Re:Newcomer to Color management with Questions.
Re:Newcomer to Color management with Questions.
- Subject: Re:Newcomer to Color management with Questions.
- From: Graham Lingley <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:46:02 +0100
Elena,
What RIP do you have with the 3535? We have a Creo Spire, which will do the
output CM for you. So you wouldn't have to worry about the printer profile
in your apps (except for soft proofing).
Graham Lingley,
MRC Centre Visual Aids,
Cambridge, UK.
--On Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:06 pm -0800
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Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:01:01 -0500
From: Elena Songer <email@hidden>
Subject: Newcomer to Color management with Questions.
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I would welcome any opinions on how to start setting up my color
managment.
It would be my first time attempting to color manage. I work at a 30
person ad agency (with 2-3 Art Directors). We use Quark Photoshop and
Illustrator. Presently we do not do color critical work, but on occasion
the owner will ask "will it look like that" when he looks on screen and
then sees what comes out of our Xerox Docu3535. It is a good machine and
fast and we are not in the market for buying an Epson for proofing. We at
one time had an Epson3000 (excruciatingly slow, but good color). I am the
one who is recommending color management, but I know they don't want to
spend a lot of $. I saw a GretagMacbeth EyeOne Design system for under
$1k, which is a good intro small scale kit. It is upgradable (Modules
cost $800 up) so you can edit profiles.
I had thought this would be a good option, because it would give me the
opportunity to learn, at a reasonable price while getting better color
from our display to printer. But on the other hand, if in the end I might
have to spend $1500 to upgrade, I might as well start off with the more
advanced EyeOne Proof package or an X-rite Pulse Elite package. MacWorld
magazine also gave the ColorVue Spyder2Pro system a good review.
Another question I have is that being that Quark doesn't behave well with
color management, how can I get documents made in Quark, PS and
Illustrator print out of my Xerox? Someone suggested I-See Color
software. However, I'm more confused now, since it looks like I have to
go thru a lot of steps: calibrate monitors, make profiles for the printer
with the
spectrophotometer, put these profiles into Q, PS and Ill., and then use
another piece of software to make all of this print.
Thanks for any input.
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