Straightening Out the Shop
Straightening Out the Shop
- Subject: Straightening Out the Shop
- From: email@hidden (Anthony Sanna)
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 10:53:47 -0600
Tomorrow, I've got the owners of an old-line engraving shop coming over
to take a look at my setup and dip their toes into color management.
They have been running closed-loop, strictly CMYK drum scan to 4-color
offset for decades, and have been one of vendors for as long.
They called last week to ask about monitor profiling and how successful
it was at tuning the display to match the proof. They also think
ColorSync is an option in bathroom plumbing fixtures.
I explained that what they were asking for ran contrary to the whole
purpose of color management, so they're going to drop by to see what it
does. Sooooo.....
Since I'm not always current on all software/hardware out there, I've got
a couple of pre-visit questions for you experts out there.
1 - Since they most likely will be wanting to calibrate all the
workstations in their shop, what, currently, is the best or most cost
effective software/hardware combination to do the job?
2 - They proof on an Iris (they used to have a WaterProof, but didn't
mention it), which is matched to the press by some calibration routine
(which they couldn't name), and measured by what they thought was called
a SpectroCam, but described it sort of like a Spectrolino. They don't
know what the software is, but will be bring that information with them.
They made it sound like what they had was a closed-loop proofer -> press
setup. I am unfamiliar with the Iris or what calibration package may
have been sold with it.
I do know from experience with them when I profiled their Iris for my own
use, that they were set up with just two proofing configurations on two
stock papers - one for coated, and one for uncoated - which seemed to me
to be a rather general approach to it all.
3 - How much to suggest they do. It would seem to me that to do it right
that they should get their press running to specs, run whatever profiling
test charts they have on a variety of the paper stocks they use (not just
two), and profile the 4-color end of their business. Then profile the
full gamut of the Iris on the same paper stocks. Profile the monitors,
and then start with all the workflow issues that make it all work.
Should they be also profiling the drum scanners as well? They spit out a
standard CMYK now, and since I've never been on that end of the business,
I can't quite figure out how a RGB scanner profile would fit into the
works.
Any advice would be welcome, guys. Thanks.
Tony
Anthony R. Sanna
Vice-President
SACO Foods, Inc.
6120 University Avenue
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562 USA
email@hidden
www.sacofoods.com
1-800-373-7226
(608) 238-9101
(608) 238-8149 - fax
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