HarveyDunn
Active member
I'm designing a color-critical piece that will be printed on a sheet-fed press using the GRACoL profile.
I'm a bit confused by dot gain. I'm using the usual Adobe products to produce the piece: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Do I need to do something to account for dot gain? Or is this already "baked in" to the ICC Profile?
Also, we are going to do a first round of proofs with a service bureau, because we haven't chosen the printing company for the project yet, but the client wants to see a realistic simulation of the final outcome ASAP. Do I need to do something re dot gain before sending the service bureau the files for making the proofs? I don't want to create any unrealistic expectations - i.e. it looked great in the independently-produced proof but then the printing company says they can't actually match it.
I'm a bit confused by dot gain. I'm using the usual Adobe products to produce the piece: InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Do I need to do something to account for dot gain? Or is this already "baked in" to the ICC Profile?
Also, we are going to do a first round of proofs with a service bureau, because we haven't chosen the printing company for the project yet, but the client wants to see a realistic simulation of the final outcome ASAP. Do I need to do something re dot gain before sending the service bureau the files for making the proofs? I don't want to create any unrealistic expectations - i.e. it looked great in the independently-produced proof but then the printing company says they can't actually match it.