On Dec 29, 2005, at 11:14 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
In this case obviously no one knows exactly what's going on, so
since the image
was RGB in origin then it should likely be presented to the
printers as such.
They should be able to make an appropriate CMYK conversion and
colours that
fall out of gamut can be assessed in the proof. The gamut of direct
to print or
laser printers is all over the place, it varies with paper and ink/
toner/screen
resolution. Executing a CMYK conversion without knowing the
characteristics of
the print process is worse than making none from my experience.
Absolutely. In all my years of professional photography I have never
had a printer ask me to do the CMYK conversions. That is a job for
the printer, who (hopefully) knows the profiles for his devices. It
really sounds like a case of a printer who doesn't know WTF he is
doing. I'd seriously consider taking the job elsewhere.
Bob
