Re: Supplied RGB
Re: Supplied RGB
- Subject: Re: Supplied RGB
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 12:46:21 -0400
I appreciate your response.
To be clear - I've tried to describe the symptoms, but have no interest
in blame. With my proverbial blindfold on I can only determine that the
elephants foot is big. :-)
What I would hope for and try to influence is some sort of standard and
get that information out to those that need it. PrePress people,
photographers, designers art directors etc
It seems to me that the the press is expensive, because it has to
output many copies and quickly - but the whole screened 4/color print
process does not impress me as being able to reliably depict images at
a high standard.
When i look at a print from my desktop printer - it does manage to do
it much better.
.... but the point is that is the only way to try to communicate what
the image should look like.
CM works very well within my place, but fails once the file go out.....
Ii usually print on a Roland or get a digital proof from a pre-press
house and the images i produce these days are done with digital backs
and cameras that run into a lot of money.
I have very little say in who gets to print my images and no
communication with those people and more often than not the results are
pityfull and I do take into account the limitations of the 4/c process.
My main concern is that there is to be a standard way to deliver the
files and have a reasonable expectation of the result.
Ulf Skogsbergh
http://www.ulf-photo.com
On Thursday, May 27, 2004, at 12:22 PM, Rich Apollo wrote:
Ulf,
I think it's pretty amazing that photogs and creatives on this list
make the assumption that the final output on a million (or more)
dollar press is wrong. The idea that the printer has the obligation to
manipulate said press to match the output from the creatives' $300
inkjet stands the whole equation on its head.
Printers feel that they can't get all the information to facilitate
the clients' wishes. They're just running around with big targets on
their backs.
Creatives feel that they can't get all the information to work with
the printer. The printers are secretive and misleading.
Who's right?
If I misconstrued your post I do apologize.
I've provided a press profile to exactly 2 clients, both at my
insistence. I'm not even being asked the right questions.
In a survey I just got the results of, some color-managed printers
were asked a series of questions:
3% of respondents said that 51%-75% of their clients asked for color
management on their jobs.
47% of respondents said that none of their clients asked for color
management on their jobs.
Again, if I misinterpreted your post I am sorry.
Rich Apollo
Priority Litho
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