HUGE tip for those using the Roland Color System

I've been using the Roland color palette system so far, but have found out one very critical point which many will likely not know.

To use the system properly, you have printed-off the large Roland pallete (on the vinyl/media you use) as a reference - right? Well, the Roland colour value (chosen from your printed Roland Colour Library) is not really chosen (on your print-jobs) until the "Convert Spot Color" box is checked!!! (This box is found under the "Settings" section in VersaWorks, under the "File Format" tab).

Without being checked, the values represented are CMYK percentages. It is odd that Roland set it up this way. Why would one choose the Roland spot colour but then not use it? It would be more appropriate to have the box labelled "Don't Convert Colour" to leave it with the design program's CMYK colours.


Another tip: You don't have to print off a new reference color palette, as it always prints off with the "Convert Spot Color" feature as "ON". (The palette is printed off in VersaWorks under the "Edit" > "Queue A Settings" tab at the top, not from the regular settings tab that you would use for a regular print job).

So on any job where you refer to your chart for a color and apply a Roland code number to the graphic, be sure to check tha "Convert Spot Color" option as decribed above when you go to print it.


Hope this helps.

 

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As I don't use Illy, I can't help you there. Anybody else?



Here's the option that one must click "on" in order for the Roland Palette System to work. The default is "off".