Re: evaluating pantone colors with photoshop
Re: evaluating pantone colors with photoshop
- Subject: Re: evaluating pantone colors with photoshop
- From: Scott Cappel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 16:46:49 -0700
well, lets see.......
You might start out with an inquiry if the prospect understands the
difference between Pantone spot colors (rarely involving content in
Photoshop), and CMYK Process colors. Find out first how much intestinal
fortitude you have for this because as Bruce points out, this could be an
opportunity to educate, enlighten and capture an account who desperately
needs your help, or it could be the beginning of a horrible nightmare.
Only a toss of the dice will tell......
S.
At 05:46 PM 9/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Hi,
A prospect for one of our printers has sent some test files. Each RGB jpeg
file when opened has 9 squares, every one a different color. The squares
all have labels like X1, X2, X3, etc. but nothing more specific. The
customer advises that the intent of this test is to see how well we print
"pantone colors". When I open the file in Photoshop I am advised that the
file contains an embedded sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile.
I have a few questions and hope this is an appropriate forum (as the larger
concern is device dependent color or a referenced color space).
1. Is it reasonable to expect decent results when files that use
exclusively solid colors (no memory colors) arrive without much "source
reference" info?
(If we didn't have that Photoshop era where sRGB profiles got embedded in
everything by default, I would consider the embedded profile as
intentional, but ...)
2. Is there a method within Photoshop to reliably learn if "Pantone" colors
were used? If so, can you point me to more info?
(I tried a test using the color picker, and Custom Colors along with a
Pantone book, but colors that are obviously different and show different
Lab values indicate they are the same Pantone color.)
3. If someone deliberately prepares a file filled with Pantone colors that
are "out of gamut" for most process color printers - and the file is sent
to the printer with no adjustments, what would be reasonable to expect?
(Please - no Bill G answers like "how do you define reasonable?")
FYI I have asked for more information about this file - for example whether
it really was prepared in an sRGB workspace - but it is unlikely that I
will get a response before the printed results are due.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
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