Recent content by monq

Hi CHM, hi David. Thanks very much for your feedback! Actually, there are more options for the print process, but someone suggested that Silk Screen was probably the one that would guarantee the best output. In reality, I could do any of the following (according to the specs of the...

Hi all, I have just received a brief to create proposals and artwork for some sort of cream containers created using PP/PE. I have been recommended that the best way of printing on this is Silk-Screen Printing. I was just wandering how colours are normally applied in the actual .ai artwork so...

I inherited a lot of Pantone colours to use in my artwork with modified names / hence my question. So thanks to this post I have renamed everything back to what it should be! ;)

Thanks again for your in-depth clarification. Sorry - I mean layers when I am in the design process / everything gets flattened. I think that by simply keeping it simple, avoiding blends, and have a look at the colour in Adobe Acrobat I will get a quite clear idea of the final output. But of...

Thanks Gordo. One of the things that I am getting quite clearly in the last few days is that simpler is better. I have achieved a pretty similar approach by changing the layer positions (so the gradient is the base colour), while the text and other elements are simply on top. It does not look...

You certainly did, and I certainly remember. I have modified all my current assets to avoid these issues, limiting everything to a much simpler approach. I am still not 100% sure how will this look printed (God - I wish they made portable offset printers, I have in my brain around 1000% tests...

I think that for my next job I will convert Pantone 485 C to "Luscious Lovely Red CVCU" to see what happens... I feel curious now! :D

Ah- that's what I thought originally. When I tried to run the output in Acrobat, and by simply using Output Preview, all data that was darker than the original 431 was discarded. Which means that, of course, what I need to do is to use a tinted version of 431 as a background (actually, a...

Chevalier - thank you very much for your feedback on this. I will print the whole link and have a proper read - then ask again if I am lost. I have already learn lots from Gordo's post, but of course / lots of the info there is a bit above my ability... mainly just because I am not the cleverest...

CHM, BillJ - thanks for your feedback! I am still trying to see what would be the output anyway, I like to test / learn about anything until doors are definitely closed... ;) Chevalier - I have updated a test file here: www.monq.co.uk/tmp/TESTFILE.PDF It is not pretty, but it shows clearly...

Hello, I am creating some shapes using a solid Pantone colour in Illustrator. On top of these shapes, I am adding another object with the same size and the sane Pantone colour, using the "Multiply" setting. This is all very nice and good (I get a darker output in the multiplied area) - but I...

Thanks Glenn! :D Still / I will avoid the "DUh" versioning of Pantones from now onwards... ;) Cheers! :D

Thanks LSW. I have just sent you a private message to discuss your services and what you offer / this will be a growing area in our packaging and I do require information and hopefully, quotations for jobs etc. Cheers :)

Thanks Cornispasty! I am reading a wiki about uv flexo / gravure to know what you are talking about! :D LSW - I am in the UK, and the packaging I am creating is pharmaceutical packaging, although our suppliers are generally not in the UK (I am not creating any work for the UK market). Cheers!

Hi all, I am investigating the best way to print packaging with a metallic effect on them, and for what I have seen in these forums and elsewhere, it seems that Mirafoil is a very good solution to keep costs under contro. The question is: how is artwork for Mirafoil prepared? I am assuming...