Re: [Gimp-user] any tricks for making black look really black

2015-11-29 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 15-11-29 02:47 PM, Gez wrote: The amount of black generation is controlled by the target CMYK profile, and you just can't create something that is blacker than your RGB black when working in RGB. I wasn't commenting on what you would have to, or might need to do, in GIMP to get a deep black

Re: [Gimp-user] any tricks for making black look really black

2015-11-29 Thread Gez
El dom, 29-11-2015 a las 16:47 -0300, Gez escribió: >  > In kwisj's case, I'd try to figure out why the printer is producing a > weak black separation (maybe pulling a pure black from the > separation, > without any CMY beneath). > That's unlikely that is caused by GIMP or the file produced in GIMP

Re: [Gimp-user] any tricks for making black look really black

2015-11-29 Thread Gez
Kevin Cozens wrote: > When it comes to printing, black ink by itself won't give you a real > dark black. The blackest-black you can get when printing in CMYK is > C-75 M-68 Y-67 K-90 (from a formula on a web page). These percentages > are different than I remembered. The main idea is that you need

[Gimp-user] any tricks for making black look really black

2015-11-05 Thread kwisj
thanks for the repy will change the seetings and see how things pan out Cheers Kwisj -- kwisj (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___ gimp-user-list mailing list List address:gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listi

Re: [Gimp-user] any tricks for making black look really black

2015-11-05 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 15-11-04 04:04 AM, kwisj wrote: We are printing onto 100% polyester. the only thing is that the blacks look a littel washed outany tricks for the settings on GIMP to try and work around When it comes to printing, black ink by itself won't give you a real dark black. The blackest-black y

[Gimp-user] any tricks for making black look really black

2015-11-04 Thread kwisj
Hi we are using a ricoh sg 7100 printer with sublijer R inks and gimp 2.8 We are printing onto 100% polyester. the only thing is that the blacks look a littel washed outany tricks for the settings on GIMP to try and work around this Thanks Kwisj -- kwisj (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) ___