Hello Dick, Hmm, not sure I'm understanding the problem - but why not proof exactly like any other file destined for that press? 1. fire up XProof ;-) 2. set it to assume source = the CMYK profile for XYZ Printing; output = CMYK profile for your proofing media, with ABSCOL rendering 3. drop your edited CMYK file (saved with profile NOT embedded, so no conversion) into XProof's Hot Folder 4. admire (or curse?) the resulting output To streamline step #3, I create a template CMYK file - untagged - containing proofing badges, wedges, etc., so the file to be proofed can be just dropped into it. The only thing I can think to worry about your editing process as described is to make sure you don't take your post-conversion CMYK edits so far that the file busts the press ink limits or max K values. Does this help answer your question? John JWL Images Emeryville, CA On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:00 PM, colorsync-users-request@lists.apple.com wrote (in part):
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OK, so here is my problem.
I'm creating color seps for a book to be printed by offset at XYZ Printing. I have a cmyk color profile for their press room conditions, paper, ink, screening, etc.
I'm starting with several RGB images that are out-of-gamut for their cmyk profile. I then apply my " secret sauce" to edit the file in RGB, convert to cmyk, edit again in cmyk in an effort to get as close as possible on press to the RGB original. How do I then proof that cmyk file?
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