Dear Edwin, Pantone and CMYK are two completely different color (colour) schemes.
A printing press operator can either buy ink in a specific Pantone color or mix the ink from an exact recipe of colors and proportions. People use Pantone color when they need an exact color. Pantone colors are designed for offset printing. CMYK, which stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK (or Key), also known as "four-color process," is a system of printing rosettes (overlaid dot patterns) in these four specific inks. People use CMYK for photographs or when an approximate color is acceptable. In your case, it sounds like the problem is the fact that you are outputting to a color laser printer. Laser printers use CMYK toners, so the color is only approximate. You did it right, the printer did the best it could. When you print to PDF, you use a printer driver, either a specific color laser printer or a generic driver. These drivers use CMYK color as well, so again, you are left with an approximation. If you are printing something that requires exact color, such as Pantone 2627, the best approach--assuming there are funds available to pay for it--is to have the project printed on an offset press. If you choose offset printing, be sure to check with your printing company as to how you should prepare your files for color separation, that is, which elements print in black, which print in Pantone 2627, and so on. If you don't have the money for an offset print job, you could experiment by specifying different Pantone colors, to find one that prints closely enough on your laser printer or PDF. If you can, borrow a Pantone "color bridge" booklet, which shows each Pantone color beside a CMYK approximation. Visit the Pantone website at http://www.pantone.com and look around. Bear in mind that Pantone system was designed for ink but laser printers use toner, so the actual results will vary somewhat. Best wishes! Daniel Doornbos Technical Writer Promise Technology, Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in or attached to this email message is either proprietary and/or confidential information, or information intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by email and delete the original message from your computer/server with confirmation to us that you have done so. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 9:40 AM To: framers@frameusers.com Subject: Colour question I'm trying to create some colours for a FrameMaker template which correspond to our corporate style guide and I'm finding it rather difficult. One of our corporate colours is "Pantone 2627" which is a dark violet. When I select Pantone 2627 in the Colour Definitions dialog box, it does indeed look violet on the screen, but the CMYK values for Pantone 2627 (83C, 100M, 0Y, 23K) correspond to a blue -- and this is the colour I get when I generate a PDF or print to a colour printer. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Thanks for any help. Edwin Tudsbery CPA Software Solutions ************************************************************************ ******** The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee; access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient: (1) you are kindly requested to return a copy of this message to the sender indicating that you have received it in error, and to destroy the received copy; and (2) any disclosure or distribution of this message, as well as any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on its content, is prohibited and may be unlawful. ************************************************************************ ******** _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/danield%40promise.co m Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
