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  1. ASchuett

    Searching for a non-expensive proofing software

    Hi, in our department we have an Epson 4880 color proof machine. Up until today we've had an old Heidelberg Prinect Workflow with the latest update from 2010. I would like to get rid of the three big clunky computers that we need for Prinect because we sold our offset machine two years ago and...
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    What to do when printed colors must be viewed under various lighting conditions...

    I asked a similar question some time ago. Link
  3. ASchuett

    InDesign seems not to accept color settings

    Hi Ulrich, yes, I have checked the working spaces without any document open. They're ISO Coated v2 and eciRGB. Somehow InDesign seems to fall back into its default color spaces despite our customized settings. I have no Idea why and I have never seen this behavior before. Anyway, in the...
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    InDesign seems not to accept color settings

    We're experiencing a weird problem here. One of our students is working in InDesign CS6 on an OSX network account. The color settings in her InDesign define eciRGB as default RGB and ISO Coated v2 as default CMYK working spaces. But if we try to open a document which also has eciRGB and ISO...
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    Is it possible, to make sure there will be no metamerism under non normalized light?

    Thanks for your reply, everyone. I think that describes the problem pretty good. The kind of formulation I was searching for.:)
  6. ASchuett

    Is it possible, to make sure there will be no metamerism under non normalized light?

    Hello everyone, let me explain my problem: Today I had a discussion with my colleague about the appearance of a specific orange tone. This tone had been printed on an offset machine in the past. Today I had to produce some flyers in exactly the same orange tone on a Xerox machine. It took me a...
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    What to do with an old Heidelberg Nexscan F4200

    So, we have this Heidelberg Nexscan F4200 which has been standing around in our department since ever. It cannot be connected to any modern computer anymore due to it's SCSI interface, it's big and space consuming and it is the perfect place to lazily put all the stuff on which you do not want...
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    Need some advice: What to do with our Nexscan F4200 flatbed scanner?

    Hi there, I need some advice regarding our good old Heidelberg Nexscan F4200 flatbed scanner. This scanner has been in our department since ever. It's a great piece of hardware but using it is a pain due to the fact that we can only connect it to an old Macintosh G4-Quicksilver via SCSI...
  9. ASchuett

    Cmyk image, profile conversion 4col black

    Okay, now I understand the problem. You could try the Convert Document Colors Tool in Acrobat Pro to convert to your CMYK profile. To prevent the Rich Black in your pixel images, there are three options in this dialogue: Preserve Black, Promote Gray to CMYK Black and Preserve CMYK Primaries...
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    Cmyk image, profile conversion 4col black

    In the color conversion fixup of the Preflight Profile that you use to make the color conversion you have an option to convert only pixel images. This will leave the technical colors (text, vector objects, shapes etc.) untouched. Hope that works for you!
  11. ASchuett

    Gaining colour consistency between offset/digital/proofing

    You are right: you need different output profiles for each press and also for each kind of paper and screening technology in use. Actually, ISO coated V2 is already an output profile which is adapted to offset and digital printing on coated paper. This does not automatically guarantee color...
  12. ASchuett

    Buying Proofer

    We use an Epson Stylus 4880 Inkjet Printer which is a very common solution. Often the 4880 is combined with GMG color proof software. Besides proof printer and RIP-Software you will also have to think about a photospectrometer for measuring and verifying your proofs. Using laser printers for...
  13. ASchuett

    proportionate scaling of effects in Indesign

    Hi Maas, in InDesigns presets you can activate the option "Adjust scaling percentage" to scale Contours and transparency effects. Unfortunately drop shadows and some other effects do not seem to bother about this option. You can find more information about this problem on Scaling Effects |...
  14. ASchuett

    Microsoft to Adobe

    Hi Guru Morgor, in my opinion there is no elegant and reliable way to edit PDF files with any office application. PDF files are not meant for editing and even with higly sophisticated products like Enfocus PitStop it is often enough difficult or even impossible to change some things. What you...
  15. ASchuett

    free software for prepress

    Hi Joan, Gimp, Scribus and Inkscape are open source, for free and can be combined for Desktop Publishing. Gimp is the open source equivalent to Photoshop, Scribus is the open source equivalent to InDesign and Inkscape for Illustrator. The big advantages about these applications are: They're for...
  16. ASchuett

    PDF ink coverage?

    Hi leonardr, thanks for your answer. You're right! Photoshop is NOT a PDF RIP-Software and Photoshop is NOT a software for PDF editing. And in my post I am NOT suggesting to use it as such. I am suggesting to use Photoshop as a quick and dirty way to get an idea if the PDF will consume a...
  17. ASchuett

    PDF ink coverage?

    @stephen If the ink coverage in your pictures is too high, then this is a problem about Color Management. Unfortunately, color management is a complicated matter and cannot be explained in one single post. Let me put it this way: Obviously, all the color images in your PDF file must be CMYK or...
  18. ASchuett

    PDF ink coverage?

    Maybe you could try a trick with Photoshop. Right now, I do not have a version of Photoshop on my computer but I will try to explain from my memory: 1. Open your file with Adobe Photoshop. You will be asked about the resolution. Resolution is not really important to find out about ink coverage...
  19. ASchuett

    Awkward Moment

    Same in prepress. From time to time feel the urge to press cmd+z in real life.
  20. ASchuett

    What book are you currently reading?

    "Winter of the World", the second book of the 20th Century series by Ken Follet. About 900 pages and a really good read!

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