re: Fingerprinting vs Profiling
re: Fingerprinting vs Profiling
- Subject: re: Fingerprinting vs Profiling
- From: Dan Reid <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 15:02:23 -0700
From GATF Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications, 1998:
3The testing of a printing press prior to beginning the actual print run as
a means of determining the exact degree of dot gain, ink density, trapping,
and other printing characteristics. Each print job has its own particular
fingerprint, or set of subtle (or not so subtle) variations in the above
mentioned qualities. This fingerprint needs to be determined to properly
customize the color separations and ensure proper register of successive
color images." - Frank Romano, author
So I read this as mechanical (register, SID) and software adjustment (dot
gain, trapping) to optimize separations *hopefully* to some printing
standard.
--
Dan B. Reid
RENAISSANCE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING
Color Management Products & Training for Print, Internet, & Motion Graphics
http://www.rpimaging.com | Toll Free: (866) RGB-CMYK
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