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freswood · 02-24-2006, 09:45 AM

Why can't a scanner scan in CMYK? I read it somewhere and it gave some vague explanation about how RGB and CMYK are viewed. That is, light comes directly from RGB, however in the case of CMYK light is reflected off another surface onto the CMYK surface then into your eye. Sounds like rubbish to me, but I'm no expert.

02-24-2006, 09:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
freswood New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 18	question regarding CMYK Why can't a scanner scan in CMYK? I read it somewhere and it gave some vague explanation about how RGB and CMYK are viewed. That is, light comes directly from RGB, however in the case of CMYK light is reflected off another surface onto the CMYK surface then into your eye. Sounds like rubbish to me, but I'm no expert.