RGB - CMYK
RGB - CMYK
- Subject: RGB - CMYK
- From: Liz Day <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:10:48 -0500
[LD:]
I have heard, over and over, from many people, including printers
themselves, that many or most printers, including good printers, don't
use color profiles.
Is this true? If so, why not?
Somehow, I had gotten the idea that a primary reason for using color
profiles was so you could get better print work. But if large presses
don't use them, then I'm definitely misunderstanding something.
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[PL:]
>A Colour Management workflow is all about removing all the things that
go wrong between the client brief, the graphic designer, the photographer,
the hardcopy proof prints, soft proofs and whatever else......
I didn't plan to take RBG files to a printer. I thought there were color
profiles for CMYK files too. Aren't there?
When I ask a printer what profile he would like his CMYK files in, and he
tells me he doesn't use profiles, how do I then produce a file that prints
properly on his press? (Without running a dozen proofs, because
publishers have told me it will be a cold day in hell before they allow the
author more than one proof before going to press). I feel I am getting
close to the mystery, but not quite there. What variables make for a good
file? Is there some generic format for all litho presses?
>Given a correct digital file the litho printer should produce a good job
for you.
I guess I don't understand how one achieves the correct digital file, if
it's not part of color management and if all presses don't want the same thing.
I assumed that the color profile was helpful to them, but clearly they need
something else. What?
What exactly DO people do to their files, other than convert them into CMYK
(which I gather is an art in itself), if they want good color from the press?
ack.
Thanks,
Liz
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Liz Day
Indianapolis, Indiana, central USA
(40 N latitude, USDA zone 5b)
www.kiva.net/~daylight
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