Hello Jouni Marttila,
Good to get a specialist from the paper industry on board of this discussion group!
I am responsible for colormanagement issues for our three weboffset plants in the
Netherlands which explains my interest in this subject.
We have done a great deal of testing and comparing proofing results with standard profiles
like the ECI "ISO Web coated sb" and our own "custom profiles" with
final press results.
We have mixed feelings about the practical use of the ECI web offset profiles.
First of al I must say that l there is a real need for standard ICC profiles for web
offset in Europe and we very much support the ECI initiative as such.
As for the present ECI profiles however we have experienced that using these for digital
colour proofing in order to predict the press results on our presses these profiles do not
really do a good job, at least not in our plants.
Possibly this has to do with the fact that the ECI profiles for weboffset were made from
prints that were actually produced on a sheet-fed press.
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