Re: Match the Proofer?
Re: Match the Proofer?
- Subject: Re: Match the Proofer?
- From: "jc castronovo" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 21:12:10 -0400
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From: "Politano, Matthew"
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> OK - that was a bit rant-y, I apologise. But seriously, what is
reasonable
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> to look for/expect from a printer that claims to use colour management?
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Printers fall into two camps: those who've invested the time to fully set
up and embrace color management and those who flatly oppose it. You appear
to have run across one of the latter, but he wants you to think that he's of
the former ilk - hence the obfuscation of facts.
What I've complained about (and taken some abuse over) is the unequivocal
support that is given in some circles to printing professionals who will
blame those who use color management for problems that occur as a result. As
highly paid professionals, they bear responsibility for recognizing
profiling issues when they occur and dealing with it whether they want to
use color management in their shops or not.
I have even less patience for those who say that they're color managed, but
they won't clue anyone in to the secret settings that they use. They've set
up a scenario whereby they can always blame the person submitting the file.
Embed a profile, they ignore it, and it's wrong. Don't embed one, and if
you'd guessed at their secret formulas incorrectly, it's your fault again.
One has no choice but to pay these shops for proofs and corrections. More
power to them , I suppose. At least they've figured out how to make money at
everyone else's expense.
john c.
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