Re: Lets talk color proofing
Have a good monitor and know how an image on your monitor is going to look when it is printed. I know this is putting the cart before the horse but after a while you learn to look at the screen and have a feel for how it will look printed.
A PDF/X file can help too. Because it will give a more accurate idea of how your printed colors will look.
And most importantly, you are probably not going to get a print job that looks exactly how you think it will.
If someone who never saw the original image on your screen sees it, will the printed piece be convincing? It is amazing how accepting people are of color images. Unless there is a tremendous color shift and the baby has green skin.
Re: Lets talk color proofing
Thanks, It is not that bad, my worries could have been that I showed the client the colors, actually we picked them for her corporate identity and now if she sees them she might say it is too dark. I am crossing my fingers, also I was wondering maybe I should stop this habit of showing my color swatches to clients? :-O
Re: Lets talk color proofing
If you are working close with a client don't you think its is worth the money to produce one wet copy and that could be from your local print shop? If your relationship with the client is over emails then the easy answer is to use Pantone. As for your monitor once a month use Pantone Huey Pro or Colour Munki as it is not a lot of money when you compare it to the cost of a large print run. All of these thing and also what Gary has stated in that after a while you get the experience of choosing correctly.
Re: Lets talk color proofing
Thanks few obstacles , when a client request affordable printing cost, I have no choice to go with gang run, specially when they want recycled material as well. I could have gone to my specialty printer who would have charged 4 times more than what i got the job done at and had gotten the pantone and special attention to the press, but when the clients budget is low I can not do it. Anyways, I learned the lesson not to show the pantone color booklet anymore unless the payment is large.