Why not four, or five? Ink is costly, and three is the minimum number of inks able to achieve most colors. Some modern printers do add additional inks to achieve a wider range of color, such as a bright green and orange, or light cyan and light magenta. If your print project is ...
Imagine you're trying to print a Word document. You click "Print" on your computer, but instead of printing, you receive a prompt indicating that your printer can't print the black text because the yellow ink is low. Frustrated, you buy a new tri-color cartridge, slot it into your pri...
Put another way: I perceive my tabby cat as orange because of how light hits his fur and how my eyes and brain interpret that information. He’s not intrinsically orange, because “orange” isn’t a property that exists out in the world. If your brain is beginning to melt: Welcome. Co...
Many people are under the misconception that 100k is really dark, but it is not due to the paper absorbing ink. Try this as a test and I believe this will become clear. Use a rich black (e.g.: 60c 40MY 100K) instead of 100k for VistaPrint. Adobe's ...
Even worse than having to cope with heavy ink coverage is dealing with text or other objects that are 100% of each printing color. Having to print 100% cyan on top of 100% magenta, yellow and black leads to smudging and the need to frequently stop and clean the press. Hence the recomm...
Rich black is a combination of black with one or more other colors. If you have ever used the color “Registration”, you have utilized rich black. There are a few benefits of using rich black in printing.
CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). Those also happen to be the colors listed on your ink cartridges for your printer. That's no coincidence. CMYK is thesubtractive color model, so called because you have to subtract colors to get to white. That means the opposite...
Many people are under the misconception that 100k is really dark, but it is not due to the paper absorbing ink. Try this as a test and I believe this will become clear. Use a rich black (e.g.: 60c 40MY 100K) instead of 100k for VistaPrint. Adobe's P...
CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). Those also happen to be the colors listed on your ink cartridges for your printer. That's no coincidence. CMYK is thesubtractive color model, so called because you have to subtract colors to get to white. That means the opposite ...
CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black). Those also happen to be the colors listed on your ink cartridges for your printer. That's no coincidence. CMYK is thesubtractive color model, so called because you have to subtract colors to get to white. That means the opposite ...