Datacolor User to User Support Group.

Would profiling it with PrintFIX PRO be better than nothing or closer 
to a waste of time  (and t-shirts) ?

>Screenprinting is not as tightly controlled as offset press, but as 
>long as they are starting with RGB images, then your RGB image of 
>the profiling target will be reasonably representative of the 
>process, and you will get a reasonable screen proof. If they are 
>using CMYK files, then you don't have a straightforward way to 
>profile that with PrintFIX PRO, as its designed to profile RGB 
>processes.
>
>C. David Tobie
>Product Technology Manager
>ColorVision Business Unit
>Datacolor Inc.
>CDTobie@...
>www.colorvision.com

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote:
>
> 
> In a message dated 5/18/06 12:14:49 PM, dubois@... writes:
> 
> 
> > Would profiling it with PrintFIX PRO be better than nothing or
closer to a 
> > waste of time  (and t-shirts) ?
> > 
> 
> Interestingly, its sometimes possible to use printer profiles to proof 
> results, even when you aren't using profiles in the printing
process. For instance: 
> in tinted black and white work, where the seperations are actually
created 
> with Channel Curves, its still possible to print the PrintFIX PRO
target through 
> the same process (channel curves and all), and to then build a
profile that 
> can be used to emulate color tints in the prints on screen. The same
could be 
> true here, where other methods of seperating channels may be used,
but you could 
> get a prediction of the results by proofing through an ICC profile,
even 
> though thats not part of the printing process. Certainly worth
trying; if the 
> files in question are RGB image files.
> 
> C. David Tobie
> Product Technology Manager
> ColorVision Business Unit
> Datacolor Inc.
> CDTobie@...
> www.colorvision.com
>


Well ... with the price of gas at $3 per gallon and considering your
most valuable asset is people's time .. the potential gain may
outweigh your risk factors.  It sounds like something similar has been
done before so that makes the risk even smaller.

If you do decide to try it let us know how it goes!