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

Reply via email to