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I posted this in the Ink & consumables forum last week but didn't get much response so thought I'd post in Color Management. I apologize for cross-posting! What exactly is the difference between Pantone Process Inks (PANTONE Process Cyan, PANTONE Process Megenta, PANTONE Process Yellow, PANTONE...

This is actually flexo printing for bottle wraps, usually on white or clear poly. Does that matter?

What exactly is the difference between Pantone Process Inks (PANTONE Process Cyan, PANTONE Process Megenta, PANTONE Process Yellow, PANTONE Process Black) and "standard" CMYK process inks? I work with a designer who insists her work should be printed with Pantone Process inks, not "Standard...

Of course you can fix it. You may not be able to get the monitor to perfectly match the proof, but if you calibrate and profile your monitor and use your preset profile (or proofing profile) for soft proofing within Adobe CC products, the monitor will do a remarkably good job of matching the...

Stephen, can you explain more about ISO 17972 and how the ORIS CFX Toolbox overcomes the problems of opacity, lay-down order or how spots will interact with process and other spots? I understand that it can accurately communicate the colors you WANT, but how does it help generate a proof of what...

A job like this where color patches have to be extremely accurate require partnering with a printer and doing some testing back and forth, ideally including a press test on the actual stock. As has been mentioned, even a good printer could vary 3 dE from your approved proof and still be within...

One argument for layered tiffs is that they save faster and can compress more. If you have a multi-core machine (who doesn't?), Photoshop can only use a single core for the RLE compression it uses when saving PSDs. Saving tiffs can multithread and use all cores. This can make a significant...

Maybe just old ones? The PDFs I'm working with won't save.

What's still present in Yosemite? I've tried opening or saving or printing a password protected PDF in Apple Preview on 2 machines running OS 10.10.5 and no luck. What exact steps are you doing to get around the password?

How can you use Apple preview to unprotect a PDF? I just tried it and it required a password to do anything that was restricted, including saving and exporting. What's the trick?

Thanks, but what I really need is a way to do M1 measurements automatically. We are literally getting sore wrists over here reading these charts by hand! Neither the Isis or Barbieri is capable of M1. Does anyone know of any other chart readers that can use the M1 illuminant?

How long do M1 measurements take vs. M0? Can it do M1 in scanning mode or only patch mode? Are there a lot of errors?

I have an i1pro2, which I am using to hand scan charts. I want to know how well the iO table works.

Does anyone have any experience reading charts in M1 mode using an i1iO scanning table? Is this even supported? If so, how well does it work? How long does it take to read 1617 patches? Any feedback appreciated!

I don't blame you a bit. Can anyone speak to the state of available M1 measuring devices? Is there anything available like an isis that can read a chart in M1 mode? Is there any known schedule for onboard inkjet spectros to feature M1 illumination? What are you using to read charts, Bret? -Todd...

I'm reviewing the Idealliance site and I don't see any mention of a "plus or minus 2" on the b value of the white point for Gracol 2013. Could someone point me to where that is specified? And I assume we are still using the ISO 12647-7 tolerances, which are ∆E 3 on paper white, right? As we...

But where do you get your internet from? Isn't it either through a cable company or Verizon? So you still pay for a cable into your house, right? As more people dump the TV part of the service, the providers will just charge more for internet bandwidth.

Can anyone tell me more about options for creating CMYK++ files? What "several vendor offerings" are there exactly besides CoCo & Esko? I've used an Esko photoshop plugin called Ink Tools, but this is limited to 4 channels. I gather the one discussed in this thread is part of Equinox and can...

Totally agree with Cory about how Quark blew it in terms of functionality and they were a nightmare to deal with for support, so in that sense I'm glad Adobe kicked their butt. However, has anyone noticed that you can't move as fast in InDesign? Selecting things and moving around in the document...

Proofs are easily certifiable it they include the IdeAlliance bar or the FOGRA media wedge. If the customer is supplying them, not only should the proofs have the patches, they should have a sticker indicating that someone read the patches and that the proof is within tolerance for whatever spec...