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RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Forcing printing of Magenta or Cyan from RGB in Windows

2011-10-09 by Bob Headrick

That should be useful, at least as a start.  Typically the driver will tweak
things a bit to deal with various things like media settings and the
specific inks used.  

 

Using the calculator as a start and then perhaps iterating by printing the
calculated color and adjusting as needed to remove any stray undesired
colors should work.

 

-          Bob Headrick

 

From: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Tony Smith
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 1:41 PM
To: Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Forcing printing of Magenta or Cyan from
RGB in Windows

 

  

> If color management is disabled in Windows and the printer driver, how can
I
> find an RGB value for each of the CMY colors?

Here's a calculator:
http://www.usq.edu.au/users/grantd/WORK/216color/ConvertRGB-CMYK-Grey.htm

There's no guarantee that using solid colours in RGB (eg Cyan is Red=0,
Green=255 & Blue=255) will give you pure CMYK colours when printed though.

Easy enough to find out I suppose.

Tony



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