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Save the file as a PDF. Then use Acrobat's Extract All Images function.

1) Fiery XF can put crop marks on for you. 2) The point of submitting an RGB file to the RIP is to avoid compressing the gamut of the file before it gets to the RIP. The RIP is still converting the file into the colorspace of the output profile.

I used to proof for #5 coated stock, SCB, and newsprint all on one proofing paper on one proofer. It worked for us. If memory serves, I was using the SWOP 5 dataset with an edited white point as the source profile for the #5 coated proofs. There is a FOGRA dataset for super calendared, and the...

If you're working with smooth vinyl, then an i1Pro2 with i1Profiler will allow you to make profiles. If you get into fabrics, or textured surfaces, then you'll want to look into a device with a large aperture, like the measurement devices from Barbieri. You could pair an i1Pro2 with software...

Version 2 of Tucanna Color Control was like 1/5 the price of the new version. Don't know if version 2 is available. SpectraShop is a good tool, as is BabelColor.

I don't recognize the top half. The bottom half is used to check mechanical registration of a press - part of a Luchs CARE test. They check registration from unit to unit and repeatability of each unit.

I didn't care for Apogee running a proofer. I purchased a proofing RIP and had Apogee export proofing files (Tiff or rasterized PDF). Then I controlled all the proofing from the proofing RIP. With a proofing RIP you'll have nesting available, automatic and/or manual. At the time that I had to...

A proof is made to demonstrate how the file will look if printed under a specific set of conditions. If the press does not perform in accordance to those conditions, then it is very unlikely that the product will resemble the proof. I like your idea of looking for trends in what the press...

Not how I would explain it, but close enough for this conversation. Not quite. If I'm getting an accurate conversion of your colorbar data, your cyan patch is L*=54.17, a*=-30.4, b*=-50.69. If I go into Photoshop and create a 100% cyan patch in the GRACoL2013 colorspace, then I convert it to...

A proof is a prediction of what will happen on press. If the press is performing in an inconsistent fashion, then you cannot predict what will happen. Ask the pressman if he is offering to pay for the first set of plates, the second set, or both. Money wasted on double plating and unnecessary...

Zip. Disk space is cheap, your time is not.

I get a different result converting 100% cyan from GRACoL2013 to your x800 profile in Photoshop than what your colorbar measurements show. How are you handling the conversion of the colorbar? Comparing GRACoL2013 to your x800 profile does not indicate a gamut issue. I don't see any big problems...

arossetti, Do you have an ICC profile of the printing condition, or P2P measurement data, or simple step-wedge measurement data that you can share? If your cyan is dark and greenish (or not warm enought), how are your RGB overprints?

When setting up clear and white inks, I think you'll find that most files received from creative groups require some mechanical adjustment. This is not a knock on those building the files, they have a different focus and set of responsibilities.

You hit on a key issue. Ask any woman who scrapbooks about paper and pH. Since you're qualifying your proofs with a colorbar, could you generate new proofs for subsequent printings?

I think you could accomplish a lot of what you want with Switch, PitStop Server, and Ultimate's Impostrip. This would leave Rampage alone for the time being. Are you wanting AE to do something that these cannot?

What kind of output is this for? Are the cut lines consistently named?

In quick tests here, I get the same conversion from InDy CC and Illy CC. If I change the profile assigned to the Illustrator document before converting the spot color to CMYK then I get a different set of CMYK values. That would mean that Illustrator is not using pre-baked CMYK values. I can...

I'm guessing that either one of the interlock "keys" is not hitting it's slot or you have a faulty interlock switch. Make sure the keys are properly secured. I've seen this kind of thing happen on all kinds of machines when the keys work themselves loose.

This is a SPOT color, but it has CMYK values? Isn't the Clean Colors setting for single channel CMYK values in the source file? So a CMYK mix of 0,0,100,0 would print in yellow only. Doesn't apply to spot colors. Go into your spot color table and add "My Yellow," or whatever the color is...