quick pantone Q
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- NewElpaso
I need to print gold ink on black card..
(client doesnt have ££ for a foil)is there a specific pantone that can almost equal that? (ie metallic pantones, or even just a really nice gold spot colour?)
(oh and this sounds a bit obvious but im just double checking.. if im printing on coloured card - i DONT add that colour to the pdf.. i just make it in gold with 'paper (ie white)' background - right?)
- BonSeff0
talk to your printer.. the ink manufacturers prolly make what you are looking for. pantone is not the only player in the ink game
- acescence0
http://www.pantone.com/pages/pro…
and you are correct, you do not add the color of the paper
- NewElpaso0
:) cool
yeah i know about the metallic chips, i just dont have the resources or need to get them (since i only do print work once in a blue moon (let alone printing in metallics) :)
i was just hoping someone knew the number of one they have used before and worked out good..
failing that i'll talk to the printed :)
- DPS0
i just printed some invites up on a black colourplan from gf smith using pantone metallic silver. they look great and were pretty reasonable for a quality stock (especially compared to foil which is way pricy) with silver ink. the silver does tone down just slightly compared to being printed on a white stock but not too much.
- doesnotexist0
i believe gold is 871
- MrOneHundred0
You should look at laying down an opaque white print first, so your gold doesn’t sink into the black as much.
- NewElpaso0
that counts as two colours right?
- BonSeff0
if you are worried the gold wouldnt show up as much, do a double hit (bump as its known), printing white would be silly, metallic inks are very opaque
- agreedDPS
- That depends on the stock. If it’s a glossy black, then it’s less of an issue.MrOneHundred
- acescence0
the printer should know how to mix the ink to get the right result from just one hit, as high density as the press can handle. a coated stock will get you a slightly better result than uncoated
- doesnotexist0
shouldn't need anything under that metallic ink if you're working with a competent printer.