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I've tried CGS and ColorProof XF from EFI. We had, for reasons other than quality, to stick with XF, but the quality of the proofs was pretty much similar: slight differences that most if not all of the customers wouldn't even notice. However, try matching the white point of the paper when your...

If you measure the plates daily and they do not move, then it's not the plates. Hope I'm not confusing you; the fountain solution ideas, or other press issues, seem more reasonable since you monitor your plates. Anyhow, I was sending a linear black (or magenta, doesn't matter really) plate...

I agree. You said though that you are incosistent on a random basis. I quote: "However, this problem appears to affect all the colors, but sporadically. The cyan was reading a really high dot gain one day with a low SID and then the next day the cyan was behaving normally and the magenta was...

Stochastic plates are more sensitive and could have more variation at different locations of the sheet. This could be caused due to the exposure of the plate. It is also possible to have different amounts of deviation from the target in the midtones, 1/4tones, and 3/4tones. This would indicate a...

Check the packing height and the check roller stripes to make sure. It's kind of tough these to change overnight however... but everything is possilbe.

We just cannot expect that we switch inks and they will run with the same fountain solution, or press settings. That's were support and good pressman craftmanship plays a major role. Anyhow, I am not a big fan of Sun. I don't know if it right or wrong to come up and say good or bad things about...

The main question seems to be why the front and back look different, even though the proofs look the same. Is there a different profile attached to each image? Did they run the densities at different levels? But... "in our terms and conditions we state that we cannot guarantee colour matching...

Hi cmpe, (didn't get your name, sorry) My name is Dimitri Ploumidis. My father has a small offset shop in Ilioupoli, Greece, but I've been in the US for 3 years now, working on a packaging company in CA. We mostly serve the wine industry and we are doing very good during this crisis. Anyhow...

got a 0! It would be a nice if there was a timer on the test.

There are many factors that can cause dot gain to vary on press. Do you 'cure' each hybrid ink? I do not know if that is the case with you, but turning interdeck UV lights on or off has a significant impact on dot gain (plus-minus 5%, maybe more). Also, do you measure the values wet or dry...

Randy, Thanks for the reply! Let me start by #3. #3_ The reason we use emulate illustrator 6 is because we are able to preserve the CMYK values of the photoshop file, so that we avoid ink contamination of solid colors. Possibly, a device link solution would help us there. But your description...

Is the screen defined as a spot color? This should be happening because you have light GCR settings on the ICC profile you are using for the conversion in Photoshop. I think your question is related to my question on another post, so I think I can describe the problem but I have no perfect...

Hello all, I have a question on the use of emulate illustrator 6 Settings. It is rather broad, as it affects the entire color management workflow. We have calibrated the presses on G7. We use ColorProof XF from EFI to calibrate the Epson 9800 on the press sheet. The profiles are with Heavy GCR...

I would expect to have issues with the UV coating over conventional ink, even after exposure to the uv lamps at the delivery. The coating, cured or not, could 'dive' in, rewet, or just not look smooth enough since you'll have all the chemicals in the wet ink film that would try to break through...

what about emulate illustrator 6 settings and preserve CMYK numbers? I've been looking some more information about this for awhile, and this post is actually containing more than one questions. There were still some comments in this thread that would be helpful if someone could clarify since...