Looking for Wholesaler for floor graphics that can color match

[ddarlak]

I need to transform a 32' x 39' x 18' tall room into orange. Everything - the walls, ceiling and floor to a very certain orange. The walls and ceiling will be painted and I will be using printed vinyl for the floor. I'm looking for a wholesaler who will be able to color match to the latex paint. I don't trust my HP Latex to be consistent enough for the eight 39' panels needed to cover the floor, nor my ability to match within 95% of the color.

I usually use 365 but I don't think communicating with them is an option, they generally frown at it.

I called Fire Sprint this morning and they said they don't color match.

Any ideas?

 

[FireSprint.com]

I can tell you that we run all the floor graphic on one of three tightly calibrated colorados. While we don’t color match, you could send in a set of swatches, choose one, and then send in that exact same digital color again. Not a color match, but it works well most of the time.

Otherwise you might check with TJ over at GCI in Ohio. You can find him pretty easily on Facebook.

 

[ikarasu]

What orange is it? A lot of CMYK printers cant hit many oranges....No matter who you use, I'd get a small sample first and compare - A lot of places will say they can color match, and to them it's close enough... but oranges are one of the tricker ones that most printers cant hit without having an orange spot color in it.

 

[MelloImagingTechnologies]

I have a customer who bought an EPSON S80600 from me because he prints a lot for NY Mets and Islanders and could only match the Oranges with this because it has an Orange ink.
Bruce

 

[Johnny Best]

why noy get the orange printed by FireSprint to the color you need and then get the latex orange color matched to paint the walls. Orange you happy with that idea?

 

[netsol]

What orange is it? A lot of CMYK printers cant hit many oranges....No matter who you use, I'd get a small sample first and compare - A lot of places will say they can color match, and to them it's close enough... but oranges are one of the tricker ones that most printers cant hit without having an orange spot color in it.

too bad he can't go first and match the paint to his output.

 

[tulsagraphics]

+1 for finding someone with an S80600 or similar. I print a lot of stuff for OSU -- Pantone 021. No CMYK printer can hit that -- but with the S80600 (and custom profiles), I can nail it, no problem.

I have no idea which trade suppliers are offering eco-sol printing these days -- seems like everyone is running UV, Latex or hybrids... all of which are CMYK only (that I know of anyway -- 6-8+ color in UV/Latex is probably out there -- I just haven't seen 'em).

Ignore the gloss laminate -- I did not want / expect to use gloss -- but it was a specific request by the client. Anyway, just check out this orange...

 

[Graphic Extremes]

I mess with orange all the time and they are a pain to match exactly. I am using the Epson S80600L with X-Rite and it still will take several tries to hit the exact color. Read it with a spectrometer and adjust as necessary.

 

[tulsagraphics]

I mess with orange all the time and they are a pain to match exactly. I am using the Epson S80600L with X-Rite and it still will take several tries to hit the exact color. Read it with a spectrometer and adjust as necessary.

I bet so. Where I am, there's one main orange everyone uses (021), so I only need to keep a few profiles on hand for that. On the flip side of... the S80 almost does too good of a job (especially with the color depth achieved on IJ175/180). You bring a finished piece to someone's office. It looks amazing, but doesn't match any other orange in their office because their other suppliers are just using CMYK. Customers forget what their actual colors are supposed to look like. So you break out the Pantone swatch and show 'em that you're the only one printing the correct color. That's always fun.