Re: Rel vs Abs proofs
Re: Rel vs Abs proofs
- Subject: Re: Rel vs Abs proofs
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:25:03 +0200
Well, I work primarily in the book industry, where there is plenty
of paper
white to be seen, and find that the dots in white areas can be
quite clearly
visible.
How closely do your clients look at the proofs? There is not much,
if any,
apparent graininess in inkjet proofs made at 1440dpi from a normal
viewing
distance (10 to 15 inches), and you can always print at 2880dpi if
that is
still not good enough in your judgment. Also, the smoothness is
increased by
the presence of more than just one ink in the proof, plus the fact
that some
of these inks are the light ones (light cyan, light magenta).
Dot size/Resolution is not the problem. There are simply not enough
dots which also are widely dispersed. Annoyingly visible.
Another problem imo is the fact that the simulation happens in the
top of the color cube. In the top of the pyramid if you will. This
mostly means that some arbitrary paper color almost always is out-of-
gamut. Most all profiles happen to shift the Hue radically in those
areas. Tweaking by hand may overcome the Hue problem, but then you
have to reduce Lightness which obsoletes the whole point of
simulating white.
Another problem may be texture. Clearly, one can reasonably simulate
newspaper gray on glossy stock, because the above mentioned problems
are not typically hindering the result. But, the paper simulation
becomes a perfect uniform (glossy) gray. Not a textured and speckled
gray as most newspapers go.
If any of the proofing manufacturers is reading: would be a nice
feature. Either overlay the textured & speckled paper simulation
prior to print, or, first print a textured & speckled paper
simulation. Then print the relcol proof on top of that...
Regards,
Oscar Rysdyk
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