Hi Thomas, On 27 Oct 2004 Thomas Holm / Pixl wrote about: Re: [PRODIG] New way of soft-proofi (snipped for brevity)
> > He might actually post a PDF document converted to the printer's CMYK > space (even if the conversion is proprietary so he doesn't have access > to an ICC profile). This you will be able to soft proof on your screen > using Acrobat Reader, and he'll send you a proof to substantiate it or > check your setup. He actually mentioned me making a print of the file using my printer and then using that in some way to make a profile. > I don't know if you guys are aware that many huge publications and > free sheets/periodicals are proofread and soft proofed this way via > advanced systems. In certain cases a hardproof is not even produced - > the pressman uses a calibrated monitor and a viewer as the reference. > Basiccolor has built something called remote director that is SWOP > certified. You are so encouraging. I didn't know that. Thanks! > > Don't be all pessimistic, there are people out there that do actually > make these things work. Think positive (:-D) > Just bear in mind that none of this will/would solve the problems you > saw last time if it was sloppy press work. This is where I see this whole system falling down. All the best Ellie -- Ellie Kennard, Innovative Imaging Studio : http://www.iiStudio.com Contributor to "Photoshop Restoration and Retouching, 2nd edition" by Katrin Eismann =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
