Re: ImagePrint
Re: ImagePrint
- Subject: Re: ImagePrint
- From: neil snape <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 08:07:08 +0200
on 20/09/2002 15:11, Jamie at email@hidden wrote:
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I like what I am hearing about Image prints ability to produce stunning
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fine art prints for Epson 9600
Yes it sounds great. An rgb rip that gets the most out of these particular
Epson printer (s) without much effort except the UI.
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But will it stand up in the Pre press proofing world. Will the proofs
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from this rip be accepted by clients & printing houses as contract
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proofs for direct to plate presses I would like to here from somebody
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that does press proofing with ImagePrint .So far it has been suggested
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that for proofing for press cmyk Best color proof is a good choice.Along
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with your own custom profiling .
Since it's confusing having the threads posted here contradicting the rip
against older ripped / printed results against a new 9600 it's to be
validated by users that really know what to look for in a proof, not just
pretty colors.
Since the reported gamut in a profile sent to me of the ImagePrint is quite
incredible (literally) encompassing the entire gamut of the press plus all
the Pantones you could want, you should be able to set it up for good
proofing. How to adjust it for it's differences will probably present it's
own problems as do any rip's / profile editors. You'll be limited to the
papers that they have profiles for already. Again fine for certain printer
paper combinations yet if you want to have flexibility and support for many
papers printers inksets other third party rip's such as Best are a good and
reasonable value for those seeking those workflow solutions.
A few years ago inkjet proofing was an interim proof approximating color
later to be analogue proofed for contract signing. Now this is becoming a
real possibility with a good rip as requisite. In any case no two printers
are a like in their print out hence the requirement for tuning the colors to
get them to a contract quality. Out of the box results can be very close as
someone has already gone thru making the tables/profiles yet cannot take
into account your own printers specifics. Sometimes it's as easy as
measuring a small re-linearisation chart to bring the printer back into line
with the pre-made (supplied) lin/profile/paper combinations. Best call this
a printer linearisation. Others use this too in Laser printers, etc.
Neil Snape email@hidden
http://mapage.noos.fr/nsnape
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