PREPRESS!! help!!Preparing images for print

[dosco]

Hi

I am preparing my files to send for print
i have converted the images as per the printers specs but now when i print on my 1450 scanner they look greener. but in photoshop they are accurate.

how can i be sure that the images are going to be fine once sent to printer.

 

[tperkins]

The only sure way you will know you have the accurate colors is get a color match proof from your printer. Looking at it on screen or printing it out on your local printer will not give you the exact colors that will come off the press. They may be close however but if the job is color critical then a color match proof is the only way to go. Note, you will more than likely be charged for this.

Tony Perkins

 

[dosco]

hi

when i convert to cmyk and print then the files look greener. however when its in rgb they are fine. its quite weird. a lot greener than usual. but it looks fine on screen. i feel i cnnot trust my printer because i have now converted to the print profile provided by the printer so it does not apply to my current printer.

is there a way for me to to come kind of a preview where my printer mimicks the colors that are going to be produced by the professional printer

 

[jmgalvin]

If you're using a general - non postscript - injet it will not recognize CMYK. CMYK info only applies to postscript printing.

Depending on what colors you've chosen, the process CMYK colors can print - on commercial press - a whole lot different than they appear on screen.

Pantone makes Solid to Process guides - like paint chip books - that give a good idea of how things look on screen and how they'll look off the press. Some colors stay very true and some vary quite a bit.

If you want a proof inkjet printer that works in postscript, it will run you from $1000 and up. A lot of color Laser printers understand Postscript but they usually cost more.