Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 391
Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 391
- Subject: Re: Colorsync-users Digest, Vol 4, Issue 391
- From: gariba <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 15:04:15 -0300
Best Color did have a paper for newsprint proof, stock number ZP55,
very nice to use...
Atenciosamente,
Jorge "gariba" Batista.
GRB Tratamento de Imagem
Rua Gen Bento Martins, nº 24, conj 702
Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
90080-010
(51) 3061 1029
Skype: tiogariba
On Nov 2, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Brian Lawler wrote:
Hi all,
I have considerable experience making profiles for newspaper presses.
At Cal Poly, where I teach, we have a Goss Community four-unit news
press.
We use Prinergy and a pair of Trendsetters to make the plates, and
the quality is spectacular.
It's the only student-edited, student-printed full-color daily
newspaper in America.
For years we used SNAP, of which I am quite fond.
But, last year in my Color Management and Quality Control class, we
profiled the press.
Man-o-man, we could hardly believe the difference!
Our gamut of colors is much greater than SNAP, and our color
immediately (the next morning) started looking better.
Skin tones were smoother, colors nicer on all skin types, and the
paper was suddenly va-va-voom (comparatively speaking).
We've been running with the new profile for about a year, with
excellent results. I plan to profile it again in the coming weeks.
So, in a nutshell, if you can get specific profiles, that's better
than generic. But, if the same ad is going to a number of papers,
it's probably wiser to stick with SNAP, or you would be in a
situation where you have to make a separate ad for each paper.
On the issue of proofing, I see no reason why you can't proof for
newsprint on any of the good ink-jet printers. I prefer the wide-
format Epsons, but I have seen HP wide-format ink-jet printers in
major national papers doing FABULOUS proofs that are
indistinguishable from the actual paper.
The San Diego paper is one of the finest I have ever seen on
proofing. They use a system called Black Magic (if I remember
correctly) tied to a couple of HP 5000-series machines. The proofs
are stunning.
On a Canon ink-jet you could just as easily proof for newsprint. It
should never be hard to do, as the gamut of newsprint is the size
of a walnut (looks like one too! all crinkly).
And, you can simulate the paper by printing on actual newsprint.
Ask the newspaper to provide a few roll-ends to you (they recycle
them otherwise) and you'll have a couple of years' worth of
newsprint on which to make proofs. If the rolls are too long you
can cut them on a table saw, or a band saw.
The process requires only a good profile for their press/ink/paper,
and you can proof from InDesign or Illustrator or Acrobat pretty
easily. Also, Photoshop should be able to do it equally well, but
that's not a practical work flow for ads.
Another benefit of a walnut-sized gamut is that 100% of the
printable colors of newsprint are inside the gamut of a Cinema
Display. So, soft-proofing is not only possible, it's easy.
Best wishes,
Brian P. Lawler
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