Re: Lowering total ink coverage in a CMYK separation
Re: Lowering total ink coverage in a CMYK separation
- Subject: Re: Lowering total ink coverage in a CMYK separation
- From: Terence Wyse <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:59:42 -0500
Hi Roger,
The simple answer is, unfortunately, the pricey one!
I would use something like Alwan CMYK Optimizer or any "workflow" type
product that supports device link profile conversions. The "simple"
part is to create a device link profile that uses the same profile, or
a profile made from the same data set, for both the source AND
destination with the destination profile having the desired total ink
limit. With the correct settings for purity and such, you'll
essentially get a "null" transform but with the total ink limit
adjusted. Alwan CMYK Optimizer lets you do this easily but virtually
any device link profile could be set to do this as long as you had an
application that could process the images(s) through the device link.
Regards,
Terry Wyse
On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:39 PM, Roger Breton wrote:
This is a question that's more print-oriented (sorry Edmund).
It's about bringing down the total ink coverage in a CMYK image
from, say
350%, to 280% for publication work for example or, even more
drastic, down
to 240% for newsprint work. The issue arises constantly in print
production.
I know there are superlative tools out there like Alwan CMYK
Optimizer that
do this kind of job as part of their toolset but isn't there a way
to reduce
the TIL in a separation without going through some CMYK to CMYK
conversion?
Whether it'd be done through optimized device link profiles or just
through
a pair of ICC Output profiles?
I confess my ignorance here.
Roger Breton
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