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: it deepens the tone of black, it can be used to hide print imperfections in on...
However, it’s not widely accepted and can often result in false colors and dull photos if used on the web and social media. More: When to Use ProPhoto RGB CMYK CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, and is a subtractive color model used primarily in printing. It’s not...
At the time I didn’t know a thing about the printing industry, but I was fooling around with the color settings in MacPaint and saw three options: Grayscale, RGB, and CMYK. I switched between the three to see what would happen (which, of course, was nothing, because the tiny screen...
The HP Smart Tank printers differ from theHP Neverstop printersin that they use liquid ink (or inkjet technology) and not toner. While the HP Neverstop laser printer tank is also refilled easily by the consumer - it’s actually technically a cartridgeless printer - toner printing uses a com...
What Is DPI? Photo by Kurt M. Lawson DPI is a common acronym used to denoteDots Per Inch. In ink-based printing, tiny colored dots of ink are used to create a color image on paper or whatever surface the print is made on; canvas, metal, anything!
Offset Printing: The offset printing process uses an intermediate blanket cylinder to transfer an image from the image carrier to the disc face, also using CMYK inks (C=Cyan, M=Magenta, Y=Yellow, K=Black), or Pantone. What is the difference between inkjet printers and thermal printers? In...
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 ...
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...
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...
This is perhaps the most important tip when it comes to branding and logo design:Be consistent. You can spend hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars developing a gorgeous visual identity for your brand — but if it’s not reflected on every piece of print and digital content, all ...