CMYK Black vs. 100% K

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• sephil0

  It might depend the printer.

  100% K need only one pass, but 100% K alone doesn't produce a nice 'deep' black so a Pantone might be recommended make it a bit more of an hassle (prepare and clean up an print just for your run)

  CYMK need 4 pass, so technically it should be more expansive. But nowadays printer almost do only CYMK so they can process everything on same printer non-stop making it cheaper.

  However sometime printer have also a only black printer also setup, so it's make it easy and fast to do only black also.

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  • morality of the story... just talk to your printer, not ask on QBNsephil
  • but the K in CMYK is often Pantone Black. Maybe he's looking for a rich black or quadtone photo effect.Josev
  • k in cmyk printers does not equal pantone black. best to ask your printer. we appreciate designers asking us.bjladams

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