Re: CMYK proof control
Re: CMYK proof control
- Subject: Re: CMYK proof control
- From: Graeme Bulcraig <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:28:52 +0000
Hi Kim,
Of course we always add a colour FOGRA bar to every proof!
What I am referring to (and you will see from this hugely informative
long running topic), is a proof control label....a very different thing.
Are you measuring your color strips and printing a label that you are
attaching to your proof?
This shows that the proof was made under exact calibration standards.
Otherwise as you point out, there is nothing stopping people just
adding the graphic strip to a 'photographic' inkjet..
Regards
Graeme
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On 20 Feb 2006, at 22:38, Kim wrote:
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
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