On Feb 25, 2015, at 2:02 PM, John Lund <john@jwlimages.com> wrote:
This *is* the issue, at least to the extent that it means everyone will reduce the color & tonal range in their files to "SWOP".
You keep saying this and it makes no sense. Again, SWOP is a type of press not a specific press condition. No more than writing: "This *is* the issue, at least to the extent that it means everyone will reduce the color & tonal range in their files to "RGB". Which RGB? The CMYK numbers are either ideal for the output conditions or they are not. Using SWOP in a sentence tells us nothing about the color space other than it's CMYK. It tells us we are printing to a Web press. Nothing more. There are literally hundreds of flavors of SWOP as there are hundreds of ways one can alter the press, paper, ink, etc to produce a differing result. SWOPV2 is a specific flavor or recipe of CMYK, based on a specific press condition. Andrew Rodney http://www.digitaldog.net/