The kind of graphics I do are used for a web site and also for printing with a Roland Versacamm wide format printer.
My question is for graphics for a web site do you design in RGB colors and when you design for printing are you using CMYK colors.
Or are you using one type of color over the other for both purposes?
Thanks Jimmy
Short answer is, work in sRGB. Your RIP was designed to accept RGB. CMYK if you need colour separations.
Download the PDF available here:
http://community.coreldraw.com/wikis/howto/designer-s-guide-to-color-management.aspx
Read it over a couple of times if need be. Once you get a grip on it you'll be glad you put in the effort.
A common misconception is that because the printer uses CMYK inks you should work in CMYK. Fact of the matter is it just isn't so.
Dan
Terremoto said:A common misconception is that because the printer uses CMYK inks you should work in CMYK. Fact of the matter is it just isn't so.
HI.
I thought rather, that when designing in RGB you are out of gamut as for what the result in the printer will print. If you design for print, and print in CMYK, then your printed result will resemble more closely what you see on your monitor.
If you are designing for web use RGB because monitors are capable of showing colors a printer can not make, ie. colors that use the entire range of the RGB spectrum.
This coming from someone who has never read the guide so I could be wrong... David?
~John
I woul duse sRGB and export with an embedded profile.
RunFlaCruiser said:I thought rather, that when designing in RGB you are out of gamut as for what the result in the printer will print. If you design for print, and print in CMYK, then your printed result will resemble more closely what you see on your monitor.
That's how I work - that way, I have 1:1 control of each ink head on a CMYK device. If I'm making a rich black in CMYK, I know exactly what heads are being used and how much of each.
1:1 allows me to control other things like potential registration problems by eliminating colors that really don't "need" to be in a color build. For example: white text against a color on a small decal. much better to use 2 inks instead of 3 or 4 for that background color.
1:1 control also allows me to "top up" specific inks to 100% that would otherwise halftone when I don't want it to.
Jeff Harrison said: I thought rather, that when designing in RGB you are out of gamut as for what the result in the printer will print. If you design for print, and print in CMYK, then your printed result will resemble more closely what you see on your monitor. That's how I work - that way, I have 1:1 control of each ink head on a CMYK device. If I'm making a rich black in CMYK, I know exactly what heads are being used and how much of each. 1:1 allows me to control other things like potential registration problems by eliminating colors that really don't "need" to be in a color build. For example: white text against a color on a small decal. much better to use 2 inks instead of 3 or 4 for that background color. 1:1 control also allows me to "top up" specific inks to 100% that would otherwise halftone when I don't want it to. [/quote] That's the way I go! I feel I have more control over the printer.
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That's the way I go! I feel I have more control over the printer.