Dot Gain setting under Working Spaces

[way2many]

Hi,
I print B&W Publisher files to PDF on Vista laptop using Adobe CS2 & send them to print shop (offset).
I need photos to be lighter.
What do i do with Dot Gain setting under Working Spaces?
Now it is ~ 20%

Thanks

 

[MarcusStringer]

20% is standard.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[MarcusStringer]

It depends on what the stock will be etc...

I usually set my endpoints to (in Photoshop) shadow (black) around 87-92% (depends on the stock)

The highlight (white) is set to 3% regardless

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[way2many]

Thank for replying Marcus,

would you tell me if changing Dot Gain setting under Working Spaces will help with lighting up photos?
I just need to know how to change it - to 30% or 10% to make photos lighter?

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We print on the same stock hundreds of different newsletters with thousands of photos for Real Estate brokers.
Everything was fine before with Adobe Acrobat 5.
Our old laptop died.
We had to get a new laptop with CS2/Vista.
Now we need quick solution because there is no time to redo all photos for all newsletters.

Will changing Dot Gain setting help? and how do we change it to make photos lighter?
Thanks

 

[MarcusStringer]

You need to setup your colour preferences for both Photoshop and Acrobat.

Edit>Colour settings

Make them both the same.





Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au