Re: CMYK is CMYK is CMYK
Re: CMYK is CMYK is CMYK
- Subject: Re: CMYK is CMYK is CMYK
- From: "Anthony Sanna" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 11:56:23 -0600
>If I were supplying imagery to a company whose website states :
>> Prepress is performed by dedicated, professional graphic artists and
>> color management specialists.
>I would 'phone and ask to speak to one of their 'color management
>experts'.
That's what I asked of the owner of the shop, but it was after-hours,
yesterday, and he said he'd have prepress get back to me this morning.
Well, I just got the call-back, but it was from the owner, not his
prepress, but that's OK, he seems like a nice guy, patient, and trying
to help (I didn't get that stonewalled feeling), and from the
information that his prepress department gave him, I doubt that it would
have mattered who I talked to.
Here it is... The only other spec that prepress could think to ask for
was: "an 8 channel file". After hearing this, I gave up hope of mining
any more information from their "dedicated, professional graphic artists
and color management specialists". Their requirements are CMYK with 600
dots per inch and 8 channels, saved as a .jpg or .pdf., period.
Anyone know how to make one of these?
Actually - and this is from the prepress guys - the only color
management term that they could ever remember hearing from a customer
was "Pantone". Pantone? Good luck hitting any of these numbers with a
system like this.
So, how it was left was that I would physically send them the file on CD
with a proof. The owner said "OK. So, should we should match the
proof?"- (no exaggeration). It seems that receiving proofs from, or
generating proofs for, their customers is a rare occurrence. Files are
uploaded to them via their website, and they have very strict
requirements on file size, resolution and file naming, which probably
reduces hiccups in the workflow, and for color, their "color management
specialists" are, most likely, making subjective decisions on the fly.
At this end, I think the best I can do is to follow John Castronovo's
suggestion and use SWOP coated v2, and send them their correctly named
and sized CMYK file (with a proof), as an Illustrator-generated .pdf - 8
bit/4 channels (as I assume they were trying to say).
>
>In circumstances where there is still confusion , we'll gently point
>the suppliers in the direction of one or all of the several best
>practice guidelines for the supply of images that have been compiled
>by committees representing all sectors of the industry and that are
>freely available on the web.
Give me some suggestions. I told the guy that I'd forward some CM info
to him for his general reading.
Tony
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Anthony R. Sanna
SACO Foods, Inc.
1-800-373-7226
email@hidden
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