Re: Subject: Commercial Printers and Color Management
Re: Subject: Commercial Printers and Color Management
- Subject: Re: Subject: Commercial Printers and Color Management
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 16:11:31 -0400
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Isn't it amazing that printers can no longer match the proofs they
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could match two years ago. By using "standard"
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color spaces or proofing systems one can faithfully print legacy and
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separations done for a "standard" CMYK space. In design and prepress on
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does not always no where the final job will be printing!
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The computer to plate revolution is supposed to drive costs down, not
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up. The computer to plate manufacturers and color management
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professionals need to lead printers into using "dot gain managers" and
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ICC profiles. In most cases, the printer needs to simply manage dot
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gain in their RIP to get their plates back to where they were when they
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used conventional work flows. By doing so. printers can be more price
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competitive and they can capture more work. By not doing so, they will
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drive customers away with poor quality or high prices.
I am in a similar situation with a commercial sheetfed printer where the
AGFA Sherpa inkjet proofs don't match up my simulation of their press! Which
do I believe : their proof or my proofs? It's tough on nerves. I've asked
them to look into where the discrepancy could come from but I doubt they
will have an answer and I am going to have to take a leap of faith. I hate
that. Because I could be wrong. Then I am going to have to pay for my
mistakes. But if I'm right then I'll have proove that their so-called custom
ICC profile they use in their RIP to simulate their press output is to be
taken with a grain of salt.
Tough times.
Regards,
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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