CMYK vs Pantone colors

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11 жыл бұрын

What are cmyk colors and why digital printers can't hit pantone colors exactly. Your digitally printed banners and banner signs will look great!
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@urbaldgalpurr6602 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. 4 years after, it still has been helpful. Not sure you don't have that much subs!

@adwinalias 5 жыл бұрын

That was really informative, Thanks!

@rayaldridge2506 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation.

@poshpaws2712 9 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks! I was wondering if I should bother with Pantone in my posters.

@Attention-getters 8 жыл бұрын

+Posh Paws Its a great place to start but when getting a banner digitally printed it may not be able to hit the colors exactly as you'd like.

@thechisensei 5 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!

@hectorgraxirena1637 8 жыл бұрын

so, this is my dilemma. I do dye-sublimation printing...when I create the raster designs for my clients, it is done in RGB ... I do this in photoshop. Now, when my files go to print, they come out a little flat. One of the manufacturers I had, printed my shirts and they were perfect. However, Im not using them anymore and it has been a challenge to find someone who could print these brignt colors the way they are supposed to be displayed. I've played with the PS Color Profile section to change from RGB to CMYK but I haven't found a "magic button" yet in how to get this done quickly. Any suggestions? Thank you so much!

@Attention-getters 8 жыл бұрын

You can design in photoshop in cmyk. That way you'll see a better representation of how it will print. Cmyk images will never print as bright as rgb on your monitor. Thats what the video was about.

@DragonProtector 6 жыл бұрын

thx

@Underhills 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks. So, if my printwork has no bitmap graphics, only vectors, and only three colors in total + a white substrate - will it then be cheaper to produce the whole thing using PMS values? I also wonder if using the PMS means that you must print it as in "press print", are there no ways to apply the ready made Pantone colors with laser print or ink print technology? And lastly, how do you solve graphics with gradient colors in Pantone? As that's not just one but more colors in the same surface. Sorry, I'm a pixelhead designer, only RGB here:)

@ManambeLavaka Жыл бұрын

In order to match to PMS colors exactly you will need to screenprint, there is no way to use ready-made pantone inks in digital printers. Screenprinting is taking ink out of a can, that has the ink that matches your PMS color, and squeezing that ink through a screen specially prepared for each color in your design. Each color will need a separate screen set up and that set up cost is quite high. So cost will be based on the total quantity of the prints. If you're printing 1000 units, then it would surely be cheaper than digitally printing because although the set up cost per screen is say $125 each color, the cost of each "pull" of the screen is only say $5 each. Digital printing, as described in this video, is much cheaper if doing a small quantity because there is no set up cost per color. However, if you're doing a large quantity then digital print at some point becomes more expensive than screenprinting. Gradient fills in digital printing is just like your ink jet printer at home; the CMYK inks are spit onto the substrate at a certain dpi and it can make a smooth color change across the substrate no problem. Gradient fills in screenprinting is similar, but the dpi is much lower. The screen is prepared so that instead of filling an area with a solid flow of ink, the screen has little dots that allow the ink to flow onto the substrate. The smaller the dots and the closer they are together the darker and more opaque that color appears when you stand back and view it. Google "screenprinting half tones" and the images that come up will illustrate how this is done in screenprinting.

@Underhills Жыл бұрын

@@ManambeLavaka Thanks! Really appreciate your insight 🙏