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Abstract

The affordability of software-based production tools has enabled the decentralization of premedia (prepress) services to creative professionals, advertising agencies and other imaging professionals. This has introduced an increase in variation of the quality and characteristics of color files submitted for print production. The lack of industry standards and specifications for most of the steps leading up to proofing is another factor extending the range of general practices. This month’s research monograph, Variation in Premedia Color and the Potential Automation of Imaging Tasks by Michael Riordan, PICRM- 2005-05, seeks to gain insight into the impact of variations in premedia imaging tasks related to color reproduction.