-
1. Re: Design tricks that uses less ink for thin paper?
Jacob Bugge May 8, 2011 1:40 AM (in response to gishnetwork)DP,
There may be (a combination of) at least two different solutions:
1) You may need to reduce the ink coverage, at least in parts of the artwork. What happens if you print on the HP deskjet without using DRAFT mode (which may be misleading if it reduces the amounts of ink)?
2) You may change the colour space to a leaner one (such as GRACoL something > US Web something); you may compare the current one with other options.
Other solutions may depend on the application used.
-
2. Re: Design tricks that uses less ink for thin paper?
John Danek May 9, 2011 11:39 AM (in response to gishnetwork)You're going to need to profile and calibrate your RIP's "Total Ink" limit. If your RIP does not have a profile for that substrate, you will have to get one or do it yourself ( i.e., xRite colorimeter and something like Monaco "Proof" application. You might be able to get a profile from the paper manufacturer.
-
3. Re: Design tricks that uses less ink for thin paper?
gishnetwork May 9, 2011 12:39 PM (in response to John Danek)Thanks, it had been so long that I totally forgot about creating a custom profile and changing the total-ink-limit. Duh!
Paul
-
4. Re: Design tricks that uses less ink for thin paper?
talaya white Jun 7, 2011 5:28 PM (in response to gishnetwork)You can also use curves: Just take the point at the dark end and pull it down.
And by taking out the under-tones using Selective Color: In reds, scale down everything but magent and yellow, in neutrals everything but cyan and black, in blues take out yellow, and so on.



