Remote Proofing
Remote Proofing
- Subject: Remote Proofing
- From: Rich Apollo <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:32:34 -0600
All right, Henrik, I'll wade in on this one, too.
First off, Jim Rich, your take on "remote proofing" - "...that it had
to do with proofing an image or page being reproduced at a 'distant
or remote site' on a monitor or a printer..." corresponds to my
definition. To avoid overcomplicating the issue, consider that some
clients are happy with a PDF that they can view on screen in a
colorimetrically UNCONTROLLED manner. That too is remote proofing.
Okay, point is it can be a pretty broad umbrella encompassing a number
of radically different approaches.
The downside, in my print-centric view, is a lack of knowledge. To wit:
If I want to instate remote proofing (hardcopy) the first thing I have
to consider is calibrating the printer on the client's site. Do they
have anyone that CAN do it? Do they have anyone that WILL do it? Do
they have, or can I instill in them enough interest to take
responsibility for that end of the equation.
Second point. Henrik, you brought up PDF/X-3 and output intents. Okay,
again I see a huge lack of information in the market. IF, and that's a
might big if, I receive tagged images/files they are incorrectly
tagged. Upwards of 90% of the tagged images are CMYK and have a SWOP
profile (usually the dreaded SWOP (20%)). Fine and dandy, except that
we are a sheet-fed shop. I know immediately that this hasn't been
thought through. Nobody has asked for my press profile and the data is
tagged for a different production process. The same will happen with
PDF/X. The only folks that will benefit in terms of color from PDF/X
will be publication printers that receive files from separation houses
and resellers of iQueue.
I don't think much of the output intent idea. It seems counterintuitive
to me. I'm the guy controlling the output. I don't understand how
someone upstream can do it more effectively. The output intent seems
like we're throwing in the towel on RGB workflows.
Rich Apollo
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