EFI Offset Proofpaper 9200 Semimatt - follow-up post
EFI Offset Proofpaper 9200 Semimatt - follow-up post
- Subject: EFI Offset Proofpaper 9200 Semimatt - follow-up post
- From: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:41:51 +0100
On 23 August I posted here stating that we had noticed problems with
longevity of proofs made on this stock.
<http://lists.apple.com/archives/colorsync-users/2006/Aug/msg00133.html>
Further tests confirmed our suspicion that proofs made on this stock
using an Epson 9600 with standard Epson inks would yellow
significantly over a period of 4 weeks.
We did not have enough batches of stock to work out if we were using
a dud batch or whether this was a problem with the that was common to
the stock.
However, we did receive an email from EFI confirming that they too
had noted this problem and were working on a new stock which would be
free of yellowing and which was less prone to powdering when cut -
and offering to supply us with some stock for testing.
Unfortunately, it appears that this new stock isn't sufficiently
developed for us to start using it now and is unlikely to be
available until late October - so we have been forced to move to a
different stock which has a better reputation for stability.
This has put us in a difficult position commercially. We have a large
number of proofs in the hands of clients that are now incorrect and
will not yield the same results as the Passed Stickers we stuck to
them and the dE measurements that we made before they left our shop.
Sticking with EFI would have (perhaps) given us some leverage to get
some replacement stock and offer customers replacements for the
inaccurate proofs.
It would have also allowed us to:
1. Use a paper whose surface characteristics we prefer to the
competition
2. Maintain the FOGRA Certification that we have already paid for
Instead we are going to end up using a GMG semimatt proof paper which
has a surface texture that we personally feel is inferior and a FOGRA
certification that has a caveat, replacing client proofs at our cost
and having to spend another £500 to re-certify for ISO Coated and ISO
Web Coated :-(
You can probably appreciate that I'm not happy with this situation.
I expected more from EFI (and their chosen paper manufacturers) in
terms of production quality control and more from FOGRA in terms of
longevity testing (or testing that the production paper matched the
stock that was submitted for approval).
We are still committed to the kind of open workflow exemplified by
FOGRA - but proofs that have a useful life of less than four weeks
don't meet our definition of a "Contract Proof".
Regards
--
Martin Orpen
Idea Digital Imaging Ltd
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