Re: "Pantone Process" Inks
Re: "Pantone Process" Inks
- Subject: Re: "Pantone Process" Inks
- From: Michael Eddington <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:18:05 -0500
Your interpretation is correct…Pantone CMYK primaries are governed under
ISO 2846-1.
http://www.pantone.com/help/?t=CMYK-Primaries-not-found-in-PANTONE-FORMULA-GUIDE-and-PANTONE-SOLID-CHIPS
On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Todd Shirley <email@hidden>
wrote:
> Hello everybody
>
> This isn’t exactly color management but I’m hoping one of you has
> experience with this topic.
>
> What exactly is the difference between Pantone Process Inks (PANTONE
> Process Cyan, PANTONE Process Megenta, PANTONE Process Yellow, PANTONE
> Process Black) and "standard" CMYK process inks? I work with a designer who
> insists her work should be printed with Pantone Process inks, not "Standard
> CMYK". She is under the impression that Pantone Process inks will produce a
> wider gamut or will reporoduce "better" in some way. I have always believed
> that a CMYK image will look the same with either "kind" of inks because in
> fact there is no difference.
>
> I had actually made this inquiry of Pantone a couple years ago, and they
> supported my position that there isn't any such thing as "pantone process
> inks" and that the shading for all CMYK primaries is governed under ISO
> 2846-1. However, not only does the designer persist in her belief that
> these are different inks, she has 2 different printers and another vendor
> who agree with her and insist that printing with "pantone process" produces
> better results than standard CMYK. One of the printers said they mix their
> own "pantone process inks." Is this really a thing? Is it perhaps just a
> higher quality ink? Does anybody know what they are talking about?
>
> I had settled this in my mind years ago, but just recently was in a
> meeting with the above client, vendors and printers and was somewhat
> angrily rebuffed when I dismissed “pantone process” out of hand. So maybe
> I’m the crazy one. If so, please correct me!
>
> Thanks
>
> -Todd Shirley
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