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Apologies I misled you in this message... when i said measure those plates I meant measure those values of that plate when printed. i beleive we are now talking the same method

So i am thinking the best (and simplest) approach would be to... 1.) Run a set of plates with no settings in any of the curves. 2.) Measure the values of those plates. 3.) Adjust accordingly using a single tone curve. 4.) Repeat step 3 if required further. It completely makes sense to just...

The set of calibrations shown in the screenshot are for the plate calibration only...hence monochrome.

The process does seem more complex that it needs to be i agree. It may be that i have made sound more complex than it needs to be!. We have been using this workflow for around 12 years and it has always produced reasonable results. For those 12 years when needing to re-calibrate, usually for a...

Here is a screenshot of the RIP interface...thought it might help to visualise the process!

Hi Ulrich thanks for your reply, So let me explain further... The 4 Curves: Curve 1: Linearisation (Plate) Curve is ok. Curve 2: Tone Curve, i have never used this and is set to 'None' on all my page setups. Curve 3: Intended is FOGRA 39. no problems here. Curve 4: Actual Press Curve...

I understand where you're coming from and completely agree. However when we do have the need to test plates i put additional tone patches in the centre of the sheet, at the tail at the head, at the head and at the sides (where possible) on the live job, so i'm aware of how the patches deviate...

Been trying to fine tune my plate calibration for our press. But when i used "Edit from Calibrated" and enter values taken from the final printed job...it completely throws out the calibration. So far... 1.) I have calibrated the new batch of plates i need to use to get my plate setting...

Unfortunately its not as simple as that 'Alois' not all types of plates can be used with the Dimension plate setters. I imagine Graeme was using the same Anthem Pro Plates we used and is now on the Anthem Elite plates. We tried getting the plate setter to use a the more widely used Fuji Pro T3...

Thanks Mlevett ill look into that make of plate cleaner never heard of it over here in the UK though, and yeah we clean our plates immediately but still get these issues.

Thanks Wonderings for you reply but im relatively happy with the Dimension, we've had ours around 11 years now and probably only had to replace less than 10 lazers in that time. Lazer settings do need attention but ive never found it to be too much of an issue, i balance ours up using a plate...

Anyone got any advice on plate care with these Anthem Elite plates, we are having a horrid time trying to keep them for more than a single use purpose. For example we ran a job that has a 10000 run work & turn, ran the first 5000 last night fine then come to do the second pass this morning and...

The intended out profile needed to convert the job from RGB to CMYK is decided solely by the people who are printing the job for you and what presses/setup they use. If you know who is printing the job then it is best to contact them and ask what profiles they use, and ask whether they are ok...

Whether using old or new Photoshop converting mode from RGB to CMYK is in fact doing the same...converting to a profile, the working profile defined in your colour settings). Just to be clear RGB is a screen colour model (using light) CMYK is a printing colour model (using ink). A conversion...

Basically my process goes like this... Combine all the design elements in indesign, images would be tagged with the color profiles, then export to pdf with no colour conversion, then drop PDF into my Workflow for Ripping and outputting to plate. What i was confusing me was that by default my...

and this is the way i would convert to the uncoated profile in Acrobat

My PDF output color settings

Thank you guys for your replies they have been most useful, here are some screenshots of current settings i use or intend to use These are my Suite Color settings

Good Afternoon, Background Info I am pre-press originator with 15 years experience in the trade but only recently trying to achieve a (properly) color managed workflow. I create print jobs in InDesign for out putting to our printing presses. Presses being A Komori lithrone 26 and a Sanxin...