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PANTONE values will be different, depending on whether you are targetting M0, M1 or M2 measurement conditions. Adobe only provides ColorBridge values for one measurement condition. In the past, Adobe supplied M2 values for ColorBridge PANTONE colors, as M2 was considered the defacto standard...

You can continue to use the Harmony to do tonal calibration for Kodak Prinergy, but Kodak recommends you make the switch to ColorFlow. Harmony just does single-channel adjustment of values, it doesn't know anything about the "color" of your presswork. ColorFlow Workflow Edition is included with...

Of course, specific CMYK numbers for any PANTONE color don't mean that much, because the printed appearance of the same CMYK numbers will vary tremendously, depending on substrate, inks, densities, gain, and other print conditions. To produce the most accurate spot color simulations with CMYK...

Typically, if you need to do nested layouts, you need an application that can read the CF2 dieline file that will be used to make the die that cuts out the individual elements. The application will use the CF2 diefile as a template for positioning and rotating the different artworks that need...

Normal calibration on output won't touch 1-bit data, bit it is possible to run a curve on one-bit data. For instance, if you have the "Copydot Calibration" option in Prinergy, you can run a calibration curve on one-bit TIFFs. The algorithm does edge pixel dilation/expansion, and halftone dots...

Does your IT run any network scanning software? We had a problem when we first got in some 6000s and 7000s, where the blue light on the front would continually flash, in some cases with fans running and “Printing….” appearing on the front panel, and the printer front panel unresponsive. We...

Yes, it's possible by using the Cutback feature in the Prinergy trapper. It's the same idea as Rich Black trapping, where CMY gets pulled back from all white (non-ink) edges. This is also often referred to as pull-back. The Cutback feature in Prinergy is separate from automatic Rich Black...

Pantone specifies ideal (target) values for each Pantone color in Lab. Most people never think about the fact that when they see CMYK values for any specific Pantone color, those numbers were derived from the target Lab values on the basis of a specific print condition: specific CMYK inks on a...

Hi Mark, Kodak Matchprint Inkjet (MPI) v3.1.5 is almost 10 years old, dating from just before G7 was released to the general market. We are now on v8.0 of MPI proofing software, and have bundled support for the latest GRACoL color aims. (MPI 8.0 additionally supports the Epson SureColor...

Bear in mind that the imaging of lenticular plates has special requirements as well. Although each batch of lenses has a nominal frequency (pitch) that you create the interlaced images for, in actual practice the true frequency/pitch of each batch will vary somewhat, due to manufacturing...

Hi Ben, You have ColorFlow Workflow Edition with Prinergy Evo 5.2, and you can create and measure color characterization charts in ColorFlow and generate grey balance curves to hit GRACoL C1 (ie, G7) on each of your presses. To use the curves, you can either go the full ColorFlow route and...

Hi Alien, i1 Pro 2 has been qualified for ColorFlow 1.2.6.3 and higher. Note that if you have an earlier version of the i1iO scan table, it must get the retrofit from X-Rite to support the i1 Pro 2 head. If you have an i1 Pro 2 that incorporates multiple illuminant measurement conditions in a...

It seems the press guys are saying the CIP3 file is too heavy, but the CIP3 file is just a low-res TIFF created by resampling the actual data appearing on the plate. So the CIP3 file from Prinergy is accurate -- it just sounds like they want one individual separation "cut back," in the same...

Rampage Imposed Tiff to Prinergy Hi Linda, You are correct in your assumption that Prinergy normally doesn't touch 1-bit TIFF data in an input file. The seams you see in a PDF are simply how Acrobat (or virtually any program) displays high-resolution 1-bit data on a monitor. Depending on the...

Kodak Pandora on Windows 7 Kodak Pandora on Windows 7 Pandora 3.0.1 has been qualified with Windows 7. Pandora 2.9.7 was released long before Windows 7 came out and so was never officially qualified. I have tested some sample files using Pandora 2.9.7 on Windows 7 and haven't noticed any...

Dot Shapes Dot Shapes I think this must be your first experience of looking at printed digital halftone dots through a microscope. These are completely normal printed offset dots. In fact, they are pretty good quality. If you saw the same dots printed flexo, they would look much more...

What area are you looking at? What area are you looking at? Hi Nishanth, In what areas do you see a variety of shapes? In a "flat tint" area, an area which has exactly the same tone? (Such as a square of 30% black?) Or are you looking into a color halftone area? I would be surprised if...

Hi Robert, Are you running with the latest version of Pandora? (2.9.7 build 1840)? It's working fine on my 10.5.7 Mac. Not sure what you mean by "only 1 tab". Might help to post a screen capture. Is it just one specific Mac, or all Macs? Stephen