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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: RGB Driven Color Printers?
2006-04-12 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 4/11/06 9:36:03 AM, hanson102@... writes:
does this mean that the printfix pro suite won't work with printers
that accept cmyk output?
PrintFIX PRO does not build CMYK profiles. Some "devices that accept CMYK output" (which basicly means PostScript RIPs and devices with internal PostScript RIPs) have defined internal CMYK conversions so that they can work with RGB profiles for RGB data, others do not. So if your printing system can accept RGB profiles for RGB file output, then it can use PrintFIX PRO profiles. If it can't, and thinks only in CMYK, requiring a CMYK profile to convert its RGB to CMYK for it, then it can't be used with a PrintFIX PRO profile, as PrintFIX PRO profiles don't do that.
Most recent color lasers have an RGB driver option, and virtually all inkjet printers have RGB drivers, though some of them can be used with CMYK RIPs as well. Photo labs can be profiled in RGB, so its really prepress workflows and printing presses that are dominantly CMYK based, and profiling printing presses has never been a ColorVision goal.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
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