March, 2014 | Proofing.de

Pantone 877 and Pantone Silver 10077 C in comparison: Pic 2

PANTONE Premium Metallics or PANTONE Matching System Metallics?

April 8, 2024March 28, 2014 by Matthias Betz

Currently, PANTONE has two parallel Metallics colour fans:

PANTONE Metallics Coated: Contains the classic metallic shades available since the late 1980s.
- Main basic colours: PANTONE 877, 876, 875 …
- Typical colour names: PANTONE 8020, 8040, 8060, etc.
PANTONE Premium Metallics Coated: The new Metallics fan, which has been in existence since 2012, showing new, finer metallic shades.
- Main basic colour: PANTONE Silver 10077 C
- Typical colour names: PANTONE 10142, 10158, 10214, etc.

The main differences between the two fans lie in the composition of their respective basic colours: Firstly, there is the different Pantone Silver: PANTONE 877 or PANTONE Silver 10077 C. On the other hand, in the PANTONE Metallics Coated the silver is supplemented by further gold basic colours, while in the PANTONE Premium Metallics Coated the newly defined silver is the only metallic basic colour and is tinted by PANTONE Goe basic colours.

The names of the 84 new PANTONE Colours 2014

May 8, 2020March 21, 2014 by Matthias Betz

PDF X/4 data – who calculates? InDesign or the RIP?

March 15, 2014March 14, 2014 by Matthias Betz

Recently we received a PDF file from a Swiss customer who asked us to proof it according to ISOCoatedV2. The format was PDFX-4, we could open the file, preflight it and also display it in Acrobat. However, when proofing in Fiery XF 5.2, the file was only output after a RIP time of over 3 hours. Adobe PDF X4 screen output in Acrobat Professional We have recorded the screen layout on a modern Macbook Pro with four processor cores and the latest Acrobat Pro version to illustrate the enormous demands …

Pantone Colour Chaos 2014: 84 new Pantone Plus colours annoy Pantone users

April 8, 2024March 13, 2014 by Matthias Betz

Pantone has added a further 84 colours to ist Pantone Plus colour palette in March 2014. The the total amount of the Pantone Plus colour now extends to 1755 colours as Pantone writes on his website. The colours were – matching the Pantone colour of the year: Radiant Orchid – expanded in the Rouge and Pink range, based on the previous base colours.

Two other changes compared to the previous 50th Anniversary PANTONE guides are visible:

The cover sheets have been redesigned
The order of colour arrangement has now changed by going to chromatic criteria and now corresponds to the chromatically correct order. The colours from 2010 and 2012 have now been logically integrated into the new colour fans.

Ten points that you should always keep in mind when proofing.

April 19, 2014March 2, 2014 by Matthias Betz

It is actually quite simple to have proofs made. But experience shows that many customers often stumble over the same mistakes. We have put together the ten most important steps towards a successful proofing job:

Proof as late as possible in the production process
Select the right proof profile for your purposes
Convert RGB or LAB images to CMYK
Name Pantone and HKS colours correctly
Proof your data in a 1:1 ratio and not scaled down
Always proof with UGRA/Fogra Media Wedge 3.0
Make sure that the job ticket is correct
Make sure your service provider has the latest proof software and hardware
Only accept authentic “contract proofs” according to ISO 12647-7
Make sure that your proof provider has valid certifications

In the following we would like to present these individual points in more detail.