[filmscanners] RE: 3 Newbie questions

["LAURIE SOLOMON" <laurie@advancenet.net>]

>Well, sure, but if they can't handle an image with your embedded profile,
>and you don't have a profile for their printer, then your color is potluck.
>There's no magic.

Yes, on that we do agree.  Since we are not talking about inkjet or laser
printers but in all proablity WEB presses, it is not so much the printer or
the publisher furnishing a custom color profile for their press as providing
information as to the type of SWOP standard they utilize for their CYMK
press so one can select it for both soft proofing and for use as a working
space in Photoshop unless they use a non-standard SWOP in which case they
would need to supply the actual profile.  I am sure that if the printer were
asked the proper questions they would readily furnish the needed
information.

-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Paul D. DeRocco
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:30 PM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] RE: 3 Newbie questions


> From: LAURIE SOLOMON
>
> I agree with some of what you have said- especially the above, although I
> think you have assumed a somewhat harsh position as to what a print house
> should have and use and what it shouldn't.  If by China, it is meant
> mainland China; it is entirely possible that they do not have the
> latest and
> greatest software or hardware available.  The same can be said for small
> publishing houses or presses who may do quality work using less than the
> latest and greatest software or equipment.
>
> It is also possible that they require images in CYMK color space
> and as EPS
> files which will be placed within a page layout that is then sent to the
> press where plates will be made by the printers in accordance with their
> requirments in order to keep their costs down; whereas the
> submission of RGB
> TIFF, PSD, or some other file format files would require
> additional work and
> costs on their end which would make the publication budget unprofitable.

Well, sure, but if they can't handle an image with your embedded profile,
and you don't have a profile for their printer, then your color is potluck.
There's no magic.

--

Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

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