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Scanners, Cameras, Monitors &
Printers:
No matter how meticulous you are in setting up your
equipment, it will be almost impossible to guarantee
that what your camera or scanner 'sees' will be
accurately portrayed on your monitor and equally, what
is printed may not be exactly what you
started with.
In the commercial world the equipment is much more
expensive and with that expense goes quality and
accuracy in colour representation, but the material
submitted for print by the client is not always
'spot-on' in the first place.
• Personal computers use a variety of different makes of
monitors, each giving a different quality image.
• Digital cameras and scanners generally generate images
in the RGB format. (Red, Green, Blue)
• Commercial printers use the CMYK format. (Cyan,
Magenta, Yellow & Black)
• Colour Copiers use CMYK format.
• Exact colours can be achieved by using Pantone®
colours - these are exact combinations of component
colours.
• RGB images should be converted into CMYK before being
submitted for commercial printing.
Most commercial &/or trade print-houses are making good
use of digital printers; these are just like large
copiers and they have limitations on paper handling
and/or the type of media required by the client.
Offset Printing: (offset lithography) This is the
conventional way we imagine printing to be; large
mechanical printing machines using specific inks on
rollers, one roller for each colour using 'plates' to
transfer the image onto a roller for final transfer onto
the material.
Fact: In CMYK most people think the K
stands for Black, but it stands for Key. In a colour
image being printed using seperations, with each colour
being printed in turn on top of the previous, the
picture has little 'sharpness' until the black plate is
used, hence the black is a 'key' colour, cutting into
the 3-colour print.
Our Machinery:
We have 2 large Canon copiers....
Canon iR C3220N
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Canon CLC5151
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The
embedded print controller ensures brilliant
colour quality and Canon’s unique S-toner gives
prints a superb offset-like matt finish which is
easy to mark in pen for editing and amending.
Ultra fast print language and processing enables
you to output at a ‘best in class’ 32 A4 colour
prints per minute. You can click to scan, copy,
send and print without moving to different
devices.
The iR C3220N is configured to
adapt to all network topologies seamlessly and
Canon Network Utility Software enables simple
setting up, management and control of your Canon
network devices. For users, the intuitive User
Interface reduces complex functions to simple
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The
CLC5151 delivers colour prints at an impressive
51 pages per minute. Superb features make it the
ideal light production engine for environments
that demand dependability with the highest
quality.
Features: 51 ppm in colour and black and
white; Consistent, professional
looking colour prints; Versatile media handling
& powerful file processing and job management.
Canon’s unique s-spherical toner produces a
vibrant, consistent image with a superior
quality matt finish that gives outstanding text
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Both of these machines 'print' using the CMYK process
and the final result is dependent upon several factors;
the media being used; the ambient temperature of the
day; the humidity and other general settings chosen by
the client or operator.
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