I am designer and I am confusion what i keep right setting of Color Management for Offset Printing Purpose.
Settings are different according country / region, paper, etc. There's not one universal color setting for all jobs.
I use "Europe Prepress" as base, then i change grayscale dot gain to 10% and Intent Rendering to Perceptual.
On the CMYK I use ISOCoated v2 for coated papers (glossy or matte), ISO Coated v2 300 for limit INK coverage, ISO Coated v2 Yellowish for "common" paper (such as photocopy paper), etc. btw those settings work if the output will use similar profiles, if not it's better to ask what setting they use
First I would like to say to thanks for your good reply.
Can you please tell what the BASIC setting i use for Offset Printing. If I sent my file to number of different Printing Press than output comes such as i see on my desktop.
Make sure that you have soft proofing set up and activated for CMYK work
The basic settings is what I have already described. As I said before, there's not one universal color setting for all jobs, for example, if you use ISO coated v2 for coated paper (glossy or matte), you could send the same file to any printing company on your country or even on a different country, Moreover, if they use Fogra39 instead (another option for the same paper), the color convertion will be minimal, if it's needed.
but... you should not send a job with color profile for coated paper and use uncoated paper. If you send it the result could be wrong.
Another situation: If you use cardboard, or on the contrary, if you use a very thin or translucent paper, you should use ISO coated v2 300, but if you use any other color profile, the result could be wrong.
Manage Nokha said: If I sent my file to number of different Printing Press than output comes such as i see on my desktop.
I don't know how do you see the colors on your desktop, I don't know if you have a calibrated system, a powerful graphics card, etc. So, the most important thing is how the file will be output, no matter how do you see it, even if you use a black and white monitor. In other words, if you use 40% magenta, it should be printed as 40% magenta, no matter if you see it as orange or violet (on both situations, you should calibrate your screen).
Sir, What is soft proofing set up ???? please tell.