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Printing a decent CMYK blue.. help!!
Hi all,
Can anyone help me out with the CMYK for a nice royal blue, looking for an equivelent to RGB 0 0 255 if possible… having a bit of a ‘mare trying to print one for the morning, everything seems overly purpley or washed out!thanks,
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100:80:0:20. Is what I use
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thanks David, I’ll give that one a try!
H
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Have you recently changed inksets? What inks are you using?
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Hi Phil,
Still on genuine HP inks, nothing has such has changed but i’ve always struggled to get the right blue, more in the case of customers who for years have had a good royal blue in cut vinyl, I now need to find a close match in print for updated logo’s etc, similar to the oracle 551/651-057 traffic blue :puppyeyes: -
Can you not print a CMYK wall chart from the RIP?
I know Signlab VPM & Roland Versa Works does. Its handy when trying to match colours.
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quote David Hammond:Can you not print a CMYK wall chart from the RIP?
I know Signlab VPM & Roland Versa Works does. Its handy when trying to match colours.
That’s a good question, I’m running RipCentre 11, I’ll take a look!
Using the suggestion above of the 100/80/0/30 I have made a load of custom blues around that, just printing them now so I’ve some kind of reference.
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Glad I’m not the only one that has trouble with colour reproduction 😆
I would be using around 100/95/7/14 but I have a solvent machine rather than a latex.
Graeme
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Crank your print resolution all the way up!!!
I have found blues, greens, burgundies and greys print a whole lot better when you are up to 1440×720 or more.
Due to a lower dot count on the lower resolutions these colours don’t physically blend well.SC
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