* If printing in four-color, will the publisher set up calibration routines to match the printer's standard operating procedures, or vice versa?
TIP: When going CTP with color files, it is beneficial for a publisher to set up internal calibration routines with the ultimate printer in mind.
Some ways a publisher and printer might begin to communicate here include the following: A publisher can choose some pages from a film-printed book, send them and their files and film contract proofs to the printer, have the printer proof those files on its digital proofer and, if possible, print them CTP. Or, the printer could supply the publisher with some pages from a CTP-printed book along with the printer's files and digital contract proofs. The publisher could then output the files using the digital proofer that the publisher (or prepress supplier) expects to use.
- Companies:
- Quark Inc.
- Time Inc.