Process Integration — Executing the Triple Play

Regardless of process, “the heart and soul of color reproduction is printing to gray balance; being neutral,” asserts Daniel Remaley, senior technical consultant at PIA/GATF. “If you print a gray patch—50 cyan, 40 magenta and 40 yellow—it should look neutral on any printing device. The same printing characteristics apply to a digital press (toner- or ink-based) in terms of producing a neutral gray.”