What is Your Working Space and Why It Matters

By Ron Ellis

    There is an important reason to care about the working space you use. With the exception of scanning we create almost every file we use digitally, and even these scanned items end up having our working space applied to them. Not sure what your working space is, or even what it means? You are not alone. In modern graphic arts workflows the working space is one of the most important decisions we make. It can also be one of the most liberating decisions we can make as well, providing us with the freedom to move our work virtually anywhere with consistent results.

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Pushing the Envelope: Wide Gamut Printing with CMYK Inks

By Ron Ellis

Can You Beat the Standards?

               Sheetfed print quality has improved over the last decade for many reasons. Not only has equipment improved, but standards and specifications have provided printers with tools to improve quality. Print specifications and standards such as GRACoL and ISO are designed to provide quality printing results that are sustainable in production through the use of best practices. Simply moving to a print specification such as GRACoL often increases the gamut for 'uncalibrated' printers through proper ink targeting. When I asked Marc Levine, Director of Business Development for The Color Management Group for this thoughts on expanded gamut CMYK printing he said, "Before asking yourself if you can beat the standard, a better question is "can I achieve the standard in a consistent, low cost manner".

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