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    • May 19, 2012 at 11:40 pm #62210
      Mayoor Chheda
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      I am currently using Indesign CS4 on Win XP. I have 2 queries

      1. I am designing a book which is going to be printed on Coated paper. Which color profile should be used for Asia — Gracol, Fogra, ISO etc. for best results

      2. After making the PDF, there will be no contact between me & the printer. What are the printer marks that should be included in the PDF– Crop marks alone (the book has no bleed or slug) or all printer marks. The workflow is probably Digital-to-Plate followed by sheetfed offset printing

    • May 20, 2012 at 12:13 am #62211
      Gert Verrept
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      Mayoor,

      For Europe we use ECI coated V2 profile for CMYK offset printing. If you are sure that there's no bleed than you don't have to include them.

      gert

    • May 21, 2012 at 6:04 am #62217
      mac grunt
      Member

      G'day

      I've had no problems with FOGRA in Australia and China. Another good suggestion which has always worked for me is to export as PDF/X-1a (Acrobat 4 compatible) — this converts everything into pure CMYK, rather than embedding profiles and whatnot.

      Crops, rego and page information is a good basic set of printer marks, irrespective of whether or not you've got bleed. Probably best to ask the printer what they prefer.

      m.

    • May 21, 2012 at 6:53 am #62223
      Tim Hughes
      Member

      The printer would be best to ask about colour profiles. We mostly use FOGRA 39 or a profile based on that.

    • May 22, 2012 at 7:51 am #62240
      Mayoor Chheda
      Member

      Thanks all for the quick replies. I agree that the printer would be the best person to answer the queries, but since there is going to be no contact with the printer, I am unaware of the requirements regarding the printer marks?

    • May 23, 2012 at 12:28 am #62246
      Tim Hughes
      Member

      Not talking to the printer sounds like a bad idea if you are to be responsible for the outcome.

    • May 24, 2012 at 1:26 am #62255
      Alan Gilbertson
      Participant

      Not talking to the printer IS a bad idea, but it's becoming unavoidable in some situations (design in one country, printing via a broker on a different continent, client wants it cheap and isn't fussy about color). It's become so cheap to print in Asia and ship back that even some low-budget local printers here in the US are finding it hard to compete when price is the major concern.

    • May 24, 2012 at 2:07 am #62256
      Tim Hughes
      Member

      If there is no communication then the person responsible for the outcome should be the broker, or the client not the designer/artworker.

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