Re: SWOP proof standards
Re: SWOP proof standards
- Subject: Re: SWOP proof standards
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:53:21 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
In a message dated Jun 28, 2007 6:58 AM, Oakley Masten wrote:
>I need a little help here :)
>
>SWOP Standards 1.30 1.40 1.00 1.60 Correct?
>
>Readings from BIG NAME printer's reference proofs
>
>Epson 1.31 1.56 1.06 1.61
>What's up with the M reading?
>Their proof looked like it was still short on Magenta.
>
>Kodak approval 1.25 1.35 0.78 1.55
>Are these numbers good or should they also match SWOP
>?
>
>They definately don't match! Visually or numerically
>to each other.
>Should they? They should right ?
ICC-profile-based proofing (if that is what we are referring to here) is after a colorimetric match. It's not the densities that one is trying to match.
Ink densities are close to irrelevant. Linearity and ink limiting are more important than ink densities per se.
Marco Ugolini
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