Blue color prints purple on output???

[tooserious]

I am running either 10 or 10.5 and I have a blue gradient from a person and it brints purple....all other colors look like on screen.......any suggestions??

 

[tooserious]

Flexiiiiiiiii

:Oops:anybody........colr profile help settings in dither type???

 

[omgsideburns]

Could be a profile issue..

If it's something you're designing keep your magenta low when doing blues.. No more than like 100/75 ratio between your C and M if you want blue blue and not a royal bluey purple thing.

 

[tooserious]

Thank you

Usually it is something someone else has designed in illustrator and it doesn't translate well to Flexi i may have to change the gradient color......they sent me I can usually print right from Illustrator but the contour cut thing is giving me fits

 

[iGraphics&Designs]

I have had the same problem before, the blue is as purple as can be. Printers like for the colors to be designed in CMYK form correct?

 

[Letterbox Mike]

My guess would be you have too much magenta in the blue. Try to keep you magenta below 80%, above that and it will start to shift to purple. I.e. 100/79/0/0 is a nice blue, 100/85/0/0 is purple.

 

[bob]

First make sure that the rendering intent for gradients is set to 'No Color Correction'. You can do this in the default job setup for this printer in Production Manager or, sometimes, in the print and cut dialog for the job itself. Depending. However you have to do it, do it.

Next I'd give good odds that the gradient in question is set for RGB. In Flexi select the gradient, open the Fill/Stroke dialog and select CMYK. That would be the 4 dot icon instead of the 3 dot icon.

Then, just for good measure, in the Print/Cut dialog set the gradient algorithm to Super.

Do these steps and unless you have some other hideous thing going on, the gradient should print pretty much as you would expect.

 

[thewood]

I think I understand that this is an Illustrator file you imported in Flexi? If so, what was designed in Illustrator as a gradient was likely parsed by Flexi into hundreds of polygons that create the blend contained by a clipping mask.

You may try filling the clipping mask with your own gradient.

 

[jkdbjj]

If it is just for this job, I would make it easy on yourself, adjust the blue on the screen (ignoring how it looks on the screen) and run a test print. Unless it is a PMS match or going to be a repeated job, just take the easy way out.
Also, printing in a file that is CMYK can do that, so maybe try RGB and still adjust the colors to a more screen tone blue.

 

[Rodi]

I always like to add black to my blues, it keeps them easier to print 100c 75m 0y 15k. Obviously the closer to navy you get you up the myk values accoridingly.