I have a job that has large areas of black and I have problems printing large solids of black (hickies etc). Generally I try to boost the black with CMY (50C, 45M, 40Y and 100K). Other times I convert the black to more of a photoshop black (75C, 68M, 67Y, 90K). Running the black at 90% makes life easier with regards to hickies.
My issue right now is I have a job that has graduated grayscale screens that I want to convert to CMYK tints. The tint goes from 100% to 60% K and I wanted to make it out of CMYK using primarily black but still some CMY so that I do not have to run my K at 100%. Any thoughts what some starting percentages may be. Of importance though is maintaining grey balanced tone without color casts. There are also some surrounding 10%K tints so I am not sure if I would leave as is or also convert to CMYK to more closely match the other boosted area.
Is there any kind of formula that could be used. I know it is probably pretty specific to press conditions (whether printing conditions are gray balanced or not) but just looking for a starting point.
Thanks.
My issue right now is I have a job that has graduated grayscale screens that I want to convert to CMYK tints. The tint goes from 100% to 60% K and I wanted to make it out of CMYK using primarily black but still some CMY so that I do not have to run my K at 100%. Any thoughts what some starting percentages may be. Of importance though is maintaining grey balanced tone without color casts. There are also some surrounding 10%K tints so I am not sure if I would leave as is or also convert to CMYK to more closely match the other boosted area.
Is there any kind of formula that could be used. I know it is probably pretty specific to press conditions (whether printing conditions are gray balanced or not) but just looking for a starting point.
Thanks.