"Quality without Compromise" syndicated content powered by FeedBurner Subscribe Now! ...with web-based news readers. Click your choice below: ...with other readers: (Choose Your Reader) FeedDemon NetNewsWire NewsFire NewsGator Outlook Edition RSSOwl Shrook Universal Subscription Mechanism (USM) Get "Quality without Compromise" delivered by email FeedBurner makes it easy to receive content updates in My Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other news readers. Learn more about syndication and FeedBurner... Current Feed Content IDEAlliance G7 Certification by Pertech Posted:2016-04-22 09:51:21 UTC-04:00 Click here to download our G7 Presentantion Technological Advancement in Sheetfed Offset Posted:2016-04-15 11:21:44 UTC-04:00 Offering the most advanced environmentally friendly products, Pertech’s sheetfed offset inks are based on naturally renewable raw materials, vegetable oils and linseed oils, we simply call it BioGrün... Click here to download The History of Kast and Ehinger... Posted:2012-06-01 13:38:11 UTC-04:00 Click this link to download In a brief presentation, learn how in 1865 Albert M. Kast started a printing ink company with only (3) employees. Then in 1868 partnered with F. Ehinger to play a pioneering role in sheetfed printing as we know it today, in addition to introducing the #1 brand in sheetfed offset inks produced by K+E. SPOT COLOR vs. PROCESS COLOR - Recognizing the Differences! Posted:2011-12-16 12:31:52 UTC-05:00 Spot Colors Colors created without screens or dots, such as those found in the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®, are referred to in the industry as spot or solid colors. From a palette of 14 basic colors, each of the spot colors in the PANTONE MATCHING System is mixed according to its own unique ink mixing formula developed by Pantone. You probably mixed yellow and blue paint to get green in your youth. Creating a PANTONE Spot color is similar in concept, but with the added need for precision. The precision begins with the printing ink manufacturers who are licensed by Pantone to manufacture inks for mixing PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Colors. To retain their license, they must annually submit samples of the 14 basic colors for approval by Pantone. Printers can then order the colors by number or mix it themselves according to the ink mixing formula in a PANTONE® FORMULA GUIDE. A PANTONE Chip supplied with the ink and/or job ensures that the printer achieves the color desired by the customer. Each color in the System has a unique name or number followed by either a C, U or M. The letter suffix refers to the paper stock on which it is printed: C for Coated paper, U for Uncoated paper and M for Matte paper. Also created without screens, PANTONE metallic and pastel colors are considered part of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM. Due to the gamut of the 14 basic colors, some spot colors will be cleaner and brighter than if they were created in the four-color process described below. Spot colors are commonly used in corporate logos and identity programs, and in one, two or three-color jobs. Process Colors This method of achieving color in printing is referred to as CMYK, four–color process, 4/c process or even just process. To reproduce a color image, a file is separated into four different colors: Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y) and Black (K). A color image is separated into CMYK. When printed on paper, the original image is recreated. During separation, screen tints comprised of small dots are applied at different angles to each of the four colors. The screened separations are then transferred to four different printing plates, one for each color, and run on a printing press with one color overprinting the next. The composite image fools the naked eye with the illusion of continuous tone. Process colors are represented as percentages of cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Varying the percentages offers thousands of color possibilities. When four-color process printing is used to reproduce photographs, decorative elements such as borders and graphics can be created out of process colors. This helps to avoid the added expense of an extra plate needed to print each spot color. PANTONE 4–COLOR PROCESS guide set. Displays 3,010 CMYK combinations with screen tint percentages. A guide on uncoated paper is included in the set. Converting spot colors to process colors. Often times, a spot PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Color is requested when creating a four–color process piece. To save money, the spot color should be evaluated to see how it will look if printed in CMYK. While some colors can be simulated well, there are many that look quite different. As the quality of the resulting color conversion is very subjective, the designer can make decisions using the PANTONE® COLOR BRIDGE™ guide. The PANTONE® COLOR BRIDGE™ guide displays each PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEMColor and its corresponding simulation in CMYK. ISO standards 2846-1 and 12647-2 Posted:2011-12-15 