Can you print out the Pantone color palette?

[jojo]

I would like to print out a sampler of the custom colors palettes so that I
can pick the right color advance and avoid the difference between the color
on the monitor and what is printed. Is there a way to print the entire
Pantone (or CMYk,etc.) set of colors?

 

[JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]]

There may be but the results from your printer may not (and probably WILL
not) be the same if I did it. And I doubt that either of them would be
accurate. Your best bet is to buy one of those sample things that print shops
use. I have a feeling they are NOT inexpensive.

 

[jojo]

I understand that each printer and monitor is different. What I am trying to
determine is how my particular printer reads the color. I still would like to
get a printout of how my printer reads all the color options (Pantone, RGB,
CMYK) so I don't think the official sample from the print shop is what I want
because my printer may not print it that way. Also, the stuff I am doing is
for inhouse use, it doesn't get sent out or printed by a professional
printer. What I'd like is to have the palettes printed out so I can select my
color (or close to it) before I print instead of seeing what prints out and
trying to tweak it afterward. Thanks

 

[Mary Sauer]

Get a color picker such as Pixie, www.nattyware.com it is free. Create a table
in Publisher. Fill the cells with a color, open Pixie and make a note of the RGB
color. This utility does not include Pantone equivalent, however each Pantone
color breaks down into an RGB equivalent. There are web sites that have Pantone
samples, use Pixie to determine the equivalent color. You can type these numbers
in Publisher's fill dialog and use the color in the table cell.

There is another eyedropper tool here, it is free also
http://www.inetia.com/eyedropper_eng.php

 

[Brucels]

I found a Pantone chart on a website; a Google search will probably lead you
to the same sites I found. I believe that I printed it to PDF, then brought
the PDF into Photoshop and printed to my inkjet from there. Since some
programs include a color management component (like Photoshop), you may have
to print several versions depending on where you're printing from. Hope this
helps.

Bruce