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  1. Pantone color book?

    Hi I just wonder what kind of Pantone color books or what else you would use when trying to do a color match for an outdoor wall?
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    Software Publishers & Distributors Teifeld Associates/Substratia Printing, RIP, and Color Services

    Teifeld Associates through its Substratia brand of Ergosoft RIP sales and color services works to help you achieve the best possible printing. While Ergosoft RIP provides excellent printing for conventional CMYK printers, it also excels at extended gamut inkset printers such as those offered by...
  3. Question Finding my color balance with Onyx and Epson S80

    We have a Epson S80600 with Onyx as our RIP. We utilize Illustrator for most all work. So, when we load in RGB/CMYK counterpart colors to try and match the Pantone color codes, when we go to print, everything seemed to look fine. So we took our printed test color panels and matched them up...
  4. Question in-RIP spot color matching improvement vs GM Colorpicker/Colorlogic Colorant

    Many RIPs offer the possibility of trying to get a closer match to a desired spot color(i.e. Pantone) by using an iterative process and the operator's visual perception and/or spectro-based delta-e measurement. GretagMacBeth's Colorpicker and Colorlogic's Colorant can take one or more spot...
  5. Import L*a*b*/D50 Adobe Swatch Exchange files palettes in Coreldraw Graphics Suite 2020/2021?

    I use Pantone Color Manager(PCM) to ensure I have the most up-to-date L*a*b* values for colors in various Pantone fan decks as used in RIPs and the Adobe suite. I use PCM exported L*a*b*/D50 ASE files or CGATS files constructed from PCM color text files to accomplish this. I was wondering if...
  6. Free color conversion tool from FireSprint.com

    Hi Guys, made another tool just to help out! It's simple, but it's really fast. Based on the Pantone conversions they do themselves. FireSprint Pantone CMYK HEX RGB Color Conversion Calculator. Free to use as much as you need!
  7. Color codes given are always conflicting

    Client gives the following guidelines for their color RGB: 69 68 70 PMS: 172-15U / 172-15c CMYK: 67 61 57 43 I say trust the cmyk no matter what the pantone is. My software only has Pantone P 172-15 C or U which converts slightly different than theirs CMYK: 60 54 48 52 Problem is client has...
  8. Question Illustrator PMS color has differing CMYK percentages depending on File

    Ok, so here's my dilemma. I have CC open with two different files side by side. Same PMS color 369 is chosen for each and yet they appear different. Checking the CMYK percentages shows each file has them set differently. My document mode, color settings are the same in both files. Any idea why...
  9. Need Help Havoc boats green

    dies anyone here have or know the Pantone or color used for the green on the havoc boats logo? Thy have a few color mix listed on the site but they are not even remotely close and the rgb mix is not even green lol. Thanks. You can on me if you like. Thanks.
  10. Pantone RGB Pallete

    A while back a co-worker and I made an Excel sheet with all the RGB and CMYK colors available from the Find a Pantone Color chart of the Pantone site for reference. This morning I used Excel and a text editor to make an RGB palette for GPL palette based programs (GIMP, Inkscape, etc.), as I...
  11. Need Help Vinyl that matches PMS Warm Red

    Hello all, I'm working on a building that the corporate colors use Pantone Warm Red. Do you have a suggestion on a vinyl that matches or is very, very close? This for a DoIt Best Hardware store that is getting a new front sign and I'm not sure that I really want to print the entire color...
  12. Custom Cut Vinyl Color

    Is it possible to get a custom color in cut vinyl instead of doing print and cut? Like maybe vinyls made with a specific pantone color? It would be a lot easier to get cut vinyl in a specific color (which I'll be using quite a but as it our company color) than having to do a cut and print every...
  13. Need Help Mimaki, Rasterlink 6 And Pms Colors!?

    Hi all! My shop just got a Mimaki CJV 150-300 with Rasterlink 6. I've done a lot of large format printing on Rolands but this is a new setup for me. My problem is that any PMS colors that are assigned in the artwork do not come out close to the actual colors- they are mostly too dark and...
  14. Pantone color of the year

    the Pantone color of the year seems to be one that is close to a very over used green we've had around for years think TD bank for one
  15. Pantone blue for New York Life

    anyone know the Pantone blue for New York Life? I did an online search and found or 300C but since I also found 304C and 282C which don't look right, not sure if teh 300C is right or not
  16. Choosing a specific Pantone

    How do I choose a specific Pantone in Flexi 10? There MUST be an easier way than to navigate through all the Pantones until I get to my needed Pantone number...
  17. Pantone Color Cue 2.1

    Hey guys, just thought I'd throw this at you guys first: I decided to sell my barely used Pantone Color Cue 2.1 I used it to match colors but I'm more prone to just use a Pantone chart. Anyways, the link is below if your interested. I purchased it for $320 back in 2012 and barely used it...
  18. Pantone Spotcolor Replacement Table LAB

    I'm working with Wasatch 6.6 and an Roland CMYK soljet printer. After printing a few testfile's of an Pantone solid coated guide, i was wondering if i'm using a spot color replacement table in LAB the colors get more accurate. When i export the original CorelDraw file to PDF with an spot to...
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