On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:03:54 -0400 Louis Desjardins <louis.desjardins at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/10/7 Stefan <stmstmstmster at googlemail.com> > > > Some notes. > > > > You can create greys in two ways: > > > > 1.) 50 % K gives a cold looking grey (only black ink) > > > > 2.) 50 % CMY gives you a somehow warmer looking grey, it is mixed > > from three inks. > > > > > > A rich black (deep black) is created with 100 % K and 50% up to > > 100% C, > > > > 100 % K only is often not black enough, if you have a large black > > box on a page oder a big headline. > > > > There is an article on rich black in Wikipedia that gives a bit more > details. I don?t think this article is complete but it's a start. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_black > > It?s worth to dig to get a good knowledge of what rich black is about. > Depending on the printing device and on what is actually printed, > values may (will) vary and this can (or will) have an effect on the > final printed result. There are simply no short answers about rich > black. > > Louis > > > > > > > 2011/10/6 Daniel-S-P <d-s-p at d-s-p.de>: > > > Key > > > > > > Am Donnerstag, den 06.10.2011, 15:46 -0500 schrieb Dale Erwin: > > >> So CMY must be Cyan Magenta Yellow, but what is K? > > >> > > > > > > -------------- n?chster Teil -------------- > > > Ein Dateianhang mit Bin?rdaten wurde abgetrennt... > > > Dateiname : signature.asc > > > Dateityp : application/pgp-signature > > > Dateigr??e : 198 bytes > > > Beschreibung: This is a digitally signed message part > > > URL : < > > http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20111006/18dde24a/attachment.bin > > > > > > ___ > > > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > > > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > > See also: > > > http://wiki.scribus.net > > > http://forums.scribus.net > > > > > > > > -- > > Gru?, Stefan > > > > ___ > > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > > See also: > > http://wiki.scribus.net > > http://forums.scribus.net > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20111010/af49cfc7/attachment.html> > ___ Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net A good guide to Rich Black options (and many other things) is the Galaxy Gauge Color Map Pro 8-in-1 Design Tool. It is not that expensive and I find it a superior aid to publishing. The Color Map Pro shows 36 different swatches of Rich Black. To my eye the blackest swatch is c60% m40% y40% k100%. This meets the LSI limit of no more than 240% ink coverage. I use the Scribus Open Office palette. I add the above combination to the palette and label it it Rich Black. -- John Culleton Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html "Create Book Covers with Scribus" http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
