Onyx 11 Importing Colors Wrong

[amulle]

Alright, I had a computer crash and had to reinstall Onyx 11 from scratch. Now whenever I import colors into the Job Editor (Preflight), the CMYK colors I had in illustrator are changed. Example. I have a simple sign with 100% black text (CMYK). When I open the file in Preflight, it is changing the colors to C: 94.5%, M: 87.5%, Y: 92.2%, K: 50.6%. This has never been an issue before, and I am wondering if there is a setting that I am missing somewhere.

Thanks!
Al

 

[wunder]

deactivate all ICC and all works fine to you

 

[amulle]

Where might I go about doing that?

deactivate all ICC and all works fine to you

 

[wunder]

@ Preflight direct COLORMANAGEMENT not user define/Custom ! all ICC deactived !

 

[P Wagner]

Alright, I had a computer crash and had to reinstall Onyx 11 from scratch. Now whenever I import colors into the Job Editor (Preflight), the CMYK colors I had in illustrator are changed. Example. I have a simple sign with 100% black text (CMYK). When I open the file in Preflight, it is changing the colors to C: 94.5%, M: 87.5%, Y: 92.2%, K: 50.6%. This has never been an issue before, and I am wondering if there is a setting that I am missing somewhere.

Thanks!
Al

On the contrary, Onyx is doing exactly what it should be doing in a color managed workflow - converting colors in the file into the closest possible output color on the printer. While you can certainly disable color management in Preflight / Job Editor, the cases where you want to do this should be few and far between, assuming your workflow is optimized.

 

[J Hill Designs]

unless you are trying to negate any issues with color calibration, you should never use 100% K - it is a weak black - rich black should be a mix (I use 30/30/30/100)