Standards?
Standards?
- Subject: Standards?
- From: Rich Apollo <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 07:47:58 -0500
On Jun 2, 2004, at 12:00 AM, email@hidden
wrote:
I have a customer with thousands of separated images for Lo Gain
Matchprint on Superwhite base. They print their work at approx. 13
different sheetfed printers around the country. Over time they were
able to print their commercial jobs very dependably with this proof.
Now most printers have gone CTP. Their dot gain is substantially less
in many cases. The printer's vendors have advised them to set up their
proofing system to their press as it runs with the CTP process linear.
The result is a much more open printed sheet.
As a result these printers are telling my customer that all of their
images need to be corrected or re-separated at a considerable cost to
them. My customer will not pay added costs to printers who now have far
greater methods for controlling dot gain and densities. Since the
printers didn't choose to calibrate to reachable standard that they
previously used, they are losing these accounts.
Sometimes I am not sure whether it is ignorance on the printers part or
if it is a calculated ploy to bilk AA correction charges from unknowing
art agencies.
How a printer chooses to set up their shop is purely a business
decision. Closed loop or open. The question is, what are the digital
standards for the various prepress processes and how are these proofs
verified?
Bob
Wouldn't take much time, effort, or cost to run these through an
automated workflow (iQueue or AppleScript) to "re-separate". This is
just repurposing for an evolving workflow.
Rich Apollo
Priority Litho
314-344-1144
email@hidden
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