Re: colourwork flow in design for print
Re: colourwork flow in design for print
- Subject: Re: colourwork flow in design for print
- From: Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:07:36 +0000
> Hi all,
>
> I hope this is the right forum for asking these questions, if not please
> accept my apologises.
> I work in the artwork department in an design agency and we I finally
> upgrading our system to OSX we will be running Adobe CS suite Quark 6.5
> suitcases etc, we currently using an Canon 1130 copier for run outs via an
> Fiery-Rip.
>
> Do any of you know of a way to ensure we get acurate colour matching from mac
> to laser print and hopefully from laser print to litho. All of our print work
> is done by multiply printers so emulating a commercial pre-print settings is a
> no-goer.
>
> Also would it be worth buying a calibation tool such as LaCie blue eye or
> similar. Any advice and/or tips would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Andy
Andy,
You would be able to calibrate the 1130 if it is being driven by a fiery
RIP. You would then need a spectrophotometer, and software to generate your
profile. The cost for the Eye-One Proof (from gretag macbeth), which would
calibrate your screens and CMYK printer is going to be about £1114 GBP+VAT.
Alternatively you could buy a monitor only calibration bundle and get
someone in to calibrate your copier. Might cost less to start with, but you
wouldn't have any way of making sure the copier was still calibrated.
I've had no success with the Blue-Eye at all - its never produced an
accurate monitor profile, always too light or dark compared to the luminance
targets I enter. Also it only works on Lacie screens, so you couldn't use on
any other screens you have. We've used the Spyder2PRO, Monaco OPTIX, &
Eye-One Display2 and they all calibrated our monitors well.
Colour copiers and laser printers are inherently less stable than inkjet
printers, to the extent that the colour can change throughout the day as the
printer warms and cools.
That said, it is likely to make a HUGE difference to the colour quality if
it was calibrated. Obviously it still has the look and feel of a laser
print, but at least the colour would be much better.
If you don't send the jobs to any press in particular, then the only CMYK
profiles you can use are those based on standard printing conditions - such
as SWOP (for printing in America on a Web Press), ISO Coated (Europe on
Sheetfed), ISO Web Coated (Europe on a Web Press) etc. The Press then has to
be run to that standard for you to get a good colour match.
Hope this helps
Lee Badham
Bodoni Systems Ltd - Key solutions in digital imaging.
Tel: 01895 825776
Fax: 01895 825994
web: http://www.bodoni.co.uk
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