ECI standard colour proofing on actual substrate
by Simon Elliott
I am enquiring as to whether there is any work being carried out that will
enable proofing on actual substrate (LWC or SC) utilising the ECI standard.
Regards
Simon
Simon Elliott
Print Production Manager
T: ++44 (0)1908 296 901
E: simon.elliott(a)argos.co.uk
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[Fwd: ICC, ISO TC130 call on color management vendors to drop restrictions on exchange of profiles]
by George Battrick
Hi all!
Does anyone know what is behind this press release? The suppliers of
colour management software are working against interoperability? How
does this affect the workflows proposed in the ECI "white paper"? Does
ECI, as representative of users of the technology, need to jump in? Or
is it just a "storm in a teacup"?
George Battrick
ERA
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Subject: ICC, ISO TC130 call on color management vendors to drop
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Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 14:02:35 -0400
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For Immediate Release For More Information,Contact
September 3, 2003 William K. Smythe
703/264-7200
E-mail ksmythe(a)npes.org
ICC, ISO TC130 call on color management vendors to drop restrictions on exchange
of profiles
Two leading organizations promoting better color management in printing
are calling on vendors of International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles and
profile-building software to eliminate restrictive license language that
prevents customers from exchanging profiles with others or embedding them in job
files.
The ICC and Technical Committee 130 (Graphic Technology) of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) joined in a letter to
vendors urging this modification of customer licenses. The organizations
concern focuses on clauses in vendors licenses for profiles and software that
prohibit their customers from distributing the profiles to third parties.
Such restrictive clauses in licenses hamper effective all-digital
workflows and are therefore too restrictive for many customer workflow
procedures, particularly procedures that are using file formats defined in the
PDF/X family of International Standards, the letter says.
In some cases, it continues, these standards may require the embedding
of output profiles, or both input and output profiles with the data being
exchanged.Moreover, because these standards define file formats for data
exchange they will normally involve exchanges between unrelated organizations.In
many situations, the sender in these open exchanges (e.g., publication
advertising) may not even be able to identify all of the recipients.
The solution proposed by the two organizations is for vendors to
explicitly permit customers to exchange or embed profiles for rendering and/or
processing of the specific objects to which they are related.We believe that
this change will reflectbusiness reality, the letter states.
TC 130 and ICC are asking all vendors to review their policies and take
steps to insure that your profiles can be used in compliance with international
standards and to support open color managed data exchange.
The International Color Consortium was established in 1993 to create,
promote and encourage the standardization and evolution of an open,
vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management system architecture and
components.The outcome of this cooperation was development of the ICC profile
specification, now in use by leading vendors of color management solutions.ICC
regular membership now includes 67 companies and organizations, in addition to
four honorary members and seven liaison members.
NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting
Technologies serves as ICCs administrative secretariat.For more information,
visit the ICC web site at www.color.org.
Technical Committee 130 is the ISO panel responsible for developing
standards for all phases of printing.NPES serves as secretariat for the United
States Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to TC 130.For more information about
standards development visit www.npes.org/standards/workroom.html.
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