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color matching
I’m sure this is the biggest headache for most people that use any sort of digital printer…
But where can I start when it comes to color matching with pantone colors? or get fairly close at least.
I have a Roland SP-300 – most printing is either RGB images, and sometimes either CMYK or RGB eps (vector) images. I’ve always utilized corel draw for the eps purposes, but I’ve recently started using Adobe Illustrator (cs2) for most things.
Right now I’m using Eco-sol max inks, on Oracal 3651G Calendared Digital vinyl, ColorRip 2.1 with color profiles made for the Oracal 3651g by Oracal. Besides that I’m using standard sRGB monitor profiles, or whatever is default for viewing purposes. I understand that color matching for monitors to print can/will be more difficult if even possible… to calibrate by eye. But what I really want to do is be able to set a pantone color and print a color directly representing that color ideally…
Maybe I’m missing something crucial, but we’ve been running our digital and matching Avery A6, A8 (now A9) colors and just wanted colors in general has been trial and error for the most part… I’m seeing if there’s a better way that I’m not aware of.
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Do a contact sheet of squares of specific pantone colours (a couple of hundred of them at a size big enough to get a real look at it – 10x10mm minimum) with text to identify it. Then you just reference the colour required in the end result / pantone card to your chart – regardless of what the supposed Pantone reference is.
You can do one as RGB interpretation and another an CMYK.
There is also a device that you can calibrate a colour in final print & match it to your screen output – I think Pantone have. It’ll give near perfect monitor calibration allegedly. It a Pantone ‘huey’.
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You need this http://www.adorama.com/GHEODUV.html?searchinfo=eye-one&item_no=3
as a complete solution for calibrating all you input and output devices. I use it to correct my ‘greenish’ grey with amazing results.
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