Re: Device Link Profiles & Monaco Profiler Platinum
Re: Device Link Profiles & Monaco Profiler Platinum
- Subject: Re: Device Link Profiles & Monaco Profiler Platinum
- From: Mike Strickler <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:50:26 -0700
I'm not sure that GRACoL or SWOP have changed things for the
Approval; the press inks whose colorants it's intended to match are
basically the same as a decade ago. With DLs the better laminate
proofers can do a good job, and have a few advantages: They use the
actual press substrate and don't need to add background dot to match
paper color; their solids are often quite close to ISO and in fact
may not need "contaminating" color to match. The down sides are
numerous and obvious: cost, slowness, difficulty with spot colors,
etc., etc. But the fact is that many customers are still insisting on
these proofs and many shops are simply obliged to supply them. In
that case they CAN be made to perform quite well, especially with a
good device link profile.
Mik Strickler
MSP Graphic Services
It strikes me that Kodak has essentially thrown in the towel with the
Approval, by conceding that the way it was originally designed to
work is
simply not compatible with the modern SWOP and GRACoL standards.
The Device
Link really turns it into a big inkjet in a way, with contaminated
solids to
match the true ISO inks. Add to that the fact that any relationship
between
the Approval's screening and the screening done by different
platesetters is
totally accidental, I see no rational reason to continue using
these beasts
aside from explicit customer requests.
Chris Protopapas
FUEL DIGITAL
New York
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