Re: Flexo, ICC and Dot Gain
Re: Flexo, ICC and Dot Gain
- Subject: Re: Flexo, ICC and Dot Gain
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 21:11:04 -0400
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Greetings
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ICC has provided a great way to "optimize" a file for different press
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conditions. I can fingerprint a press, create a profile and use it at our
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Epson to produce a proof that exhibits both the hue of the inks and the gain
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of the press. In the past we would read the scales to determine the gain,
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create a LUT or DGC and compensate the file in that way.
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This is great for CTs. LW however is another story. I can "cutback" my CT with
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ICC, I cannot do the same for LW (very well.) So I need to extract gain info
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from the profile. I can get Dot Gain data from my profile application but is
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it any good?
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I am beginning to suspect the dot gain data I get is no good, it is
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consistanly higher than traditional readings. I trust the profile to work, but
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fear I cannot get valid data for creating LW cutbacks.
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I was wondering how others might be dealing with this.
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thanks
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Dane Carlson
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"Beware the four color black text..."
I've worked long enough with flexo to know there is no such thing as
'extract dot gain' information from a profile to turn into cutback curves.
How is your 'LW'? Is it strictly 'line work' or do you happen to have screen
in your LW as well? Otherwise, I don't see what is there to cut in the first
place in your LW because LW is hight contrast be definition.
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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