The Basics of Color Systems and Color Management
If you talk to a printing professional they will most likely tell you that they have been doing color management their entire life! They will say that they have been getting customer correct color off their printing presses and they've been getting this off their scanners and they've been proofing it and the press operator has been doing color management for his or her entire career.

How are they accomplishing this? They've been chasing color.

If you talk to a designer, they will most likely tell you that they send their files to the printer. What does the printer do with these files? They rework them to translate the color that the designer has created into the capabilities of their printing facility. And that's how the designer has managed color.

What has that done with color? It's made color magic.…

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