Re: prebinding
Re: prebinding
- Subject: Re: prebinding
- From: Jim Rich <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:06:53 -0400
On 6/10/04 9:45 AM, "Lauren Cross" <email@hidden> wrote:
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I have some questions about this concept.
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Prebinding would appear to assume an rgb workflow. This would rule out the
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following scenarios:
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Any publisher with a digital workflow using TIFF-IT, PDF/X-1a, 1-bit tiff or
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dcs files.
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Any prepress shop that must run random color proofs to be used as contract
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proofs, and even if that prepress shop has an rgb workflow, they would have
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to have this tag or profile from every single printer and press and apply it
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accordingly, which would assume that the printer had an appropriate tag and
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workflow in order to conform.
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Any printer using color management successfully already, applying profiling
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and conversion on the fly at their RIP.
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Any printer who doesn't want the responsibility of color conversion--and
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there are many--
Lauren,
I am not the creator of this word (I would have considered a more
descriptive phase like: Embedded Color Management, so an end-user can
stand a chance of figuring out the meaning) . so I can only speculate
about this prebinding concept.
Since all images potentially start as RGB then I am not sure what the
problem is.
As for supplied and legacy CMYK files, PDF and in RIP conversions, why not
create the concepts for those situations or a tool ( such as a device
link) that falls under this prebinding umbrella.
As far as I can tell this prebinding thing is an idea like the concept of
color portability was back in the late 1980s before it was given a better
name. Today it is called color management. Maybe tomorrow a new name will
be used?
And from what I can tell there is no rubber meeting the road yet so it will
be at least 2 or 3 days before a change takes place.
Jim Rich
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