Re: What is a "by default color space profile"?
Re: What is a "by default color space profile"?
- Subject: Re: What is a "by default color space profile"?
- From: Jim Rich <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 21:34:59 -0400
Paul,
Hmmm. There is no easy answer and there is no one size fits all solution
especially in the situation you have described. That is sending files to
service providers who are not ICC aware. Depending on the client and in some
situations I sometimes suggest for the images to be converted from RGB
to CMYK using a Photoshop 6 or 7 profile such as U.S. Web Coated v2. Of
course in this example the client is going to print their images on a web
press with coated paper. I personally like the sheet fed profiles as long
as there are no ucr issues. The U.S. Web Coated v2, U.S. Web uncoated v2
and U.S Sheetfed coated and uncoated are reasonable and can be traced back
to a standard ICE based printing process (I believe it is referred to as TR
001).
Before I have the client do the conversions I get them to contact their
printer and run a few tests to determine what the types of results the
printer can provide. This test also allows the client to see if the test
conversions are in the ball park before a batch of CMYK images are sent. If
the results are bad or weird then I suggest to move on to a new printer.
This is not the most efficient use of profiles but if the printer is
clueless, you at least know how the image was converted and corrected for a
specific process so you stand a chance of knowing what to expect before you
convert a batch of images.
Jim Rich
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