Re: CMYK proof control
Re: CMYK proof control
- Subject: Re: CMYK proof control
- From: Kim <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:38:14 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
Regarding a process control color strip...I consider them a 'must have' on a proof if it were being supplied to me. There is no way to tell if the proof is within a CMYK printing tolerance if you do not have one. I have been supplied a digital image and a proof with no color bars and when I output the image to a SWOP setup on our proofing device for magazine work, it does not even come close. And too bad the advertising client signed off on the photographer supplied proof (because it looked nice). We had to jump through hoops to get the image to match close enough for the client to sign off again on another proof.
The control strip gives one a fighting chance to understand something about the proof and can than explain to the client if there needs to be additional charges to 'match color'. Or maybe the charges should go back to the whoever supplied the first proof.
Best,
Kim Lathan
>
>Hi List,
>
>Just wondering if people who are producing their own CMYK proofs
>adding a proof control label?
>We have been using GMG colorproof RIP (which has been passed on
>certain papers for SWOP, Proof4Press, ECI and FOGRA certification),
>for the past couple of years.
>
>Up until now we just keep the calibration up to date every week or
>so, but I started thinking about measuring each proof and printing
>the label.
>Would the addition of the label add any more weight or value to the
>proof?
>
>Not really sure if it is necessary, but I do realise that magazines
>must be getting 'cmyk proofs' in from more and more photographers
>that may or may not be within tolerance limits.....
>
>Then again, with offset printing being so hit and miss, is it REALLY
>necessary to be within tight delta E tolerances?
>
>
>Any comments?
>
>Graeme
>
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