Dear Deb, One suggestion may be to call them "Guide Prints." This is a term we have adopted, and it seems it might be more appropriate in the situation you explain.
Best, Janet M. Sullivan Assistant Manager-Digital Media Visual Resources Department Yale University Art Gallery 203-436-4666 janet.sullivan at yale.edu http://artgallery.yale.edu/ On Mar 12, 2007, at 9:35 AM, Deborah Wythe wrote: > Hello all, > > Have other photo studios/scan labs/R&R departments been wrestling > with the > issue of match prints (or "match prints"), now that most of us are > no longer > sending out transparencies to publishers? > > It's one thing to produce a match print on a high-end printer, > using color > management and calibrated everything when you have access to the > original > art or at least to a good transparency. > > It's an entirely different proposition to do so when you are > assembling > images for a catalog from a variety of sources, most of whom now > simply send > you a digital file and many of whom do not have the capability of > producing > anything close to a match print. Publishers generally insist on a > match > print, and the lack of an analog resource to compare can certainly > cause > problems in the color proofing process. > > When we only have the file to go by, our solution is to produce the > best > print we can, based on what we're seeing on our calibrated monitors > and > using the color profile we receive with the digital file. It's not > ideal, > but the best we can do, considering. One dilemma, though, is what > to call > these prints so that it's clear that they're not truly match prints > that > have a solid relationship to the original art. Or am I just > splitting hairs? > How are others handling this? > > Thanks for your input, > Deb Wythe > > Deborah Wythe > Head, Digital Collections and Services > Brooklyn Museum > 200 Eastern Parkway > Brooklyn, NY 11238 > tel: 718 501 6311 > fax: 718 501 6145 > deborahwythe at hotmail.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft > Office > Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
