Re: Mini-rant on the surreal world of "prepress"
Re: Mini-rant on the surreal world of "prepress"
- Subject: Re: Mini-rant on the surreal world of "prepress"
- From: Terence Wyse <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:12:50 -0400
On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Marco Ugolini wrote:
>
> And what is "ICC color" anyway? Is it red? Is it blue? Is it a bird? Is it a
> plane?
I'm surprised at you Marco....everyone that knows anything about "ICC color" knows what that is.....ICC color is a Banana.
> When I asked what CMYK print specification was being used for this print
> assignment, the "specialist" told me (IN THE MOST STUNNED TONE OF VOICE, as
> if wondering how I could possibly ask such an OBVIOUSLY UNNECESSARY
> question) that "THERE IS ONLY ONE CMYK IN NORTH AMERICA"!
>
> So, hear ye, hear ye, directly from the mouth of an "expert": there is ONLY
> ONE CMYK PRINT SPACE IN NORTH AMERICA! It must be true, because these people
> told me so.
Again, your ignorance shows. There IS only one CMYK in North America.....there are just multiple INTERPRETATIONS of that one CMYK.
;-)
> We learn something every day, don't we. In case any of us thought otherwise,
> we now stand corrected by the true "authorities" in the field.
>
> I will ask them no more questions: I was able to wrest out of the
> "specialist" that they are using a web offset press -- so I will separate
> the images to US Web Coated (SWOP) v2, provide inkjet proofs, then cross my
> fingers and hope that these wunderkinds will not screw up too badly.
>
> What nonsense...
Yep!
:-)
Terry "The Authority" Wyse
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Color Management Consulting
G7 Certified Expert
FIRST Level II Implementation Specialist
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