who should use this work flow?
Scanners and digital cameras typically deliver color to the computer in RGB (red, green, blue) format.
By leaving the color in the images in original RGB format, the images can then be converted on-the-fly
by the application software at the time printing is done.
Images previously saved in CMYK format can also be processed in a mixed color work flow
because color management also supports CMYK-to-CMYK conversions at print time.
Another advantage of working in mixed color mode is that the images,
unharmed by color conversion, can be modified for reproduction on a variety of
printing technologies and printing materials at print time. Printing on
newsprint, then on gloss offset, then converting images for presentation on
the Internet is typical of the way images are managed in production in the
modern graphic arts world. Saving original RGB files is the best way to
maintain as many options as possible for output.
Adobe InDesign has a sophisticated set of controls for the assignment of color profiles
and rendering intents for a color-managed work flow.
See also Adobe InDesign CMYK work flow.
the work flow
The procedure is as follows:
save photos in Photoshop
Take an image in RGB color from a scanner, digital camera, or other source.
Or take an image in CMYK color from a scanner or other source.
place photos in InDesign
Place images in Adobe® InDesign®.
make application color management settings
Set profiles for Monitor, Composite (HP printer) and Separations printers
in Application Color Management dialog box.
make document color settings
In Document Color Settings, Enable Color Management; set Source profiles.
Set Rendering Intents: for solid color: Relative Colorimetric, or for images: Perceptual.
set printing parameters
For the HP Designjet software, in the Print tab of the Default Settings dialog:
- Select Color Management: Native without Black Replacement.
- Set the appropriate Media type.
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