Re: Will it work?
Re: Will it work?
- Subject: Re: Will it work?
- From: Marc Levine <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:24:56 -0400
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What do you think? Will it work?
Lee,
If I can recap here..... You have made a profile for both your press and
proofer. In Onyx, you have installed both profiles (the press as the input
and the proofer as the output) and reprinted the press sheet file with
excellent results.
Next, as a test, you configured the Photoshop workspace as the proofer and
then converted to the press space. You then took the converted file and sent
it into Onyx using the same quickset and got more excellent results.
In both cases, it sounds like you have the RIP configured properly, you are
delivering good "press data", and the profiles are doing their job of
accurately converting "press color" to "proofing color".
The real difference here is that, in the first case, you chose to emulate a
preprinted sheet by changing your workspace setup .I would go even further
to suggest assigning the press space instead of changing your workspace
options. And, whatever your final workflow is, make sure that all of the
prepress "color" stations employ the same color configurations/workspaces.
In the second case, you chose to label the file data with the proofer
profile. What this does is basically assigns the colors that you would see
if you just printed that data straight on your proofer. The best option is
to assign the profile that describes the environment under which the color
was made (i.e. The scanner profile or workspace profile that was active when
somebody said "Hey this looks OK"). Sadly, this is often the most elusive
piece of information in color workflow. If using your proofer profile as
your workspace "works" for you, I would tend to say run with it. In general,
I would recommend using your default workspace when the image profile is
unknown and then "testing" different looks by assigning alternative
profiles.
Once you get a color set that works (if different that workspace), I would
convert into a standard workspace (and archive if you like). The whole
process should yield consistent color output from prepress and enable you to
better re-purpose color for making separations for different output
devices/media.
In terms of your color expectation from the press run, you should be on the
money. It seems that, from your other tests, the profiles are working as
advertised and the data you delivered to press is in the proper format. The
critical issue will be if the press can be brought within spec of the
original printing condition.
Best regards,
Marc
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Marc Levine
X-Rite, Inc.
www.x-rite.com
www.monacosys.com
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