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where can i get cadet colour profiles please?
high again just a quick question im haveing problems getting the cadet to print the same colours that an image is being created in in corel,(10) the images are being created on one machine then saved on a network and printed from a different machine which has the cadet intalled on, for some unknown reason we cant seem to get the true results in colour that are shown on the screen in the original artwork to print the same, being new to this we have tried turning the colour management of on the print machine but still have the same results,,,can anyone help as only haveing the machine for a few weeks now the work is just starting to come in ,,,thanks Paul
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Go to pantone.com and dowload their EPS pantone colour files (I think its under support) , print those for each media and profile and store em , get a panton color chart and match printed colours to the chart. That way you get a true standard.
The other thing to do is calibrarte a monitor , RBG is a light source and CMYK is a print , unless you calibrtate the monitor you will never hae a What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) scenario. In fact it might be worthwhile to hire a setup and get an expert to colour match the whole printing system , you can charge more for prints if you are colour calibrared and there is far less wastage of materials , inks and time in respect of proofing. -
We have had a similar problem here. It only dawned on me a few weeks ago that the contrast and brightness of the monitor did not show the true colour. to combat this we now issue scaled down prints from the cadet to issue to customers for approval. This way they get the final sign or print exactly as the appoved artwork.
This will help in the short term, however i may take up Rodneys advice as this will save money in the long run.
Regards
Danny 🙂 -
IF you are using Corel , go to TOOLS/Color management and let the monitor be matched to professional output. You will get VERY close that way to how the Cadet prints. There is a stuff up tho , if you modify the profile , IE less inks or use color seperation rules , your colours change. Always best to print a test file first and on big jobs , sign off proofs. In the RIP you can print job information , DO SO – and file it , it tells you the settings for that job , invaluable for repeats
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😀 high guys and thanks again for the advice im a little unsure what to do so im installing the cadet on a new state of the art pc today and we shall take it from there i may speak to someone i bp and have them come and sort this or have a go and see how we go first thanks for the advice ,must get it sorted soon i have my new van to wrap…
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