Checking CMYK
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- usrper
hi, kind of a basic question
I'm in need to color check this file for print. I just want to make sure the color on the screen is correct. I have a pantone process book but their swatches are only certain increments of numbers (C0 M5 Y100 K0).
The color I want to match on screen is like C6.25 M6.5 and so forth.
How would I go about checking this?
Thanks in advance.
- honest0
to confirm – you have a picked a colour on your screen you wish to replicate in print?
- stewart0
6.25 ...
you're a true hair-splitter
- reinitialize0
start praying.
or get a match print before it goes to press.
- mydo0
if a pantone book isn't accurate enough for you, i'd hate to be your printer.
- stewart0
i bet you're not sure what you see on your display.
first: colornumbers are not colors but just a percentage, you need a colorprofile to display the colors
second: you need a well calibrated display
third: you need to know how to simulate the print colors on your display - there is 1 way to do it the right way, and 48 ways to do it wrong
and the last one: if you don't know how to communicate with your printshop, you'll never know how colors show up in the final productgood luck!
- ian0
You're not going to get decimal points when it prints. It's not going to be accurate what with dot gain and such. and the difference between C6 and C7 is going to be barely recogniseable to the naked eye.
- maikel0
0.5% of difference in a composite CMYK
- you are fucking superman with x ray vision
- you are a twat, but you don't know it (yet)
- you never have printed in litho
- you will find out soon that your printer gives a toss. Do know that he will do as he wants (specially if he's a good one).
- tolerance, you need to know this conceptthe recommendation.
- make sure that your pre-press people are stars
- give a chip/sample in hardcopy of the colour you want. if it is not in a pantone book, find it somewhere else. If it is nowhere, it could be a reason for that.
- print in exachrome, or "you will be dissapoint "
- ask form filming in 200 lpi or "you will be dissapoint"the real recommendation
chill out and be prepared, because that (what you want) is never going to happen.
- jtb260
I would use the pantone as your base line, or if you can get your hands on it Tru-Match (they have slighltly better CMYK Breakdowns IMO) then adjust as needed.
Stewart is right, but having your display calibrated right can be out of reach for some. Communicating with your print rep is the best way to ensure correct color, they will usually be more than willing to swear by the color that's represented in your proof, so make sure that it looks right at that stage.
- tesmith0
Maybe I won't be a printer anymore?