rich black?
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- ramostudio
what CMYK breakdown does everyone use for a good rich black over a LARGE area?
C40 M0 Y0 K100, C60 M40 Y40 K100......
- tomkat0
i once was recommended 100k and 50c
- version30
the blackest it can get
C:100
M:100
Y:100
K:100
- stewart0
the blackest it can get
C:100
M:100
Y:100
K:100
version5
(Mar 21 07, 23:05)that's 400% ink. unpossible!
- monNom0
unless you're printing on Bounty.
- stewart0
it absorbs like magic!
- designerror0
50c
ha...... ha..... ha...... ha
- agentfour0
50c 100k
- build0
100C/100K.
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- Dancer0
50c 100k
agentfour
(Mar 22 07, 01:04)What Agent said
I believe it's called a shiner in the industry
- ges0
C 30 M 30 Y 30 K 100
- agentfour0
if you put anything like 60.40.40.100 a printer will sometimes drop the M and Y anyways because it will take too long too dry. Also if you have small text knocked out of 4 dense inks, then it can sometimes bleed your text (depending on the stock) especially if registration is slightly off.
Printers need to get their jobs done on schedule. So more drying time pushes other jobs back and can cost them money.
but some are just lazy
- pyeaton0
I'm with ges. 30,30,30,100
- honest0
40 60 60 100 for me.
Remember that values adding to a final amount higher than 240% will result in very muddy black reproduction. Always ask your printer since each press is individual to how the printer will mix their inks.
- Jim_t0
Why don't you just ask your printer? then if it scews up its his fault...
- grunttt0
Sean Combs
- islandbridge0
The darkest possible on most printing devices is:
c61 m51 y51 k100.If you want a straight grey mixed by CMY you have to put about 10% more cyan in it, than magenta and yellow as you can see above. If you mix it like 50c 50c 50c 100c it will get a bit of magenta gleam.
The rule about max 250-260% only goes if you use 100% black. As soon as you take some of the black out, 90% for that matter, you can easyly go past the 250% rule.
Hope it made sence.
- Rand0
I use 100k 40c 20m 20y
- OSFA0
Sean Combs
grunttt
(Mar 22 07, 04:16)LOL!!!
- gramme0
It varies from one printer to the next, but if I need a rich process black I usually set it at 40c/20m/20y/100k, like Rand. I find that a litte magenta & yellow goes a long way. For my money a slightly bluish black looks better than a greenish or red black...the human eye reads it as a darker color if you skew the numbers in favor of cyan.
Otherwise if you have the units you could do a double hit of match black. it won't be as dark as a process black, but it will be extremely uniform.
- duckofrubber0
wow.
an actual informative thread that helps me in a current project.
thanks QBN, for living the dream.