Print question, black onto coloured stock and metallic image

1985
8.Jul.2008 6.51am

Friends, Romans, countrymen

I’m working on a book/catalogue at the moment and plan on using tan or sand coloured stock. I usually avoid rich black for text at all costs because of registration issues but I want to avoid the washed out look of 100% keyline black on coloured stock.

I am only using two inks throughout the book, black for text (and some low res images) and a pms metallic (silver) for illustrations. The illustrations in silver sit partially behind the text and I want to make sure that the black does not dissapear when overprinted.

Any advice? I was thinking about using a pms black instead of process black. I have not used any metallic colours before, anything I should know?

Thanks all

Toby
8.Jul.2008 7.13am

If overprint of black is a problem you can turn it off in preferences.
Metallic pms colors will not look very good on uncoated stock, especially not paper with a soft, rough surface.

1985
8.Jul.2008 7.49am

Thanks Toby

Does turning off overprint create a knockout?

The stock I have my eye on is coated. Will that require sealing?

Cheers

Toby
8.Jul.2008 8.07am

Yes, it will create a knockout. Not sure what you mean by sealing though..

1985
8.Jul.2008 8.37am

I’m not quite sure what I mean by that either, some process after printing, varnishing I guess?

jupiterboy
8.Jul.2008 12.42pm