Re: Pantone Matching
Re: Pantone Matching
- Subject: Re: Pantone Matching
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 13:42:18 -0400
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Does anyone know what the best method is to substitute Pantone values in
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a PS file, based on the output ICC profile? I have worked with AutoFlow
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and VectorPro in the past and they worked well. Is there another
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solution out there works in a similar manner? My workflow in is Mac
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based and all machines are running OS-X (well there are a couple of
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machines running that other OS), and the image server are Mac based as
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well.
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Thanks,
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Dave Devine
The ideal solution is to use Lab equivalent of PANTONE values in the PS file
and specify the desired rendering intent of the corresponding colored
objects and let Autoflow match the source PANTONE's Lab values to your
output ICC profile. Simple but it presupposes you convert to CIE Lab all
your PANTONE values, jobs after jobs, or that you share a common PANTONE Lab
swatch library across all your workstation. Feasible.
The alternative is you work off a Name Color Profile, an ICC profile
specifically created to encode the match device colors for all your source
PANTONE numbers. Can Autoflow recognize and use such a profile? Otherwise,
it's either a RIP like ColorBurst that natively support NCP or a color
server like iQueue which I think does support ncp. Or use Adobe InDesign and
work off a custom PANTONE Lab document that everyone appends from in your
workgroup, and relying on ACE to match your PANTONE Lab value at the time of
outputting your document to your RIP.
Regards,
Roger Breton
Laval, Canada
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