Re: Straightening Out the Shop
Re: Straightening Out the Shop
- Subject: Re: Straightening Out the Shop
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:34:23 -0500
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2 - They proof on an Iris (they used to have a WaterProof, but didn't
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mention it), which is matched to the press by some calibration routine
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(which they couldn't name), and measured by what they thought was called
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a SpectroCam, but described it sort of like a Spectrolino. They don't
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know what the software is, but will be bring that information with them.
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They made it sound like what they had was a closed-loop proofer -> press
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setup. I am unfamiliar with the Iris or what calibration package may
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have been sold with it.
We have this piece of gear (at least from what I can tell) in our shop as
well. In our case, the software that runs the proofer (the RIP) has a
built-in and proprietary SWOP color setup that we calibrate to (linearize)
every morning. We've experimented a little with different workflows but for
the time being are just running with the SWOP simulation on the proofer and
bypassing any kind of ICC transform. We made some proofer profiles of the
device running the simulation and use that in our CMYK setup in Photoshop.
We also tried making profiles of the full gamut IRIS and running a
destination/proofer combo in the RIP (using Adobe's US Web Coated (SWOP)
profile tht shipped with PS 6. I felt that the proofs were closer to our
final output when we used the ICC transform in the RIP and abandoned the
SWOP simulation (something that hasn't been updated by Creo/Scitex in quite
some time), so hopefully we will eventually go that route. The built-in
simulation isn't bad by any means and we've used it successfully for
several years. I agree with Bruce's advice to start slow and maybe just
profile the proofer running the simulation(s). It will surely be a good
starting point.
Regards,
Eric G Bullock
Assistant Imaging Manager
Filene's Advertising
426 Washington Street
8th Floor - Imaging Dept.
Boston, MA 02108
617-357-2187
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