Posts Tagged ‘RIP’
The Most Important Checkbox in your RIP Color Management Settings
If you’re serious about color accuracy in your printshop, you’ve likely explored output profiles for your large format printers. With endless combinations of material, ink sets, and print speeds, finding the right profile can be challenging. But you know what is alwasy a good starting point? Searching for profiles at ColorBase.com/profile-search. Why Output Profiles Matter…
Read MoreHow To Create Named Spot Colors in Adobe (and Your RIP)
Before learning how to create named spot colors, it’s important to understand what they are and how they are used. Just a few weeks ago, my business partner Jim Raffel and I presented “How Important Is Brand Color?” at the ISA International Sign Expo in Las Vegas. Many print facilities are tasked with achieving accurate…
Read MoreReviewing Your Color Management Strategy: What Variables Are at Play?
Color management issues often aren’t discovered until we are viewing what we hoped would be the final print product. And since that’s where the problems are found, our instinct tells us that we should fix them there – at the end of the printing process. However, there are many variables that can affect color quality…
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