Re: CTP - reduced dot
Re: CTP - reduced dot
- Subject: Re: CTP - reduced dot
- From: Jon Crook <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:59:05 -0600
- Thread-topic: CTP - reduced dot
Are you able to achieve gray balance and still get GRACoL 7 lab values for
CMYK while getting a plate curve that is close to linear?
On 3/8/06 9:20 AM, "Bret Hesler" <email@hidden> wrote:
> Our inks are relatively low in Tack. It reduces the problems with picking,
> and allows us to get relatively close to legacy midtone gain values with
> plates that are close to linear.
>
> Bret Hesler
> L.P. Thebault Company
>
>
> On 3/8/06 9:11 AM, "Jon Crook" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> We are also running to GRACoL 7 but what you run to depends on what your
>> intentions are. If you want to match legacy work then you would want to
>> achieve the lab values, densities, and the appropriate dot gain as to what
>> you where running before you went CTP. I have found that GRACol 7 is much
>> easier to maintain than our legacy specs so any reprints that come through
>> get a new proof for approval. In my experience, linear plates seem to look
>> pretty flat on press
>>
>>
>> On 3/8/06 7:16 AM, "Bret Hesler" <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> We run curved plates to match the GRACoL 7 tone curve. When we switched to
>>> digital halftone proofing and CTP, our legacy standard was Analog
>>> waterproof. Three years ago, we lowered the dot gain targets to match the
>>> GRACoL 6 spec, around 20%. Now with the GRACoL 7 targets, our plates are
>>> near linear, and dot gains are in the mid to high teens.
>>>
>
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Jonathan Crook
Prepress Technician
Corporate Image
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