No More RGB/Taking a CMYK delivery on
No More RGB/Taking a CMYK delivery on
- Subject: No More RGB/Taking a CMYK delivery on
- From: MSD <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:57:23 -0700
Recently I had a couple catalog covers go wrong as the supplied
AdobeRGB (which we photographers were preached to as the most versatile
delivery) was somehow hashed and converted to sRGB.
As such, I am going to deliver CMYK instead of RGB.
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If the prepress can "hash" your AdobeRGB
they can certainly "hash" any CMYK profile, as well.
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A couple real world questions.
I spoke with a prepress manager today about their workflow which is
essentially 7 Web presses. He said, "We build our separations based on
US Prepress Default, with 20% dot gain and no color management. 300
TAC, 85 shadow, 4 highlight through 5, 4, 4" He also stated that they
use SWOP (CGATS TR001) to get things close.
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A, web press, prepress set up for 20% dot gain?
I have never seen that - is that the US prepress default?
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Finally, once the image looks great and gamut is controlled, I presume
it is here where one converts to the needed profile....and then applies
output sharpening (at 100%) and saves out Embedding the profile to be
imported into Quark.
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What are you placing into Quark?
If you are placing .tif files into Quark - you are involved in a crap
shoot
as far as output is concerned.
Quark - and color management ?
The printer is not running Quark color management !?
MSD
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