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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...

You said "when we print heavy ink images like the one i attach even we apply tac 280 we get wringled paper". Are you 100% sure there is no 'CMYK to CMYK conversion' in the DFE? If you are sure no conversion is applied in the DFE and you still have these issues you could consider to lower the...

This is definitely a challenging situation, particularly when the customer is unavailable at the moment. Halting the job could result in a missed delivery deadline. In many cases, customers prefer to have the job printed with spelling errors rather than not printed at all. Another option (if...

First, you need to ensure that the image is actually being converted to 280% TAC in your workflow. Can you preview the separations of the rendered artwork in your DFE and measure the TAC? Or maybe you could post a screen shot of your DFE settings? If the TAC is indeed too high for your...

Thanks for that history lesson Dov, very interesting! And thanks for busting the myth that embedding full font would allow PDF editing in Acrobat. We actually had a customer not long ago that claimed that since the fonts in his PDF were BASE 14 fonts we should not stop his files in our...

When printing on both coated and uncoated papers, you don't need different profiling targets; the same target or color chart is used regardless of the paper type. However, you will create separate fingerprint profiles—one for coated and one for uncoated paper. Fingerprint profiles simply...

Normalizing can mean many things, but in our case, we preflight and color manage our PDF files in Enfocus Switch before they reach the DFE. The main reason we convert RGB to CMYK prior to the RIP process is to maintain tighter control over the color conversion. We use our custom version of...

The screenshot refers to the production environment after the profiles have been created. Input PDFs can contain both CMYK and RGB data, and both will be processed correctly. In our case, we always "normalize" RGB to FOGRA51 before sending it to the RIP, but the approach you take will depend on...

Great questions! When printing a CMYK profiling target, it's ideal to avoid any color conversions. The input CMYK values should remain "untouched" in the output, except for any calibration or linearization curves. Achieving this depends on the RIP or workflow software you're using. In some...

In this context, "fingerprint" refers to the process of printing a CMYK profile target (such as the ECI2002 or similar) to create an ICC profile specific to your press and paper combination. This is typically done using software like X-Rite Profiler (or comparable tools) alongside a...

Techkon instrument are great! They have a simple 'density meter': Color-Densitometer - TECHKON - We measure color and more... Or if you need more advanced stuff: Spectro-Densitometer - TECHKON - We measure color and more...

Is crafty maybe just another word for "lot's of manual labor"?