2007/8/28, Stewart Noy <windrunner at mweb.co.za>: > > > Ok, so having done a bit more digging I discovered that the black > registration colour is in fact not what I'm looking for as it represents > 100% on CMY and K when printed, and is to be used for, yip you guessed it > registration marks. > > So having answered my own questions, a new one would be: > When is it best to use a Plain Black (0C, 0M, 0Y, 100K), and a Rich Black > (63C, 52M, 51Y, 100K)?
Hi Stewart, Here are the values we use on offset presses for rich black. 100K - 60C - 40M - 40Y This info could make it into the wiki as this question is raised from time to time. If anyone has a minute to put it there, please do. Also, it is unadvisable to use rich black for text purposes. Generally speaking, using more than 3 inks for any text color is more likely to create registration issues, especially if the text is used at small typesize. HTH Louis Stewart > > > Stewart Noy wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I was recently told by my printer to use a colour that represents 100% K > > > (CMYK) for the text in my doc. This is the registration colour Black > > within the Scribus colour palette right? > > And yet an InDesign website that I was browsing said NOT to do this? > > > > Is the registration colour Black a specific shade of black that is used > > for printing? Not too dark, etc. > > > > Stewart > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20070830/f0d47c95/attachment.html
