RE: grayscale settings for offset printing
RE: grayscale settings for offset printing
- Subject: RE: grayscale settings for offset printing
- From: "Richard" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:40:10 -0000
Title: grayscale settings for offset printing
Is there a specific reason for your
printer to print greyscale in CYMK? Why not just K, it will save a fortune in
ink costs.
Richard
From:
colorsync-users-bounces+richard=email@hidden
[mailto:colorsync-users-bounces+richard=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Christopher Bain
Sent: 14 December 2005 20:35
To: email@hidden
Subject: grayscale settings for
offset printing
Greetings:
I'm seeking info on correctly converting to grayscale specifically for offset
printing. I'm very comfortable doing the actual conversion utilizing
Photoshop's Channel Mixer, but its the specific settings I'm hoping to
understand. I've had great success with RGB-CMYK conversions, using the
specific CMYK - ICC profile from the printer/separator, but am less clear about
grayscale. Obviously I can setup my system to convert to grayscale with a
15% dot gain, or whatever the printer tells me, but is that it? If
they'll give me their dot gain settings for the quarter tones, half tones and
three quarter tones (for the paper/ink combo in question) is there a way to
build a better conversion? I haven't seen much written on this, since
everything seems aimed at inkjet. The two-dozen "originals" are
arriving digitally from many different sources, some untagged, some in various
flavors of grayscale already, and many in RGB. I'd like to set up a good
workflow for these. Thanks for anyone's insights.
Chris
Bain
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This electronic mail message contains information that (a) is or may be CONFIDENTIAL, PROPRIETARY IN NATURE, OR OTHERWISE
PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named herein. If you are not an
intended recipient, please send an email immediately to email@hidden and take the steps necessary to delete the message
completely from your computer system.
|
|
_______________________________________________
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
Colorsync-users mailing list (email@hidden)
Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription:
This email sent to email@hidden