Re: No More RGB/Taking a CMYK delivery on
Re: No More RGB/Taking a CMYK delivery on
- Subject: Re: No More RGB/Taking a CMYK delivery on
- From: "jc castronovo" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 08:29:54 -0400
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Smith"
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> Why do others have to conclude that it's wrong to embed a CMYK
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> profile, just so that there's LESS chance that the printer can screw
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> it up?
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You just answered your own question. There's less chance that the job
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gets screwed up.
Are you saying that the level of expertise can be so poor at the press that
I have to do everything possible to prevent a disaster short of running the
thing myself? That's pretty sad and pretty lazy on their part. They get a
pass because I didn't take every precaution necessary against them hosing my
job? Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of really great and knowledgeable
press people, but the industry is being led in the wrong direction by those
who oppose profiling, and for some very poor reasons.
I used to have this uncle (I think he learned to drive in the dark ages) who
stopped and blew his horn at every intersection in town, even when he had
the right of way - it was frightening!
When will it be safe to assume that a professional is working the other end?
If he needs to ignore the profile, then he should do so. I'm comfortable
with that because I prepped it correctly to his specs - only joking, we
usually can't get specs - so I prepped it for SWOP because that's all I had
to go on. I'd really prefer to give profiled RGB and let the "expert"
convert it for his conditions, but that's really asking for trouble if you
don't know who's on the other end.
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The file's not going anywhere else. We're talking about files prepped
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for the final destination.
Ah, if it were only true. It would be nice if files evaporated after
printing. Unfortunately I get untagged CMYK files all the time from agencies
and designers to be made into everything from Duratrans and LVT
transparencies to 'c' prints, posters and trade show exhibits. These
archived images are usually picked up from jobs that were prepped for
press - sometimes years ago, sometimes from an overseas office, etc. Who
knows what the conditions were now?
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Even assuming the above... a printer that I've prepped a file for wants
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to send it to some different device... he only needs to assume the
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proper profile for his press/proofer because that's what I prepped the
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file for. No guessing needed.
Yes, but only you and the printer know for sure. What about the rest of the
planet?
:-)
john c.
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