Re: profiles and pantone colors
Re: profiles and pantone colors
- Subject: Re: profiles and pantone colors
- From: Mark <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 10:21:09 -0400
On 4/30/05, Marco Ugolini wrote:
Profiles for an inkjet printer (which I assume are the kind you are
referring to in this instance) describe the behavior of a device, which
means ALL the colors that this device is capable of producing using a
specific driver or specialized RIP.
I actually had a press in mind when asking the question.
Your reply, however, answered some other good questions I hadn't even
though about.
If I understand you correctly, a postscript file (or other file
format) I generate from any of these programs will contain a
specially named Pantone color that bypasses color management at the
application or RIP level. In other words, all these programs will
understand that the colour I have defined, wether it's reproducible
by the press (or inkjet) or not, is to be handled differently than
the regular CMYK colors. In the case of a press, I get a different
plate for that Pantone and for an inkjet rip like those you
mentioned, the special lookup table is used if my colour is defined
correctly. If it's not, the pantone is just converted to CMYK and it
may or may not be that good of a match to the actual Pantone.
Am I understanding all this correctly?
Out of curiosity, what file formats can accept spot colours (either
alone or in addition to CMYK)? Postscript, PDF, EPS, DCS?
Thanks,
Mark
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