It's not that different in printing, where a neutral gray is not too warm (orange/red/yellow) or not too cool (green/blue/purple). Thank you for taking the Beyond CMYK print assessment. There's a lot of bad information in this thread from people who aren't printers. No need to worry about your appearance changing every few months due to inconsistent printing. It sounds like the print shop is trying to get “rich black,” but the CMYK breakdown isn’t proper rich black (which is a fallacy anyway). We do 30 c 30 m 30 y 100 b for all our black builds, I'm a pro offset print operator. Set products such as business cards, flyers, posters, and packaging in the CMYK color profile, and do yourself and the print shop a favor by always setting your document to CMYK before exporting or printing. CMYKhub has gained a reputation as a trade printer who can be trusted to deliver reliable service, outstanding print quality, all with competitive trade prices. Custom sizes and any sheet count, edge glued with a chipboard backer. Get consistent color matching between runs with exact coated, uncoated and metallic PMS colors. Professional letterhead printed on our offset press will keep your PMS colors consistent every time you order. Need more precise and persistent colors? /u/VirtualRealityCzech /u/Lord_skeletran /u/SquirrelPooBrew /u/Gattawesome /u/CANNIBAL_M_. “CMYK have been providing Loadscan with excellent service and quality print for the last 4 years. The table below gives you a side-by-side comparison of their capabilities. Most color printing was done on offset presses using CMYK inks or spot color. The result is a color separation of 4 images that when transferred to printing plates and sequentially printed on a printing press with the colored inks cyan (blue), magenta (red), yellow and black (the k in cmyk), reproduces the original color image. We will provide services for our clients. Offset Printed Presentation Folders allow you to print in full color on all parts of the folder, including the pockets. There are several benefits to printing with a traditional offset press as opposed to a newer digital machine. CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key/Black) is the color space for printed materials. About the only place that would apply would be in traditional offset press printing, which is becoming less common and only done by the huge houses like RR Donnelly and QuadGraphics and primarily because they're still running publications like Readers Digest and Playboy. For example, in Photoshop, you can always just go "Image > Mode > Grayscale" and that will strip the RGB/CMYK values and do a straight up conversion. Reserve CMYK for printed designs. Custom Calendars are a great tool for fundraising and marketing. Why aren’t they just using a b/w printer? CMYK and subtractive mixing. There are two processes of doing this – CMYK printing uses combinations of Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (Key) to create virtually any color. If the plates aren't perfectly aligned, you get vicious ghosting and even if they are, your black will frequently look tinted, which is what you're seeing here. Depends on the printer and the OS, I've had to hardwire a printer from a manufacturer starting with H to continue printing with black ink only when the color inks started running out. CMYK was the undisputed color mode for print designers from the pre-digital era. I’m printing a black and white photo zine. Convert it to pantone is what i always suggest. Offset printed calendars will display your custom photographs beautifully and will be seen everyday. Spot Color NCR Form printing ensures that your forms look the same everytime you order. Doing so prevents unbalanced colors that can result from RGB colors translated into CMYK equivalents. CMYK and Spot PMS Business Cards are a great way to stand out among your competitors. This is hard to do without a method, equipment, and technical knowledge. From business and corporate brochures to multi-page four color magazines, CMYK Print Solutions can provide full service graphic design, desktop publishing, and printing and distribution services for all of your projects. Based on your selections, we suggest the Based on your selections, it looks like there are a couple of options that could work for you — the Xerox ® PrimeLink ® C9065/C9070 Printer and/or the Xerox ® iGen ® 5 Press. Create a beautiful event ticket for your next conference, expo or meeting. Work has included business cards, numerous product brochures and marketing material through to larger pull-up banners for trade show displays, all of which has been supplied on time and of excellent quality. Let me rephrase, what's your current workflow? My CMYK breakdown is 50, 50, 50, 100 which is what the printer want. Easier for me and far superior quality for you. The 50/50/50/100 breakdown you're referring to is called a "rich black" and it is never something you want to do. Therefore, the more pieces that are printed, the more distributed the cost is between the pieces. A "black and white printer" is typically a laser toner printer that actually doesn't have the ability to print grayscale at all. Print any custom size and either flat or folded cards. Had the proofs back and they look really green. The file will read as CMYK but should still be grayscale in practice. The short version is that the company you chose isn't familiar with how to color profile their equipment or how G7 calibration and stable grayscale printing works. Make everything greyscale, they print greyscale, what's the issue? Custom sizes and shapes with full color printing will get people excited for your event.