13:17:39 UTC-05:00 To download our press release on ISO standards 2846-1 and 12647-2 please click this link! In order to prevent varying statements about standardization in offset printing and standard printing inks, we would like to explain here, in more detail, the ISO standards 2846-1 and 12647-2, which are appearing increasingly in discussions and articles. ISO standard 2846-1 is a worldwide standard regarding the standardization of ink colour shades for offset inks. This standard determines the ink colour shade of laboratory proofs on the standard coated paper APCO II/II with particular ink-film thicknesses (g/m²). This is used by printing ink manufacturers to set the ink colour shade, while keeping within the permitted colour tolerance range. Irrespective of ink manufacturer and ink series there are process printing inks, which meet the colorimetric data required by ISO standard 2846-1, but are unable to fulfill this standard within the required ink thickness, due to the increased colour strength of modern printing inks and the somewhat warmer ink tones required by the market. How to mix PANTONE® colors using the PANTONE® FORMULA GUIDE Posted:2011-12-15 14:13:32 UTC-05:00 Current versions of the PANTONE® FORMULA GUIDE provide the ink mixing formulas in a percentage formulation. This breaks the color down into percentages of the total volume of ink being mixed. As an example, let us assume that we are mixing one pound of PANTONE® 285. One pound is 16 ounces; therefore, 16 is your whole. The formulation would be as follows: PERTECH™ ECO Reflex Blue: 37.5% * 16 = 6 oz. PERTECH™ ECO Process Blue: 12.5% *16 = 2 oz. PERTECH™ ECO Transparent White: 50.0% *16 = 8 oz. You can easily adjust the formulation for different volumes of ink. For example, to mix 1/2 pound, cut each proportion in half. To mix two pounds, double each proportion, etc. Older versions of the PANTONE® FORMULA GUIDE also provide a parts mixture (abbriviated as pts). Very old triple-beam scales may contain a specific unit of measure called a 'part'; otherwise, you can use any unit of measure so long as it is equal. In this case, you would want to pick a unit that would not provide vastly more ink than is necessary. For example, if you use 1 part = 1 ounce the formulation for PANTONE® 285 would be as follows: PERTECH™ ECO Reflex Blue: 6 pts = 6 oz. PERTECH™ ECO Process Blue: 2 pts = 2 oz. PERTECH™ ECO Transparent White: 8 pts = 8 oz. Total volume: 16 ounces In this particular case, the part formula would yield the same volume of ink, but that won't always be the case. How to read formulas in the PANTONE® formula guide! Posted:2011-09-19 13:43:37 UTC-04:00 In the PANTONE® formula guide, what is the difference between the "parts" measurements on the left side of the swatch, and the percentage formula on the right side? The PANTONE® formula guide expresses the ink formula in both a parts and percentage mixture. The parts formula is designed for users of older, manual scales that use parts. While some older triple-beam scales actually contain a defined unit of measure called a "part," basically, a "part" can be any unit of measure as long as it is uniform, i.e., one ounce, one beaker, one tablespoon, etc. Essentially the formula will work for any uniform amount. The percentage formula is a percentage-of-the-whole formula, which is why the numbers add up to 100. To use this formula, you must first determine the volume of ink that you are going to mix. As an example, assume that you wanted to mix one pound of ink to match PANTONE® 185. Since 1 lb = 16 ounces, 16 is your whole. The formula would break down as follows: PANTONE® Warm Red - 16 x 50% = 8 oz PANTONE® Rubine Red - 16 x 50% = 8 oz The PANTONE® formula scales are preprogrammed with the percentage formulas. As ink is added to your beaker, the percentage reduces until it hits zero, at which time the optimum amount of that ingredient is present. Following are links to the Equipment homepage at pantone.com; use the links at the upper left of the page for the various scale models. Welcome to The Ink Spot! Posted:2011-05-20 14:12:52 UTC-04:00 Hello we are PERTECH CORPORATION, we are currently BETA testing our presence on the web. Our blog "The Ink Spot" is dedicated towards the industry we love, the PRINTING and PUBLISHING INDUSTRY. It doesn't matter if you are small-scale or large-scale, in this business "INPUT is EVERYTHING". We would appreciate if you visit us from time to time, post recommendations, comments and/or tools to help the people in our industry on perfecting their craft. Thank you in advance! Welcome us as a seller on eBay.com! Posted:2011-06-11 16:34:36 UTC-04:00 We would like to announce as of May 1st, 2011, Pertech Corporation has starting selling on eBay.com! We are excited about the opportunity to expand our marketplace and hope that you will visit our store and take a look at some of our products and as always customer service is our 1st PRIORITY! Thank you in advance! FeedBurner delivers the world's subscriptions wherever they need to go. Publish a feed for text or podcasting? You should try FeedBurner today.