>Could you briefly elaborate how you use remote
proofing for clients with
QCColor?>
As briefly as possible...I
don't. ;-) We're not using QCcolor currently. We're using Colormetrix for
in house proof verification and we've yet to make a decision on a remote
proof verification solution, but QCColor is contender. In the interim, some of
our remote clients have the ability to measure colorbars on each proof using an
i1 and the Comparing feature of Gretag's Measure Tool. A
less-than-elegant workaround, but it fits the bill for the most part. As far as
remote proofing in general goes, a good offense is the best defense, so we
keep up with printer calibration on a regular basis, outputting calibration
charts frequently for either the client to measure or to ship back via snail
mail. This in itself offers a numerical comaprison to an established data
set, and is verification of the output device, but obviously isn't practical to
use on every proof. Since we provide the paper and inks and control the color,
the only "gotcha" we've run into is nozzle clogging. Fortunately, GMG
allows a nozzle pattern to print before or after every job, so the problem
is evident to the end user.
Michael Eddington
North American Color, Inc.