SP-540V needs to print rely black?

[Riskok]

When I print on my Convex and the laminate whit Pro-Shield it looks a little grey. Can you do anything about it?

Best regards Patrik

 

[Rev Designs]

what values are you using for your black.. i do everything in CMYK and use C=60 M=40 Y=40 K=100 to get a rich black. I also use convex with pro-shield. Also i have found that if you change your color management preset to MAX IMPACT in VersaWorks it works a lot better with the convex. However i'm using a VP-300.

Hope this helps,

Matt

 

[luggnut]

are you printing rasters or vectors? if vectors your RIP settings and color settings would be where to start... i set rendering intent on vectors in flexi to no color correction.

raster are a different animal.. most print with rendering intent set to perceptual. most photos don't come out great with no color correction. relative colormetric might get you there though.

 

[Riskok]

Thanks guys!

Some time I use high .JPG images and import them to Illustrator then I save it whit the cutlines.
The problem is that its a littel grey.

M-C Graphics what type of Vinyl setting are you using?

Best regards Patrik

 

[Rev Designs]

i based it off of a matte vinyl setting and just played with a few things until i got the desired output.. since every printer is a little different i'd suggest trial and error until you are satisfied.

It would make everyone's life a lot easier if there was one profile that worked perfect, however on the other hand, then you would have everyone and their mom doing our job! haha

Matt

 

[luggnut]

JPG are set to perceptual rendering most of the time.. that results in a more pleasing picture but changes some of the colors. change your RIPs rendering intent on JPG to perceptual for this and see if it helps.

 

[TresL]

More ink works wonders on Convex.

For a test, just do a small double print.

 

[Mike Paul]

When I print on my Convex and the laminate whit Pro-Shield it looks a little grey. Can you do anything about it?

Best regards Patrik

After laminating? It's called silvering and will go away with a little heat or time.

 

[Just Me]

i do everything in CMYK and use C=60 M=40 Y=40 K=100 to get a rich black.
Matt

i tried this today on my sp-300 also and it looked great i had been using a roland spot color, thanks for the tip!

 

[Riskok]

After laminating? It's called silvering and will go away with a little heat or time.

Ahh maybe it’s that also.
I will do some more checks today. Strange that Convex don’t have the right profile just to download like the have for the Gerber.

But thanks again for answering me I love this forum!

Best Regards Patrik the Swede

 

[ProWraps™]

just remember black isnt necessarily black as mentioned above. go into your photoshop palatte and select black. notice the cmyk values are not zeroed out. black is a mixture even on a cmyk printer. also make sure you files are rgb instead of cmyk. your not doing offset or spot printing. even a cmyk digital printer should print best color off an rgb file. this will play into what proggy you are designing in.

 

[Pacific Coast Sign]

Design in RGB - Blacks are VERY black with 100%+10%+10%+10%

 

[858Graphics]

To get the blackest black we use c-100 m-100 y-100 k-100. Putting it on matte material profile sometimes helps. You can also turn up the saturation or print on high quality/overpass. This is what we do to our vp540 when we have black issues.

 

[Riskok]

I did this and it turned out great!

Spot Color in Illustrator
C 60
M 20
Y 20
K 100

And then Max Impact in VersaWorks!

BR Patrik

 

[Replicator]

what values are you using for your black.. i do everything in CMYK and use C=60 M=40 Y=40 K=100 to get a rich black. I also use convex with pro-shield. Also i have found that if you change your color management preset to MAX IMPACT in VersaWorks it works a lot better with the convex. However i'm using a VP-300.

Hope this helps,

Matt

Thanks Matt . . . Great Tips !

 

[Rev Designs]

Thanks Matt . . . Great Tips !

Not a problem!

Matt