Re: grayscale settings for offset printing
Re: grayscale settings for offset printing
- Subject: Re: grayscale settings for offset printing
- From: Steve Kale <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:35:23 +0000
- Thread-topic: grayscale settings for offset printing
Isn't that all a greyscale ICC profile is? At least the outbound leg.
> From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:14:27 -0500
> To: Jim Rich <email@hidden>, ColorSync <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: grayscale settings for offset printing
>
> Jim,
>
>> If you wanted to use ICC profiles to profile a gray scale printer or a press
>> you might want to consider using the Photoshop options for creating a
>> grayscale profile.
>>
>> Use the following steps to create grayscale ICC profiles in Photoshop.
>> 1. Create a 13-step test target file of patches with halftone values of 2%,
>> 4%, 6%, 8%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, and 90%. This test
>> target can created in Photoshop or in a page layout program. Then print them
>> to your printer or if you are going to a press.
>
> < snip >
>
>> 3. In Photoshop, go to the Color Settings menu and select Working
>> Spaces: Gray. Use the Gray pop-up menu and scroll to Custom Dot Gain.
>
> In this case, this kind of profile is really a transfer function in ICC
> sheepskin clothing. It does the job, however, no question.
>
> Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
> http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
>
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