Incorrect Tint and Screen values of spot colors

[Lemr Sir Speedy 4102]

I am having trouble getting publisher to send correct tint and screen values to our AB DICK DPM-34HSC platesetter (version DPM v4.4). I have a 2 color newsletter PMS 3025 and Black, the solids rip fine but the tints are printing as much as 40 percent lighter. I have tried converting to PDFs and i get the same problem. Does anyone have any ideas.

 

[Budget Print Center]

yes, I recall the same exact problem with publisher 2k and dpm2340.

call service and tell them you need a plate setup with the same screen
settings as b/w plate, but color seps as b/spot plate.

the issue is with pub being a rgb program or so they told me. a new page
setup or the recent upgrade of dpm will solve this issue. i could probably
walk you through the plate setup procedures but it would be better if abdick
did it while you watch.

--
"Display tolerance & kindness to those with less
knowledge than you because there is ALWAYS
someone with more"

I am having trouble getting publisher to send correct tint and screen

values to our AB DICK DPM-34HSC platesetter (version DPM v4.4). I have a 2
color newsletter PMS 3025 and Black, the solids rip fine but the tints are
printing as much as 40 percent lighter. I have tried converting to PDFs and
i get the same problem. Does anyone have any ideas.

 

[Budget Print Center]

if you haven't tried already you can attempt to print separations to your
"mono" plate, if it gives you that option.

another workaround that sometimes worked was to recolor the doc to
black/cyan or magenta. the primary colors seemed to not want to lose the
extra dots assosiated with "building" a pms color, then print as 4 color
process.

there still may be some changes in the page setup that i am forgetting. your
service tech might be able to talk you through it. call service, then if you
wat to try it call applications support...what part of the country are you
located in?


--
"Display tolerance & kindness to those with less
knowledge than you because there is ALWAYS
someone with more"

I am having trouble getting publisher to send correct tint and screen

values to our AB DICK DPM-34HSC platesetter (version DPM v4.4). I have a 2
color newsletter PMS 3025 and Black, the solids rip fine but the tints are
printing as much as 40 percent lighter. I have tried converting to PDFs and
i get the same problem. Does anyone have any ideas.

 

[Jeff Daghir]

You might try printing separations to a PDF, opening the PDF in Acrobat and
using something like PitStop to turn everything into true grayscale
(separations from Publisher are actually RGB with R=G=B). Then print/drop
the separated PDF into your rip.


--

Jeff Daghir
MPS Printing, Inc.
The Ink & Paper People!
Madison, IN
www.mpsprinting.com
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Jeff Daghir ([email protected]),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| You might try printing separations to a PDF, opening the PDF in
|| Acrobat and using something like PitStop to turn everything into
|| true grayscale (separations from Publisher are actually RGB with
|| R=G=B). Then print/drop the separated PDF into your rip.

Composite Seps in Publisher 2003 are in CMYK, FYI.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.publishermvps.com
~pay it forward~

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.

 

[Budget Print Center]

either/or.... if he is experiecing the same situation as i did it was in the
harlequin rip page setups, not the microsoft or adobe products that seemed
to be the culprits...something to do with black generation levels in the
k/spot page setup, if i remember correctly.

 

[Budget Print Center]

Are You having variations in screened bitmap .tifs from quark as well?
Slight to moderate difficulty getting the same results from job to job on a
repeater? or having to set the screen at 35 to print 20? it's more subtle
from quark, but if you look the symptoms are there. once they upgraded the
software on the dpm, these issues all magically "dissapeared" with no
admissions from abdick corp.(sound a little like micro$oft?) yell loud
enough or call your sales rep and tell him you want a reduction in your
lease payment, of, say, $800 a month. they will fix it.,LOL

--
"Display tolerance & kindness to those with less
knowledge than you because there is ALWAYS
someone with more"

I am having trouble getting publisher to send correct tint and screen

values to our AB DICK DPM-34HSC platesetter (version DPM v4.4). I have a 2
color newsletter PMS 3025 and Black, the solids rip fine but the tints are
printing as much as 40 percent lighter. I have tried converting to PDFs and
i get the same problem. Does anyone have any ideas.