You can test this empirically: The difference is dramatic. On a somewhat related note, if you are proofing for press, and the paper proof has a paper white simulation added to the background (i.e., printed with absolute colorimetric rendering intent), trim off all margins that are outside the job and show the naked bright white of the unprinted paper. If left on the proof the perception of the proof will be that of darkness and dinginess, as the eye takes its cue from the brightest "white" in the field of view. Mike Strickler MSP Graphic Services
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2013 15:27:43 -0400 From: Ken Fleisher <PT_Ken@netbox.com> To: ColorSync Users Mailing List <colorsync-users@lists.apple.com> Subject: Soft Proofing with White Border Message-ID: <CAL=8Xqt4AsdpFpFM3V6vDLcMParpRn79C0eP=HGeZH+R8B33dA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
It is recommended that when you soft proof an image on screen compared to a print on white paper (or predicting the print on white paper), that you have a minimum 1" white border surrounding the image on screen. Does anyone know of a good link to a (preferably) non-profit web site that explains in plain English why this is necessary? I need to supply a good reference for it and the link I had been using has gone dead.
Thanks! Ken Fleisher