Title: Colour Printing
1Colour Printing
- Kazushige HATORI
- IOF IT commissionWOC2005 mapper and so on..
2Summary
- Background
- Why is the colour specification needed ?
- What are the problems in colour printing ?
- How to solve them ?
- Consequences and proposal
3Background in colour printing
- - Nowadays
- 2004 latest model canon personal inkjet printer,
best one for 300euro, 35sec/sheet (normal quality
70 A4) - Over half of o-maps in competition use may be
printed with course directly from OCAD8 in 2005
(even woc2005 public races)
4Background in colour printing 2
- - In near future
- Double the speed with same quality in a few years
(20sec/sheet, faster) - Pigment ink will be a standard in inkjet,any
paper can be used
5Summary 2
- Background
- Why is the colour specification needed ?
- What are the problems in colour printing ?
- How to solve them ?
- Consequences and proposal
6General difficultiesWhy is the colour
specification needed ?
- - Even if spot colour printing used according to
ISOM - Different colours and qualities,between World
Championships 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 - - Recently
- Spot colour printing is going to be dead now in
printing market demand - - In near future
- 4 colour process printing and personal printer
printing by computer will be needed
definitelyMUCH CHEAPER and USEFUL WAY!
7ISOM2000 Why is the colour specification needed ?
- Each C,M,Y,K ink is quite different from other
printing ink, methods
8ISOM2010 draftWhy is the colour specification
needed ?
- - Secret draft Not uncovered even for MC members
yet - 3.5 PrintingAccurate colour printing should be
realized for IOF events. Any printing method, eg
spot colour printing, may be used, if colours and
resolution have the same quality as the colour
specification.
9ISOM2020 draftWhy the colour specification
needed ?
- - VERY secret draft Not revealed (even for MC
members yet) - 3.5 PrintingElectronic paper map must be used
for IOF events. Other traditional methods, ex.
map printing on paper, spotcolour ink printing,
may be used, if colours and resolution have the
same quality as the colour specification.
10General difficulties 2Why is the colour
specification needed ?
- - colour matching to spot colour ink
- It is very very difficult to reproduce exactly
the same colour as spot colour pantone ink in-
4colours process printing (ISOM2000)- personal
printer printing (ISOM2010?) unless there is a
more detailed colour specification
11Summary 3
- Background
- Why the colour specification needed ?
- What are the problems in colour printing ?
- How to solve them ?
- Consequences and proposal
12RGB value in OCAD no senseWhat are the
problems with colour printing ?
13RGB value in OCAD no senseWhat are the
problems in colour printing ?
- - RGB value in OCAD
- OCAD RGB value is uncalibrated / uncertain
- That RGB value only makes sense in relation to
printer driver colour settings - eg. more vivid graphic, more perceptual image,
more monitor-like colours - Each printer may reproduce rgb colour as it wants
(according to its colour design).Sometimes big
differences between even Canon and EPSON
14Colour blendingWhat are the problems in colour
printing ?
15Colour blendingWhat are the problems in colour
printing ?
- -Realizing overprinting effects in 2ways
- Blended colours difficult wayonly realized in
high-level softwaresame as real printing
(subtractive colours) - Alpha channel blending easier way transparency
effecthowever different from real ink
printing(additive colours) OCAD goes with it
now
16Summary 4
- Background
- Why is the colour specification needed ?
- What are the problems in colour printing ?
- How to solve them ?
- Consequences and proposal
17Colour space value specification How to solve
them ?
- Colour space value spec. (ex.sRGB, Lab..) will
help for exact colour reproduction - Use ICC colour matching system or
- Next generation CMS on PC will be available soon
- - printing sample goes with ICC
The colourSpecification
CMSon PC
-gt GOOD RESULTsame as spot colour
18Alpha blending colour needed How to solve them ?
- Alpha blending differs from real blending
- Real Blending Alpha blending
- HOWEVER, Alpha blending method may be used for
common web, PDF, and easyprint
19Summary 5
- Background
- Why is the colour specification needed ?
- What are the problems in colour printing ?
- How to solve them ?
- Consequences and proposal
20Consequences and proposal 1
- - In order to realize colour printing by printer
etc. in future - Color space value specification of colors on
o-map will be needed for next ISOM - For printing practically,
- You need to use ICC colour matching system for
nowor wait next CMS for a while
21Consequences and proposal 2
- - In order to realize overprint effects
- Alpha blending color specification may be needed
in next ISOM - More studies will be needed for both common use
and high class print demand