COLOR CONTROL -- Managing the Variables

In addition, the organization had a need to implement different levels of color management depending on the type of work being done and the skills of the staffs of individual locations, Gaughen says. The one constant is that all of the facilities are scanning in RGB.

Since the Chicago facility does catalog work, it was an early adopter and has taken color management the farthest. "It's workflow can keep files in RGB all the way up to the RIP," he adds. "Catalog publishers pick up product shots all the time, so having color-corrected RGB images enables them to be used for multiple purposes. That can mean big savings."