on 29/8/03 10:17 am, SimonMartin wrote:
> Why does nobody talk about Colorsync any more? (I'm sure the Colorsync > list is as busy as ever...) > > Is this a dead technology for some reason? If I set Colorsync up right > with a profiled printer, wouldn't it save me having to do a profile -> > profile before a print? Simon Using printer profiles and doing profile to profile conversions are both different ways of using Colosync. The Apple website (http://www.apple.com/colorsync/) says: >> ColorSync is the industry-standard tool for managing color across input, >> display, and output devices. Built into the Mac OS, this system-level >> software >> works with scanners, digital cameras, monitors, printers, copiers, proofers, >> and presses. ColorSync is also supported in all leading image-editing and >> page-layout applications. etc. etc. Its definitely not dead technology. I think the reason the word colorsync doesn't appear on this list very often is because using it has become so ingrained in most of us that we don't even think about it anymore. But to answer your last question: yes, get a good printer profile. Then make sure you are using a colorsync aware image editor (such as Photoshop). Then when printing use colorsync to convert the image from its embedded space to the printer profile on the fly. This would save you from using colorsync to convert the image from its embedded profile to the printer profile yourself and then printing without any more colour alterations. The results would be the same however. hth steve =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
