Re: How to work with ColorSync unaware printers?
Re: How to work with ColorSync unaware printers?
- Subject: Re: How to work with ColorSync unaware printers?
- From: "Walter Zacharias" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:12:14 -0600
Paul
My take would be that in a theoretically ideal CM world, supplying the RGBs to the printer would be best since it allows the printer (who should be most knowledgeable about their printing process) to make the separation.
However, printers must match the customers' (creators') expectations. The problem/question is, on what are those expectations set? Too often we find that they want us to match their proof or monitor yet they have little to no process control or knowledge of proper colour management procedures. Thus the embedded profile for either RGB or CMYK is not related in any way to the results they expect.
As such, our tables are turned. We continue to ask, how do we work with ColorSync unaware creators? I have high hopes of finding concrete answers to this question during the "What to Do When Someone is NOT ColorManaged" session at this year's GATF Colour Management Conference.
Walter Zacharias
Production Analyst
Friesens Corporation
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"Oh I feel like dancing,
It's foolishness I know.
But when the world has seen the light,
They will dance with joy like we're dancing now."
- Martin Smith
>>> Paul Schilliger <email@hidden> 11/01/04 07:49AM >>>
Sometime ago I shared about my disappointing experiences with printers
who do not take into consideration the ColorSync profiles. Shortly after
that, I sent another job to another printer but I asked him first what
profiles I should use, asking if ISO Coated (someone on the list had
advised that I should try this profile) was all right. His answer was
that this profile was fine. This was a job in a hurry (as usual, I'm
afraid) and there was no time for a proof. The flyers came out too dark.
When I asked the printer why, he said that next time I should lighten
the files by 10%. This answer didn't satisfy me, for the files were
fine, so I asked him how he dealt with the profile. He said he had
converted the file into SWOP. But when I checked by soft proofing, it
was obvious that he had assigned the profile instead of converting to
it. So here is my next question in my quest for a fool proof way of
dealing with printers: What would you think of sending Photoshop files
that have been saved as RGB EPS files? The printer would then have to
check the CMYK option when he opens the file, and the file should be
then separated into his CMYK settings. Would that approach make sense?
Best regards,
Paul Schilliger
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