Hi Bob
bobcroxford-at-tesco.net (Bob Croxford)::15/8/04::2:18 pm:: GMT+0100
>Dear Neil
>
>Is this a widespread UK problem which does not apply in the rest of
>Europe?
that's a very good question
I don't think any generalisations are possible, really.
>
>I haven't printed in the UK for many years but my recent experience was
>not a good one. I detailed it in an earlier post.
>
>I have now printed at several different print plants in Italy and
>Spain. At three of them I have specially asked them to run the first
>sheets at 'Standard' settings to see how much their standard varies
>from my proofs. In all instances, after running on gash paper, to even
>up the inks, for a couple of dozen sheets, the very first sheet has
>been very very close. Even a really run down press in Spain hit the
>mark in two sheets.
wow
Their adherence to standards depends, of course, on how you were
proofing, (and to what standard) and if they adjusted to your proofs.
If your proofs were made using standard settings on your HP20 then they
were probably quite a way from an ISO web coated spec. However, as it
works for you I'm certainly not knocking it.
Many (perhaps most) photographers working for publications are are
producing work which will appear in a magazine among many other jobs,
there is very little chance for a printer to take the trouble to match a
photographer's proof in those circumstances.
>
>I have spoken to publishers who have similar experiences of standard
>printing in France, Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai. I have also spoken
>to several people who have had problems with UK printers.
interesting
and somewhat shameful if that's a true indicator of the current state
of affairs.
all the best
neil
Neil Barstow
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