under colour removal UCR
under colour removal UCR
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I have some experience with it. Newsprint in particular doesn't like more the 220% ink, so you need to use UCR when converting imagery from RGB to CMYK. The default output isn't always ideal, sometimes you end up with really low depth in the blacks. You can try to compensate for this yourself by pulling up your info pallet, placing a eyedropper sample location on the darkest point (alt click eyedropper?) and watching the CMYK values as you fiddle with curves or levels. your total should not exceed 220% and your ratio should be something like 100k, 60c, 35m, 25y, for a pretty neutral black. If it looks weird on-screen, it will probably look weird printed.