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September 30, 2015 at 12:17 pm #78459

Keymaster

The printer looks at the name (usually something like “Pantone 286C”), looks up the ingredients for how to mix that ink in their Pantone book, mixes it, and puts it in the press.

If you use a color name like “mega_yellow” then the printer has no idea what the color should be and may just pick a random yellow color. However, if you send the job to the printer and say “mega_yellow is supposed to be Pantone 185” then they can do that for you.

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