CMYK advice.
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- Fariska0
Wow, thanks guys, really helpful.
I'm exporting from indesign.
I will hunt down that indesign settings and i'll try that rich black thing.
I'm going to print on coated paper..
- agentfour0
Litho - 50c.0m.0y.100k
Digital - 60c.40m.40y.100k
- mistermik0
everytime this topic comes up people just post random numbers.
i use
51
21
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99
- ian0
No worries chief!
In indesign, go to preferences > appearance of black and check ot out.
You can also change black here to knockout instead of overprinting, which can be handy if theres images or anything under your black that whill cause some of it to be darker than others (if the black overprints an image slightly you'll see it as darker than where its just going down on the blank page).
- brandelec0
Use rich black ie. 40 10 10 100
- < I agree.. if you are going to a rich black you need more then 100 total ink...nicnichols
- hallelujah0
exporting from which program?
- szymon_k0
rich black will look darker when printed vs reg black unless youre doing a spot black so that may be just the issue with it appearing lighter on screen. check with the printer what they recommend. dunno if that answers your question but hope it helps.
- ian0
Theres a setting in indesign/illustrator to display rich black (ie any black that is comprised of more that one colour) as proper black and to display 100%K as a kind of gray. If its set to 100 then it'll print with full black but it may look a little washed out.
For a stronger black mix it with another colour, the size of your tye will determine how you can mix it, ie if its smaller than 8pt reversing out of the black you probably don't want to go more than 2 plates, black + maybe 50% cyan, however if the type is bigger you could go a third plate and make it 100K 50C 50M or something similar.
- bulletfactory0
you'll get more coverage using a rich black (160% vs. 100%)