About color printing
Image quality
When creating a document with color images, you first need to understand the capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses of the software you are using. This applies to both the PC and Mac platforms of software such as QuarkXPress®, Adobe FrameMaker®, Adobe Illustrator®, Macromedia FreeHand®, and Adobe Photoshop®, to mention just a few of the applications available today. Having a thorough knowledge of these programs will assist you in creating your files correctly.
The following sections describe the different variables that affect the output image quality. These variables include: the quality of the original, resolution, color management, and a variety of other factors.
Quality starts with the original
Whether your original image is a scanned transparency, a photograph, or a digital file, the image characteristics you start with will have a major impact on the end results. As an image goes through the production process, it is displayed in many different ways: as digital information in the scanned image file; as pixels of red, green, and blue (RGB) light on the computer screen; and as dots of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) dry ink/toner on paper. During each step of the process, the colors of the original are transformed to meet the needs of these different technologies and the output media.
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