Author Topic: i have a little problem...  (Read 2069 times)

Offline jason-23

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 958
  • FONTNINJA
i have a little problem...
« on: June 30, 2011, 10:15:54 PM »
i need to try and eyeball mix some very specific pms colors and have no idea how to do i, for a very short run for a great customer. I know i should have ordered it  but  no time for that now, any help would be great. thanks in advance.


Offline blue moon

  • Administrator
  • Ludicrous Speed Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 6362
Re: i have a little problem...
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 10:19:32 PM »
what kind of inks and what colors do you have available?
do you have a scale?
even more importantly, do you have a pantone chart? It is not happening without it.

I've walked ppl through it over the phone before, I can try to help . . .
Yes, we've won our share of awards, and yes, I've tested stuff and read the scientific papers, but ultimately take everything I say with more than just a grain of salt! So if you are looking for trouble, just do as I say or even better, do something I said years ago!

Offline jason-23

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 958
  • FONTNINJA
Re: i have a little problem...
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 10:32:25 PM »
yep i thought you were going to ask for special crap, nope non of that stuff. i do have basic colors, black, white, blues, orange,red, pink, lite green, kelly green and some others all one stroke general purpose stuff. the color i need to get close to is 4685,628,715,and 4685. so i guess im screwed but i did warn the customer of this problem and the time crunch.

Offline Frog

  • Administrator
  • Ludicrous Speed Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13967
  • Docendo discimus
Re: i have a little problem...
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2011, 11:00:23 PM »
With the usual disclaimers of monitors calibration and all that, here is a pantone chart
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

Offline Fresh Baked Printing

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 755
  • "Tattoo Free Since 1965"
Re: i have a little problem...
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2011, 11:20:38 PM »
Does One Stroke have a program like Union inks does? It tells what inks/quantity to mix to yield the color.

50% of the time I'm 100% right.
http://www.spiffylab.com

Offline jason-23

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 958
  • FONTNINJA
Re: i have a little problem...
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2011, 12:50:33 AM »
i eyeballed it...screw it! ;D