Jouni Marttila wrote...
Hello all!
This is my first posting to this list so I hope You bear with this novice
question. We (papermaker) have been looking into making ICC-profiles for our
heatset papers (press spesific - not general) together with our customers.
Very often when talking with experts I run into suggestion to use these
standard profiles - either Euroscale Coated or these newer profiles ECI
(e.g. Isocoated.icc) is providing.
I have understood that these so-called standard profiles are mainly made for
sheet-fed printing. How well these suit for heatset printing? My main
concern is what kind of pre-press settings (Maximum ink coverage, UCR/GCR)
were used when making these profiles. In heatset maximum ink is usually
around 280-320% when in sheet-fed I understand it can be up to 350%.
Is the pre-press setting used listed in somewhere or could someone tell
about those?
Thanks in advance
Jouni Marttila
Hi Jouni,
You can always run an RGB set of ramps through the profile in Photoshop and measure the total ink for each value in the black patch. A look at the channels will give you a good idea of the UCR/GCR settings.
Dan
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