Re-changing inks.
Re-changing inks.
- Subject: Re-changing inks.
- From: "Michael Lithgow from Colourhead" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 17:24:11 +1100
- Importance: Normal
- Organization: Kayell NSW (Victoria)
Marco
I have a client who would like to buy GMG Dotproof as he in turn has a
client for whom he provides banners. The client provides artwork with some
small type and when viewed in a contone proof looks great but as the
finished product will be printed with a 60 LPI screen the type breaks up. By
proofing in Dotproof he can show the client how the finished product will
really look. This is an on-going problem for him with a number of clients.
GMG Dotproof can proof from the ripped 1 bit data for the plate maker or can
simulate a dot if this data is not available. There are other reasons like
moiré for printing via Dotproof but I thought this was a practical example
of proofing with a dot.
Michael
Michael Lithgow
Digital Colour Integrator
Kayell Australia (Victoria)
email@hidden
Marco Ugolini wrote
"I am honestly straining to understand from as logical a point of view as
possible why it is so important for some clients to "see a dot" on the proof
(no, even better: not just a dot, but *the* dot! Ah!). Inertia has a lot to
do with it, probably, but doesn't explain it completely.
Let's see: the dot structure on the proof does not really exactly match that
on the final separation, does it? All that effort, and it may well end up
being different anyway: the start points might be slightly different (enough
so to create unreliable results); the screen angles themselves may not match
the final ones, for any of a number of reasons; the dot shape may not be the
same; etc.
This reverence for "the dot" borders on the irrational, and seems to me more
a sign of unfounded fear of the new than a valid position in today's
production environments.
The whole world seems to be going the way of *appearance* matches, not dot
matches, and it's doing so at a fast clip. It's far from the fad that the
"dotsters" would like to think it is: it is a proven way to get better
results while saving money. That combination by itself dooms the
competition. Who can hope to run against that tide and remain afloat?"
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