Re: G7 press calibration, best press conditions or average?
Re: G7 press calibration, best press conditions or average?
- Subject: Re: G7 press calibration, best press conditions or average?
- From: Marco Ugolini <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:42:19 -0800
- Thread-topic: G7 press calibration, best press conditions or average?
In a message dated 11/5/08 4:03 AM, eric@poem wrote:
> I have been involved with 55 consumer magazines here in the UK that
> print by the numbers every issue, mostly without hard copy proofs.
> This could not have been achieved unless there had been a major
> seachange in attitude press-side.
Bingo! Call it "calibration", call it "adjustments", call it whatever you
wish. Fact is that the press will not run itself, and its behavior changes
according to how the press operators set it up. Not to repeat myself, but if
that is not calibration, what is?
> The press room overseers have a much
> easier task today than ever before, by the time the press is up to
> speed and in fit, they are saving good copy, because the colour
> numbers supplied match the colourspace being run.
In other words, the press behavior becomes (a) known, (b) predictable, and
(c) stable (within acceptable tolerances).
You know what? As long as the press operators achieve those three goals, I
don't even care too much if it offends their sensibilities, or Paul's, to
call it "calibration" -- and they call it "cream pie" instead, or whatever
else suits their fancy!
Marco
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