Re: 175lpi on uncoated
Re: 175lpi on uncoated
- Subject: Re: 175lpi on uncoated
- From: Rich Apollo <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:57:03 -0600
On Mar 29, 2005, at 2:05 PM, email@hidden wrote:
First of all I would like to thank those who responded
to my question about Dot Gain. The info I've recieved
proved to be very helpful.
My next question is about printing 175/L on uncoated
stock. We have not to long ago aquired a sales person
who came from a printing company that printed SWOP and
linear film that burned plates conventionally. We are
a printer that prints to GRACol standard using CTP.
The sales person said his other company printed 175/L
on uncoated stock, and would like us to do the same.
This needless to say angered our pressroom forman. We
can output linear plates no problem which is what we
would have to use no doubt to attempt this. Usually we
print everything at 150/L with a curve on uncoated.
What are others doing on uncoated and does the sales
person have some validity in his request? Or is 175/L
over kill for uncoated stock?
Steve Lehning
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Steve,
1) First check the sales person's head any extra holes — I fear this individual may have sprung a leak.
2) SWOP specifies 133lpi, so this individual is automatically suspect.
3) You can certainly print 175lpi on uncoated — it just looks like crap. You'll get better results with lower line screens. In the end, though, he/she/it is the one who has to sell it.
4) If this guy is insistant on 175lpi see if you can get some dot gain information from him. You'll probably have to drop your 50% to something like a 35% and you'll need to pull some 7-10% out of the 3/4 tone.
5) Get a previously printed sample and confirm his/her/its claim. I don't know any sales people who would actually measure the screen ruling of any printed piece — so there could be many unsubstantiated claims in what he/she/it is saying.
For what it's worth, I run 133lpi on uncoated stocks (or lower as the paper gets worse).
</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>Rich Apollo
Priority Litho
314-344-1144
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