Color Management--Discussing Today's Color

Recently, Printing Impressions posed these and other questions to a sampling of prepress technology providers. Their responses create a landscape of the color management situation—a landscape ready for continued cultivation and refinement.

Prinergy Process Control
Steve Prescesky, product manager, Creo Products: Printers have always strived to deliver accurate and consistent color. This task has been made easier with the process control provided by CTP digital imaging coupled with desktop color management software. This combination enables printers, as well as their clients, to enjoy the benefits of predictable, high-quality color. To complete the picture, prepress workflows must embrace advanced color management engines, process control and bring content creators into the manufacturing process.