Can anyone who knows about printing tell me why it's so difficult to print a royal blue as true blue instead of purple on business cards?
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Sheriff Raff -Answerhag
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The government of the United States has restricted the use of some dyes that needed to provide certain colors, in the interest of National Security.
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Crappy color management or workflow.
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Who is providing the artwork or file? If it is not the printer himself, your file may be printing exactly as it has been set up. Color management can be confusing. Is it printing as 4-color process or spot colors? There are thousands upon thousands of color combinations available with 4-color process printing, and spot colors simply mean picking a color and having it printed in spots with no 'mixing'. If it is spot color, someone is picking the wrong PMS color. You also need to consider the color of your paper. Yellow paper with blue ink will produce greenish blue, just as if you are mixing paint. There may be a few other things that might account for it but I don't have enough information. You can email me if you really want to figure it out!
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