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January 8, 2018
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Noob Question printing pantone acurate proofs

  • January 8, 2018
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Hello All, Happy New Year.

I bought an Epson SCP800 designer edition printer and installed it. I am looking to print color accurate proofs to send to my customers. Printer came with Fiery express but after researching, I think it would be better to print the PDF's from Ai since this is how the art files are created anyway. I downloaded the pantone library .ICC files and was wondering how to install them so that Ai can see them and can choose from the dropdown window or is this really necessary. I played around with Fiery enough and this is not the way to go. I don't need a server since I only have 1 printer and 1 designer. I read that you turn off CM in Ai and let Ai print the colors assigned in the file? I am trying not to use up the ink playing around. 8 cartridges in this mamma .

  Set the profile to the correct paper and then what ICC to use? or none at all.

Thanks in Advance.

Bob

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    Mejor respuesta de Monika Gause

    In order to print only slightly reliable proofs you will need to learn color management and not turn it off.

    Accurate proofs that can also be sent to the printer need to even follow standards. Forget about proofing altogether when you don't want to learn or invest some money to calibrate that printer. It will need to be hardware calibrated. And yes, that means printing out some test sheets. And it means buying a device for calibration.

    THis articla is just scratching the surface of color management: Understand Photoshop color management

    You will need to dive really deep into it.

    There are trainings on LinkedIn Learning about it (paid resource) Learning Color Management

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    jdanek
    Inspiring
    January 9, 2018

    Monika is correct.  The software RIP has a way to convert the Pantone Spot colors.  It is a complex process and you should read the RIP's user's manual and also further white papers on proofing with that printer / RIP combination.  If you use the paper profiles the RIP comes with for your specific printer, you may not have to calibrate it.  But, should you not get the results you are looking for, you could have the printer calibrated via places like ColorHQ.com where they, for a fee, will calibrate your printer and build you a profile for your RIP.  The other option is convert the spot colors in a "copy" of the original file to CMYK and proof that.  But, research the process.  It is worth the investment.

    Monika Gause
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    Monika GauseCommunity ExpertRespuesta
    Community Expert
    January 8, 2018

    In order to print only slightly reliable proofs you will need to learn color management and not turn it off.

    Accurate proofs that can also be sent to the printer need to even follow standards. Forget about proofing altogether when you don't want to learn or invest some money to calibrate that printer. It will need to be hardware calibrated. And yes, that means printing out some test sheets. And it means buying a device for calibration.

    THis articla is just scratching the surface of color management: Understand Photoshop color management

    You will need to dive really deep into it.

    There are trainings on LinkedIn Learning about it (paid resource) Learning Color Management

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