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Is there a spot ink that reproduces the true violet color? Not a purple (that's a mix of blue and red) but the true violet spectral wavelength as in the rainbow and outside the RGB (and, obviously, also CMYK) gamut?

I have a question about the matte-gloss strikethrough technique, where spot matte is followed by flood gloss, so that the gloss is neutralized over the matte areas. Basically, I want to know whether a special combination of matte and gloss coatings should be used, or if it works in general.

Hi. Could you please suggest a good source of Iriodin (a pearlescent ink)? My printer in India would prefer me procuring the necessary amount (very small, about 2 kg). Leo

Hi, everyone. I've got some grayscale images from my illustrator. They are great, with many nice shadows (as called for by the subject). But when placed in InDesign, in the overprint mode, they look much lighter, hardly any shadows. I gather, this must be how they would look in print if only...

The standard quote request forms ask for the number of halftones. Do I count only photos and art, or also such things as gray type and InDesign gradients? Leo

Hi, What is the standard difference between the size of a hard cover and the page trim size? Say, I need a dust jacket for a 6"x9" page trim. If X is the spine width and 3.5" the width of each flap, what would the dimensions of the dust jacket be? Obviously, it should be more than (19+X)"x9"...

Hi, Would you recommend strike-through UV coating for matte solid pink (Pantone 31-1-4) title-sized (30+ pt) type against glossy rich black background? What about text-sized (10/12 pt) paper-color type against the same background? Leo

Hi, everyone. Is it worth trying to use a spot soft-touch coating on a hardcover book's dust jacket? Something tells me that it may rub off in no time. But I'd rather ask professionals than guess on my own and perhaps miss up on an opportunity. Leo

It looks like there is a great variety of process black inks. I'm particularly interested in the dense kinds, like TTC Premium Dense Black, TC-90 Dense Black, TC-91 Dense Black, and TC-6313 Ultra Dense Black--all of them "process black," apparently (although TC-6313 is reportedly so dense that...

Hi, everyone. Is it possible to use varnishes in duotones? I mean, not with duotones, covering them; but in duotones (or tritones, or quadtones), as the colors used to define them? Leo