Hamilton--An Issue of Compatibility

Here we get to the issue of how much training should the printer/ prepress supplier provide—and how much the designer/client is willing to accept. As the printer rightly noted, although his firm provides training and file assembly instructions, it is not in the education business.

Complicating this issue, more than a few designers are of the opinion that they know Photoshop—or any other application for that matter—better than any damn printer. And perhaps they do—but probably not in the same way. Creative retouching is one thing; satisfying the color gamut requirements of the printing process is another. Sadly, the two are more intertwined than either party would like.