SV: Pantone bug?

2007-07-29 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Steve Rickaby wrote: > > I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There > appears to be > > an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone > > 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a > browny-orange, > > instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100

SV: Pantone bug?

2007-07-28 Thread Jacob Schäffer
Steve Rickaby wrote: > > I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There > appears to be > > an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone > > 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a > browny-orange, > > instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100

Pantone bug?

2007-07-28 Thread Steve Rickaby
Hi Brad At 22:44 -0500 27/7/07, Brad Anderson wrote: >We've printed several 5-color books (CMYK and 1 spot) with several different >vendors in the US, China, and Hong Kong. ... Many thanks for this clarification. I think we were iterating towards this conclusion, but it's good to have confirmat

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-28 Thread Steve Rickaby
Hi Brad At 22:44 -0500 27/7/07, Brad Anderson wrote: >We've printed several 5-color books (CMYK and 1 spot) with several different >vendors in the US, China, and Hong Kong. ... Many thanks for this clarification. I think we were iterating towards this conclusion, but it's good to have confirmat

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 13:42 -0400 27/7/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > >>. Edit the color to C:50, M:100, rest 0 >> >>. I now see Ink name: None, print as spot > >Although your ink name changes when you edit the definition (it doesn't change >here), you can call it whatever you want, I think. Try copying the name bef

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 12:58 -0400 27/7/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: >It doesn't here. I just made a new color from the Pantone Uncoated library, >typed in 164, and got a nice red PANTONE 164 CVU. I chose Print as Spot and >changed the CMYK color definition to make 50,100,0,0 purple. Then I formatted >some text in

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 12:28 -0400 27/7/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: >I'm confused. What does it matter what the CMYK conversion is? PMS 164 is a >printer's ink mix and there's nothing you can do on your computer to change >that mix. Thanks Kenneth... Quite. However, if you change the spec in FrameMaker to 'corre

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
FrameMaker 7.0, Mac I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There appears to be an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a browny-orange, instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100 Y:0 K:0, as in, for ex

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 13:42 -0400 27/7/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: > >>. Edit the color to C:50, M:100, rest 0 >> >>. I now see Ink name: None, print as spot > >Although your ink name changes when you edit the definition (it doesn't change >here), you can call it whatever you want, I think. Try copying the name bef

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Steve Rickaby wrote: > . Edit the color to C:50, M:100, rest 0 > > . I now see Ink name: None, print as spot Although your ink name changes when you edit the definition (it doesn't change here), you can call it whatever you want, I think. Try copying the name before you edit the definition, a

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Steve Rickaby wrote: > Quite. However, if you change the spec in FrameMaker to 'correct' the > mix, it drops the ink name and you get 4-plate in the PDF [quite It doesn't here. I just made a new color from the Pantone Uncoated library, typed in 164, and got a nice red PANTONE 164 CVU. I chose P

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Steve Rickaby wrote: > I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There appears to > be an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone > 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a browny-orange, > instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100 Y:0 K:0, as in,

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Steve Rickaby wrote: . Edit the color to C:50, M:100, rest 0 . I now see Ink name: None, print as spot Although your ink name changes when you edit the definition (it doesn't change here), you can call it whatever you want, I think. Try copying the name before you edit the definition, and

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 12:58 -0400 27/7/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: >It doesn't here. I just made a new color from the Pantone Uncoated library, >typed in 164, and got a nice red PANTONE 164 CVU. I chose Print as Spot and >changed the CMYK color definition to make 50,100,0,0 purple. Then I formatted >some text in

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Steve Rickaby wrote: Quite. However, if you change the spec in FrameMaker to 'correct' the mix, it drops the ink name and you get 4-plate in the PDF [quite It doesn't here. I just made a new color from the Pantone Uncoated library, typed in 164, and got a nice red PANTONE 164 CVU. I chose Pr

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 12:28 -0400 27/7/07, Kenneth C. Benson wrote: >I'm confused. What does it matter what the CMYK conversion is? PMS 164 is a >printer's ink mix and there's nothing you can do on your computer to change >that mix. Thanks Kenneth... Quite. However, if you change the spec in FrameMaker to 'corre

Re: Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Kenneth C. Benson
Steve Rickaby wrote: I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There appears to be an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a browny-orange, instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100 Y:0 K:0, as in, for ex

Pantone bug?

2007-07-27 Thread Steve Rickaby
FrameMaker 7.0, Mac I have been asked to use Pantone 164 for a design. There appears to be an oddity with FrameMaker's Pantone libraries, which give Pantone 164CVU, for example, as C:0 M:47 Y:76 K:0, which is a browny-orange, instead of the correct purple tint, C:50 M:100 Y:0 K:0, as in, for ex