Color Management--Degrees of Separation

"ICC profiles work great for the printer. They can work great for the client, as well, if the client really wants to work with the printer and understand the printer's workflow," states Paul Macfarlane, director of sales and marketing at BOPI.

Five years ago, the Bloomington, IL, printer was chiefly a two- and four-color operation. During 1998, a six-color MAN Roland 700 was purchased. BOPI also installed a Polaroid PolaProof and started using this as its contract color proof solution with clients. At this time, BOPI was still outputting film for its workflow; however, it saw the key to a successful launch of CTP would be educating customers about the PolaProof proofing solution.