Re: SWOPv2 is dead
Re: SWOPv2 is dead
- Subject: Re: SWOPv2 is dead
- From: "Jorge ." <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:02:27 +0100
Using the compare feature of ColorSync Utility with ISO Coated v2
(ECI) against Adobe's Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004) reveals rather
different (I think) 3D representations of their color spaces. Why is
that and what does it reveal?
On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 7:55 PM, Martin Orpen <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> On 28 Feb 2015, at 18:12, Roger Breton <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> Please excuse my ignorance but is "ISO Coated v2 (300)" based on Fogra39?
>
> Yes. It’s the ISO Coated v2 profile with a 300% ink limit.
>
> ECI offset guidelines state:
>
> The ECI offset profile “ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI)” is a good
> choice in cases where the intended printing condition is not
> yet known. The advantage of the version of the coated profile
> with a maximum total ink coverage of 300% is it‘s higher flexibility
> regarding the use for sheetfed and web offset printing. Prepress
> data prepared with this profile can be converted to many other
> printing conditions with good results, however, the best possible
> results will be achieved with cmyk prepress data prepared with
> the profile that matches thatprinting condition exactly.
>
> <http://www.eci.org/en/colorstandards/offset>
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