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It's a licensed file that need to be bought from Fogra.

Since we stopped providing CMYK profiles to our customers and simplified our PDF instructions to the absolute essentials, we've seen a significant decrease in color complaints. Many customers today are not deeply familiar with print production and often find CMYK concepts challenging to grasp...

There is often a discrepancy between what software can do and what users choose to do with it.

Hi! I'm curious about how you folks handle PDFs these days, so I put together this quick poll:

It's difficult to provide effective advice without the full context. Even one simple checkbox or setting might alter the outcome. While "using offset profile input and HP press profile output" sounds correct, it doesn't clarify how the conversion is performed or whether the "HP press profile"...

Customer be like "This image is too warm, we need more yellow and red"

What types of presses are we discussing here? Are they all offset machines? If you're referring to offset presses, you can work with a single CMYK profile. However, it's essential to align the presses using TVI or G7 curves in the RIP. This involves conducting test prints on each press...

If you have the i1 Profiler software you can use it to validate the MediaWedge to any standard, under the Printer > Quality option,

What instrument are you planning to use?

We have serveral RIPs and DFEs and our take on this is the following: First off, we make sure your DFE/RIPs can handle PDF/X-4 with the GWGPDF/X-4 Output Suite, as Andrew suggested. Also make sure the color settings in the DFE/RIPs are aligned to produce the same results. This is a simplified...

I'm just going to leave this here:

Monopolies rarely benefit the end user, so I gladly welcome Affinity.

Oh, so thats why some customers want to recieve white label proofs from us!

No, it's not possible to measure the TAC in the final print with any instrument.

What you should do depends on the outcome you're aiming for. In my opinion, there are only two ways to apply accurate color management to a CMYK press (whether digital or analog): A. Convert the artwork to the press-specific CMYK profile (either before the DFE or within the DFE workflow). B...