On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 8:20 AM, bulia byak - buliabyak@...400... wrote:
The world of printing is a mess. You can't change it. Saying "Uh. Oh. This is wrong, we won't do it." is not going to make users happy, because it won't help them to get their job done.
I fully agree that it is a mess. But I reject your attitude. On the contrary, saying loudly and clearly what's messy and wrong, and ahy, can't be but beneficial for everyone involved.
Actually just saying it is a mess and discussing it comes up a bit short of what really CAN be done:
1) Someone who feels sufficiently competent, write a hint that describes an intelligent approach to using RGB, CMYK, and ICC in a work flow. 2) Each person who has access to the hint and regularly uses the same print service could discuss with someone at the service what they mutually know about implementing such a work flow. 3) After said discussion, perhaps the printer could be persuaded to publish the work flow, or their local modification, to their public web presence. This need not be the front page or any page that is readily found, but somewhere a customer who understands the issue could be directed so the shop and the customer could bring their work flows together.
If this is done often enough, the knowledge will become "Common".