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Hello Forest, Just a few questions to help us all understand. What is the output profile for printing? Fogra? SWOP etc? What type of machine is doing the printing? Offset? Digital? Inkjet proofer? What is the output intent? Absolute? Perceptual? Can you post a few examples of the...

Hello Tsfx, I'm having trouble understanding the problem. We use the same Epson as you. We use Filmgate 7 as our RIP. It lays out the artworks in the most efficient way for you. Does that help you?

Hello Darioluca .... and Hello Breifeld, I have been looking into this for a while on another forum. Today I got a phone call from a supplier I trust with an answer. The LAB values you export into Adobe might be rounded up to the nearest decimal when you try to establish the values (see the...

Hello Breifeld, I've been on the hunt for an answer for you .... bare with ...

Hello Schnitzel, i got a reply this morning. Here is my question and the response for you: Hello Juergen. I came to the Seitz Session in London back in 2015 (I think). Either you or Tony said that when we take a spectro reading about 90% of the raw data is discarded. Can I ask what is meant...

Hello Linda, Danny makes a very valid point here. (twice!) I've assumed from the start that your customer knows you are printing CMYK only. That your customer is providing you with their chosen CMYK breakdown for Special Orange. If your customer is expecting a 5 colour job they might not...

Hello Linda, I don't think you have a real print problem here. "Spot Colours and Transparency can produce unexpected results." Have a look at the attached screenshot. I put a block of Special Orange at a 75% tint next to the shapes. The colour looks ok compared to the Special Orange with 75%...

Hello Linda, I have just tried this in Illustrator and get a similar difference when I go into overprint preview. I've attached my test file here. I've marked the corners of the image so you can see the colour difference on screen between the area where the photo is sitting under the colour...

Hello Schnitzel, Well, with hindsight, perhaps that is a question I really should have asked myself before I posted it. The comment came from Juergen Seitz during a lecture I attended (he's GMG's Senior Technical Advisor and a German delegate in TC130- WG3.) At the time I took it at face...

Hello Thaiha, We used to use colour standards a lot. We try to avoid it now. Let us see if I have understood you correctly. You have this four colour job. You want to print a colour standard for your own reference. One colour standard will be the lightest acceptable print. One colour...

OK. This is the deal as understand it. We currently use test charts with lots and lots of patches and then take LAB readings from them to build the profile. Now, when you take a spectro reading, about ninety percent of the data is discarded. It's not needed to create the LAB value. So GMG...

Hello Folks, We are looking at buying a Duplo PFi DI- CUT 300. If anyone out there has good and bad stuff to say about it, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks

I'll second that. Complete your artwork and add the dispro at the end.

I agree. If they pay for print they get the print if they pay for artwork they own the artwork. But have the conversation with then to find out what they really want and how you can help them. The relationship might be over or maybe something can be salvaged. If all you were given was jpegs...

Thank you Mike... Yes that is exactly what we do. It's not 100% perfect but it's the best solution we have found.

You are correct Gordo. I was wandering off course. The point I was trying to make is that you are in search of unwavering perfection then you might want to consider a career outside of print. I guess that in print we aim for perfection but make plans for what to do when we miss.... and ...

I think you need to remember that taking LAB readings is an imprecise and imperfect method. That said it's a massive improvement on all the other alternatives (a bit like democracy or trial by jury). I don't believe that measuring one area with two devices proves anything. Take a sheet and...

All Pantone books are printed on the same press in New Jersey. However, that press suffers they same issues any other press so the colour will drift. I believe that in the small print of each book you will find they allow a tolerance of 2 delta E between books. That is before they ink begins to...

You might want to check outs an app called BatChMod. It's a free app that allows you to change or reset file permissions.

There is an excellent free pdf viewer on the Packz website. It has more pre press viewing features than Acrobat Reader and some to rival Acrobat Pro. Well worth registering and downloading.