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Technical_...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 12, 2009, 9:47:03 PM3/12/09
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I am using CS2 Indesign and Photoshop 7 on a PC. I have to prepare color
photos for a printer located in China. They want all images to be CMYK
.tiff.

I now have an assortment of about 100 images from various sources around the
world, there are .tif, .jpg. .bmp, and .psd. All of them appear to be RGB.
There are images with: 1) no color profile, 2) sRGB IE60966-2.1, and Adobe
RGB 1998.

I have been converting these to .tif (and using one dpi/pixel resolution for
all images).

Do I just select/save as color mode CMYK? Or are there special
settings/profiles I need to know about for China? My Chinese language
skills are way, way far worse than the printer's English skills. I was
hoping that someone in this group would be familiar with RGB to CMYK for
foreign printers.

Thanks


Ho

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Mar 13, 2009, 4:59:12 AM3/13/09
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I have nothing of value to add but I am curious about your choice of 1 dpi as the resolution setting.

Free...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 5:23:28 AM3/13/09
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Me too.

In any case, my (limited) experience with printers who want CMYK but do not specify any particular profile, is that they are not color managed in any way and so it's hit or miss. Anything can happen.

If it's not possible to get them to tell you which CMYK space to use, I'd at least supply additional sRGB files for reference.

Others with more experience will no doubt chime in.

Technical_...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 1:50:04 PM3/13/09
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Sorry for the confusion -- I meant "one" not in the number one -- but I mean
that I am using the same resolution for all images. "One" in this case was
to mean: "singular."

I was wondering if there was a commonly accepted CYMK color profile that is
preferred by book printers in China.


Ho

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Mar 13, 2009, 4:27:40 PM3/13/09
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Ah, same resolution for all files. Got it. :)

As far as your CMYK issue, I think I'd hesitate to run any job at a shop where I couldn't communicate with the staff. Are you tied to this particular printer for some reason?

Ge...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 4:39:50 PM3/13/09
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The Color Management forum deals more with international commercial print standards. They might be able to help you answer this one.

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Technical_...@adobeforums.com

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Mar 13, 2009, 11:09:59 PM3/13/09
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Thanks guys. Great tips, and it is wonderful to discover the color
management site. Now I don't feel lost.


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