Re: printing B+W photographs to CMYK (offset)
Re: printing B+W photographs to CMYK (offset)
- Subject: Re: printing B+W photographs to CMYK (offset)
- From: Thomas Holm / Pixl <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:44:22 +0100
mdesign wrote:
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The black and white photos have been digitally photographed and
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brought into Adobe RGB. They have been adjusted and desaturated and
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are ready for CMYK. I have a medium GCR and Heavy GCR cmyk profile
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(that I had made for the press) but neither of these give a
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conversion that the printer is happy with. They want to see K
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starting in the highlights and carry most of the information on
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through to the shadows with CMY added to richen the grays and black.
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When I convert I don't get a black dot until around 5% and even in
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the 3/4 tones and shadows the K is still not the strongest channel.
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The printer feels that K needs to be stronger to avoid color shifting
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or crossover.
Best Regards
Thomas Holm / Pixl ApS
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