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Hi hOughy,
Not really. These test suites are used to calibrate and validate high-end
digital printers, such as digital offset printers, used for printing books, magazines,
newspapers and the like.
For example, the Max Factor advertising copy for lip gloss might need to be
run in a European edition of Vogue. How do the people who created the
original digital imagery in the advertising house in Manhatten ensure that
the printed version of the advertisment will have matching colors when printed
in Germany? The answer is a "test suite kit", which consists of reference
prints and process color solids (color samples) that the printer in Germany
can use to calibrate his printer against the 'gold standard' printer that produced the
reference prints.
Remember when I mentioned about the color technicians matching the
color chip chart on Earth against that imaged on the side of the Viking lander?
Exactly the same thing. Low-tech, but that is the nature of this wonderful
trait of visual perception we humans refer to as 'color'.
Best Regards
Gary Kopff
Mt. Kuring-Gai NSW Australia
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