Can it be done?

[Knep]

How close to matching Oracal 651 Gold can a guy get? I still am adjusting on my color profile even though I have no clue what im doing, some stuff comes out good, some stuff comes out to dark...photo's seem to come out way to dark....any one have any tips or hints?

 

[Tourney Services]

Are you working out of Flexi, Illustrator, Photo shop? What rip software are you using?

 

[Knep]

Flexi 8.1 pro...using flexi's rip...

 

[heyskull]

I have a CMYK/RGB match for Oracal 651 gold (or as good as you can get it on CMYK)!
I am using Wasatch so my profiles don't match youurs.
When I go in 2mora ill have a look.
I personally do not adjust profiles too much as when you change one thing in a profile it will upset another! And you don't wanna do that believe me.....

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[Knep]

I dont even have a good color profile right now, Im actually lost on the subject! I have tried to read up on it, and asked a few questions, but nothing has really made sense...right now everything comes out a little dark, especially photos. and it has my inks printing at 100% not sure if thats right or not either....cause sometimes they look a little thick and ive had trouble with black lookin like it tunnels or fish eyes...or something...

 

[heyskull]

Knep
What printer are you running?
I used to use Signlabs RIP years ago and when installing the valuejet 1604 I decided there and then that their was no way I was going tro use Signlab as a printing device.
I have found through bad experience (years!) that the Sign Programmes (especially Signlab) over complicate things. To a point where you don't know what you started with or is it any better?!
Wasatch is a RIP nothing else.
Yes I have made my own profiles but it isn't rocket science.
I realised over the years to understand the limitations of printing using 4 colours.
You can never match a colour perfectly but you can simulate it (their is a difference...lol)

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[bob]

I dont even have a good color profile right now, Im actually lost on the subject! I have tried to read up on it, and asked a few questions, but nothing has really made sense...right now everything comes out a little dark, especially photos. and it has my inks printing at 100% not sure if thats right or not either....cause sometimes they look a little thick and ive had trouble with black lookin like it tunnels or fish eyes...or something...

What software? What rendering intents?

 

[Knep]

Falcon Jr, with Flexi 8.1 pro I have cyber print, but I cant get it to print out of it...right now im using ltp port, cause I cant get the fire wire thing or what ever thing came with it...that runs off of a eithernet cable...

 

[CS-SignSupply]

If you are connecting to the JR via a Parallel cable, you should have your CiberPrint set to LPT (1,2, or 3) whichever you have.



What settings are you using in Flexi?

 

[heyskull]

Here is my codes for gold
R G B
146 123 72

It is probably as close as you can get on a CMYK printer.

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