This guide helps the printer to produce process colour reproductions more efficiently and with fewer problems through improved control of the process. Written by a printer with the particular needs of printers in mind, the book provides an insight into the pre-press stages of the colour reproduction process, and an understanding of the background to colour measurement. The book's chapter headings include: fundamentals of colour and colour vision; colour definition and measurement; density and densitometers; colour reproduction principles;colour reproduction as a total system; the print characteristic; measurement of the print characteristic; control of platemaking; controlling the print characteristic; proofing methods and control; establishing standards and specifications; controlling the production run; and quality control and the printed job.
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