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>on screen

That's your biggest mistake.

NEVER trust what you see on screen. Even a perfectly calibrated monitor isn't going to look the same as the printed material, because ambient lighting makes such a huge difference - That's why Pantone books even include a "lighting test" swatch in the back of the book that indicates if you're viewing the book under the correct light, as different Pantone inks respond differently to different wavelengths/color temperatures of light.

Go buy your Pantone Formula Coated/Uncoated swatch books. They cost about $135, which I'm willing to bet is less than what it's going to cost you to re-order your client's work. (My first color mistake cost me $270 - i bought my Pantone books the same day.) Then keep it in a dark box, away from light, unless you're using it.

You might also consider getting the CMYK Guide, which has combinations of CMYK (no Pantone inks, just standard CMYK) so you can pick your "normal" CMYK/Process colors from it, rather than from your monitor.

And as stated elsewhere, if you're not actually printing using Pantone inks (called "Spot Colors", used most often for 1-color or 2-color jobs), then don't use a Pantone color to choose from - many Pantone colors CAN'T be represented using CMYK. There's a book for that, as well, called the Color Bridge book - it shows the "closest approximation" to a Pantone color using CMYK inks, but you should only ever be in that territory with a client who has specified Pantone colors for their identity, and is OK with Bridge matching).

Bottom line, don't use Pantone if you don't have to. Never trust your monitor. Always refer to the printed swatch books. And always get a printed proof if there's any doubt (which you did, so good on you there!)

As far as printing vector art (non-solid color) with a Pantone Spot color, you absolutely can, but your AI document has to be set up correctly. Your artwork all needs to be recolored (using the Edit...Edit Colors...Recolor) to use only that spot color - AI will tint the color correctly on that artwork. But again, this only applies if you're actually printing with Spot Colors, not if you're printing 4-color/CMYK/Process (all terms for the same thing).



-[odmg]

I got these when they were on sale for 6.99

Hammermill Color Laser Gloss Paper, 94 Brightness, 32lb, Letter Size, 300 Sheets per Pack (16311-0) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AQOAK/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_kKndub1W2H0HG

UPDATE:

I bought the corner rounder and photo paper similar to this.

Printing on photo paper did the trick: no need to do the gloss spray, and it came out in quality easily as good as the Pathfinder Pawns quality. VERY impressed and VERY highly recommended.

The corner rounder didn't work so well. The one I bought for $10 with a 10mm radius didn't cut through the 2mm board that I used. It was basically the same rounder that Vynx used, but they were cutting much thinner board.

I am debating whether or not I want to get a heavy duty corner rounder or not.

EDIT: Got the heavy duty rounder, worked pretty well. Instructions have been updated.

I use Hammermill Color Laser Gloss. It was a little rough at first, but I can get perfect transfers with it every time now. Just need good heat (duration, not so much temperature) and good pressure.

Luckily, that is also quite easy.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AQOAK/

I normally use Coverartproject to reprint cover's, there have been some covers that were not available for gamecube that I had pretty much make from ps2 or xbox covers before. But most of them are pretty high quality scans. Sometimes I adjust the contrast and brightness but that's pretty much all I do.

I bought gloss paper and at first I used my ink jet printer but then I ended up just running out of ink after maybe 10 prints. Now I bring them to office depot and if you bring your own paper, color printing is I think 49 or 59 cents a print I'm not sure. But the quality is better and I don't have to waste money on color ink cartridges. They know me now but I ask to do a print preview and normally it's already perfect size for printing how I want.

Ah, good call my mistake. That one is just the formula one.

The bridge one, which has the CMYK values, is still $50 cheaper via Amazon.

Weird that just having the CMYK values is a $100 difference.

Oh sweet that is what i think she was looking for! https://www.amazon.com/PANTONE-COLOR-BRIDGE-Coated-Uncoated/dp/B01BESCOVE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481692651&sr=8-1&keywords=pantone+color+bridge+set set for $229! Thanks for the help (:

Thanks for this -- that's all really good context. Now I can see why the books are expensive to produce. I think I'll eventually just get this collection.

I wonder why these books don't show up on eBay? You'd think a lot of people would be selling their old ones when they get fresh ones...