Re: high end mystery meat...
Re: high end mystery meat...
- Subject: Re: high end mystery meat...
- From: Rick McCleary <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 09:03:26 -0500
A local prepress house does not embrace a color managed workflow. They
scan with a Fuji drum which converts to CMYK on the fly. The scanner
operator has quoted a common black balance of 95,85,85,90 for 355 TIC
and
they usually separate with UCR. After corrections by hand, the CMYK
files
are output on a Creo laminate proof and delivered untagged to the
client.
How could I create a profile to assign to these files? Should I just
create a CMYK printer profile for the Creo laminate proof? If so,
should I
build a 355TIC and UCR into the profile?
Should I try a polarizing filter on the Spectrolino when measuring a
glossy laminate?
Are you tied to using this prepress house? It sounds like you're
trying to jump through incredible hoops in order to use their scans. I
would suggest looking for a more color-friendly vendor. There are many
color-managed service bureaus where you can get high-end RGB drum
scans. You can then do the CMYK conversion yourself based upon an
accurate ICC profile from whichever printer will be inking the job. To
obtain a good profile of the printer's proofing device may require a
pro-active approach on your part, but it can be done. You may have to
arrange to have it profiled yourself - a good profile can be had for
$250 or less.
HTH - Rick
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www.rickmccleary.com
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