tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post7026812064009371710..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Here's Why We Avoid Four-Color Body TypeD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-60231589174652353832014-09-17T09:01:28.458-10:002014-09-17T09:01:28.458-10:00I can imagine doing this in a newspaper. Not that ...I can imagine doing this in a newspaper. Not that we haven't been asked! One of the banes of any print proofreader's existence is new graphic artists who have not worked in print before and who like to use "registration" as a black color because it is "so deep and intense". Yes, and it is also all four colors right on top of each other in type as low as 5 point (ad Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-36262169292749821812014-09-17T08:54:01.961-10:002014-09-17T08:54:01.961-10:00Kudos to the gravure printer commenter. Our newspa...Kudos to the gravure printer commenter. Our newspaper would love to be able to do the colored ink trick. All we would need is another press running a spot purple ink for only those pages, which would now become a section, that the purple ink copy runs on. The we could add that section to the inserters. Total cost for all: horribly high.<br />May I add: we copy and ad proofreaders were always on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-16067564665221588932013-10-30T08:36:39.888-10:002013-10-30T08:36:39.888-10:00I'd share this article on Facebook but my '...I'd share this article on Facebook but my 'friends' would not have a clue. Love the 5000 monitors comment! Give me a 5th pms color any day of the week, I can easily register that!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493760262229413691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-32726540447567438062012-04-05T07:24:53.148-10:002012-04-05T07:24:53.148-10:00I come from a publication gravure background. Bac...I come from a publication gravure background. Back in the day, to do it right, this would have been a spot color- a nice PMS 2738, for example, run in the fifth unit. No one does that anymore, thoughAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-68751348609811907942012-04-05T04:53:01.154-10:002012-04-05T04:53:01.154-10:00Showed it to two customers; one said that they sho...Showed it to two customers; one said that they should have tweaked the process purple, the other thought a second-order Stochastic thing might have helped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-35987029061122212882012-04-04T17:04:00.313-10:002012-04-04T17:04:00.313-10:00When designer used to tell me that the printed pie...When designer used to tell me that the printed piece didn't look like it did on their monitors I used to tell them to buy 5000 monitors and send them to their clients.larryzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03652844698764943075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-53621806760480723132012-04-04T09:56:11.863-10:002012-04-04T09:56:11.863-10:00Hooray! Well said. If I had a nickel for everytime...Hooray! Well said. If I had a nickel for everytime someone says it doesn't look like that on my monitor I wouldn't have to buy mega million lottery tickets.elainehttp://www.velocityprint.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-13449304504561027752012-04-03T08:25:14.440-10:002012-04-03T08:25:14.440-10:00oh how I loath 4c type, 3c type and 2c typeoh how I loath 4c type, 3c type and 2c typeStacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061420189991569442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-40873627446994202322012-04-03T07:59:01.439-10:002012-04-03T07:59:01.439-10:00How about an 8 point Old English Script? Would tha...How about an 8 point Old English Script? Would that be alright?<br />I read that there is a country in Europe named Sans Serife. The provinces are Upper Caise and Lower Caise.Charlie McAlpinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870721598092715321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-81663025918882196442012-04-03T02:46:32.464-10:002012-04-03T02:46:32.464-10:00OSASMCWOTT = hystericalOSASMCWOTT = hystericalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com