You want to use CMYK (as a reference) and tell them that the K (black) is 100% saturation. (CMYK in this case is 0,0,0,100) ...sue
On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Jones, Donna <djo...@zebra.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've been sitting here for the better part of the afternoon googling for > concepts from my old days of working in a print shop. I'm not having much > luck because 20 or so years have passed since I worked there, and the terms > are foggy, although the concepts are still in the back of my brain. > > Here's the situation. Our manufacturing was moved to China, so our few > printed quick reference guides are now printed there, too. We got a check > copy today where our normally 100% black logo was, at best, about 75-80% > black. To me, it looked gray, not black. I'm drawing a blank on how to tell > them in the future (without using a lot of words) that the black needs to be > darker. Whenever we try to convey something to them, we find it best to use > a graphic with a small amount of text. I would like to include a graphic in > our print specifications document that shows a scale of black from 0 to > 100%. Then we can specify that anything below a certain percentage is not > acceptable. This page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayscale) has a scale > off to the right, but it's not something that I can select and save. I > remember measuring the level of black on printed copies in the past, or at > least comparing the black against a chart of some kind, but the specifics > are eluding me. I know that I have, in years past, rejected things when the > black wasn't dark enough and could tell them exactly why. > > Can anyone point me at anything on the web or at least jolt my brain to > remind me of what terms I could search for? I've been working with the terms > gray scale, print saturation, print density, and a few others, but I'm not > finding much that will help. > > Thanks, > Donna > > ________________________________ > - CONFIDENTIAL- > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential, and may also > be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not > review, use, copy, or distribute this message. If you receive this email in > error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and then delete > this email. > ______________________________________________ > ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing > solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML > and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. Download Free > Trial. www.doctohelp.comhttp://www.techcommpros.com/componentone/ > > > Interactive 3D Documentation > Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com > _______________________________________________ > > Technical Communication Professionals > > Post a message to the list: email t...@techcommpros.com. > > Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: > http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com > Subscribe (email): send a blank message to tcp-subscr...@techcommpros.com > Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to > tcp-unsubscr...@techcommpros.com > > Need help? Contact listad...@techcommpros.com > > Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com > ______________________________________________ ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. Download Free Trial. www.doctohelp.comhttp://www.techcommpros.com/componentone/ Interactive 3D Documentation Parts catalogs, animated instructions, and more. www.i3deverywhere.com _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email t...@techcommpros.com. Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to tcp-subscr...@techcommpros.com Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to tcp-unsubscr...@techcommpros.com Need help? Contact listad...@techcommpros.com Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
