for Ink Colors, Dot Gain, Total Ink Limit, and Black Ink Limit?
4) Do you provide separation profiles that we should use?
5) Will Light Black Generation be suitable for general use? Are there any other issues we should be aware of?
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Their answer was this (as I remember, since I don't have the document at hand):
* Don't use profiles. Don't embed profiles. (Pretty hard since Photoshop uses a profile when separating, regardless of what you call it.)
* Scan into CMYK (what kind of CMYK, I ask?) and send them a proof (for each of over 1000 images?) and they'll decide what to do.
* Don't worry about dot gain; it will vary. (So how do I set up a separation spec?)
* Total ink less than 320. Maximum black 95%. Don't use GCR (which I take to mean Light Black Generation will be OK).
* No response to issues of ink colors.
* They also said to send ONLY EPS files -- no TIFFs -- they don't print well. (Is this 2002?)
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What's the deal here? Since they are a major provider, I can't just discount them as a contender. Talking to Palace Press in Hong Kong, I got very sensible answers, but talking to many offshore providers seems to be gazing into a time warp.
We've generally been using American companies (especially Courier) for most of our work, but heretofore, our color work has been limited to book jackets and posters, while this will be a 200+ page four-color book.
I'm interested in any answers, experiences, or other suggestions for a competitively priced provider that is capable of consistent work of good quality.
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RICK GORDON
EMERALD VALLEY GRAPHICS AND CONSULTING
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WWW:
http://www.shelterpub.com
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