Re: Profile Editing/Potential Disaster?
Re: Profile Editing/Potential Disaster?
- Subject: Re: Profile Editing/Potential Disaster?
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 20:25:59 -0500
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That doesn't mean you should change your workflow, but it is something
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to realize as you market your proofs. You could say 'Our Kodak Approval
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is the best',
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... but it is unlikely that you getting an accurate predictor
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of press behavior with your current workflow.
There we are. Thank you Kevin for your input. It seems to me that there are
two schools of thoughts on color management for output, today. There are
those who are looking for 'prediction' and those who expect a press to be a
'matching' device. It's an ongoing debate. Which is best? I tend to favor
the former but, realistically, it's not always possible. If, for instance, I
have a client who's a web offset printer, and this printer has a policy of
only running two kinds of Stora grades, then it makes sense for this printer
to 'profile for prediction'. But if I am in the position of Vanita and I
send jobs left and right, then I can only be in the position of 'please
match my supplied proof'. It seems both approaches are valid. But I'm always
tempted to say that 'prediction' is superior and this should be encouraged.
But that's a very normative view of things. As Gracol TR-004 slowly diffuses
its innovation in the industry, it will be interesting which paradigm will
prevail. Something along the old Beta vs VHS battle.
My two cents,
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There is also the
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possibility that if you send a digital file in CMYK to a printer, he
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could assume that all he has to do is print it instead of first
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converting it to a decent profile such as U.S Web Coated (SWOP) v2.
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ESPECIALLY seeing that he's got a SWOP certified digital proof right
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next to it!
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Kevin Muldoon
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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