Find PMS colors

Can anyone tell me how to find the PMS color of artwork that's already created?
Thanks so much!

Cassidy,
click on Eyedropper. Click on the foreground icon (square):
Color Picker. Choose Color Libraries. Open Pantone Coated.
Click with Eyedropper on color in image. The nearest Pantone
Coated Spot will be indicated.
I'm sure the description can be improved, but perhaps it
helps already.
Best regards --Gernot Hoffmann

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IS this possible? without the use of Pit stop?
Here is my dilemma, I want to take an existing pdf with one spot color and make it basically a registration color of 100% of each CMY and K. I can do this manually through Illustrator but to do this over a thousand times is MUCH to tedious.
Anyone know of any other options to do this?
some more details, I work for a specialty print shop and happen to have a 4c DI press. We are trying to get this one color spot job to image the cmyk outputs all at once BUT having different copy on each head/CMYK plate.
So far we can do it through Acrobat to postscript file to RIP BUT I think, because the original file is a PMS/spot its knocking out.
SO we tried through Illustrator which seems to work its just tedious, where we are trying to save time not add more.
Its a crazy work around but if we could get it to work would be great for this job.
Maybe my questions should be is there a way to force the process colors to over print?
WE tried it on the rip and its not working there either.

1. Place PDF in InDesign
2. Make a new CMYK spot color, defined 100C 100M 100Y 100K
3. In Ink Manager, find spot color of the PDF in the list.
4. In the ink alias for this, pull down and select the spot color you created in step 2
5. Still in the Ink Manager - beside the spot color you created in step 2, click once on the spot icon on the left to change it to process
6. Output a new PDF from InDesign
Once you have the InDesign file set up, all the work is done for any future PDF files you place. InDesign simply takes the spot color in the original PDF (ie Pantone 293 C) and maps it to your 100 CMYK spot. The 100 CMYK spot is in turn forced to process by the ink manager (the ink manager can be accessed in the flyout in the swatches panel)

Coverting PMS Colors to CMYK or RGB

HI there, I have been given some PSM colors to use for a
website but cant find how to convert them to CMYK or RGB. Does
anyone know anything about PMS colors and how I would go about
converting?
1. Example: PMS 8520 Metallic Light Brown
Cheers
Mally

quote:
Originally posted by:
MalRom
HI there, I have been given some PSM colors to use for a
website but cant find how to convert them to CMYK or RGB. Does
anyone know anything about PMS colors and how I would go about
converting?
1. Example: PMS 8520 Metallic Light Brown
Cheers
Mally
Years ago, Pantone made a product called ColorWeb Pro that
had software and also a fan of ink samples and Pantone's
recommendations for CMYK and RGB (Web) values that would be the
best representation for each ink. For the Web, they'd researched
the ink colors and tried to account for variations in graphics
card, monitor, and printer hardware. Because of that variation,
there's really no hard and fast conversion you can use. (Plus, the
RGB colors that are best for the Web won't be the same as the CMYK
colors that are best for print.)
Pantone has a number of current products for color matching.
You might be better off contacting them and getting advice on what
product would work best for you.
Pantone Web site
For a metallic color, you might want to use a subtle gradient
to simulate a reflective effect, though.
Good luck!

Deleting unused PMS color

I can't seem to get rid of a PMS color. I've tried exporting the document to IDML and opening it, selecting all Unused colors and deleting, going through all of the styles to make sure it's not in there, checking all imported graphics to make sure it's not in there— nothing gets rid of the PMS color.

Hi,
could you inform us, on which version of InDesign you are using?
With which version was this document created initially?
I ask, because I remember an issue, but very long ago, which did not allow to delete spot colors, even if the document was empty. But this should not be an issue with versions later than CS3.
If the spot color was imported by some kind of EPS or PDF files, you are not able to delete it in the document, nor to do so in the EPS or PDF file unless you have Illustrator and these files were created in Illustrator. (Or you have Freehand and these files were created in Freehand, same with other drawing applications.) Opening these kind in a different editor might cause damage.
In these circumstances you could use the ink manager (you find it in the Swatch Panel Menu) and target the spot colors, all or some selected, to process color or to a different spot color.

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This may be a newbie question, I am a video & photoshop guy.
Anyways, a client has requested a logo in a PMS color. I know where the color swatch libraries are, but there is no library named PMS, there are tons of Pantone ones for coated, uncoated, ect.
Is there a search function to the pantone colors? They specified "PMS 192 Red". Says nothing of coated or whatever I just want to know how on earth do I find that actual color?

Ah, it took me a while to find this! Here is a little more how-to:
From the Swatches Palette, open the drop-down menu, then....
Open Swatch Library\Color Books\Pantone (coated or uncoated, or whatever else you want)
THEN go to the drop-down menu again and select Large List View. All the color numbers show up. WHEW!

Non PMS colors created using Ai

I had a designer create a logo using Ai. I sent the logo source fIle to a printer to use it for business cards and stationary. I was told the colors in the logo cannot be replicated exactly for other information on the cards and stationary because they were not PMS colors. That is hard for me to believe since he has the source file and Ai software. Do I need to find a better printer or is he correct? Thank you

It could very well be that the print vendor rather not deal with the file as it exists. Most print vendors just want to RIP and print the file and not have to mess with the file itself. This eliminates an objective misinterpretation of what the color should be based on some prepress technician's guess and then have a customer ( you perhaps ) who is unwilling to pay for the job because of the miscommunication. So, yes, it might be a good idea to go back to the designer and have them assign the appropriate spot color(s). This is all happenstance due to the fact you have not discussed the details of the logo's color. Could you post the color names and CMYK percentages?

Figuring out the PMS colors

I have a logo that I would like to have made into a sticker by a printing company and they are offering either to print it with their 36 stock ink colors at no additional charge or with custom PMS ink matching for $30.00 per color.
1. How do you determine if the colors being used will work with the 36 colors they have available? Is there a way to do this?
2. How do I figure out what the PMS colors are for the ones in my logo?
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1.) Most of the "sticker" print vendors will have their inhouse spot color ( like the 36 you mentioned ). But, your standard logo has only 2-3 colors ( i.e., FedEx, UPS, Xerox, IBM, etc., etc. ). If however, your logo uses more than 3 and they are process color builds, then color matching may depend on their ability to match a specific Pantone Spot color ( which they are charging $30. for a custom ink mix ). If your logo is constructed using 4c process inks, they may be better off printing your logo using 4 process colors ( C-M-Y-K ).
They should have a color chart that shows the 36 colors available for no charge. You should print your logo and try to visually match your color to their color. For instance, to simplify it, lets say your logo consists of two colors similar to a MasterCard logo of Red + Orange. Just a hypothetical. You could go to your local printer and have a hard copy proof printed and then it's just a matter of matching your Red to one of their Reds, your Orange to one of their Oranges. If you can't access their 36 colors, it will make this process much harder and/or they may not have a Red or Orange that is close to your Red and Orange. Then, they will have to use a custom mix ( $$$ ).
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In Illustrator CS3 is there a way to determine CMYK values to the closest PMS color? I know how to do it in Photoshop but cannot find a solution in Illy Forums, Illy Help, or from any intelligent person I might happen to know.
Thanks to anyone!

I use un script to know what PMS values is closet to a certain CMYK,
on the other way, what CMYK is close to certain PMS, just doble click on the PMS on the swatches palete and convert it to CMYK process..
A quick way to do it, may be there is some more technical method out there..
If you wish, here you can download the script wich is not mine, dont remember the author...sorry.
http://marizmendi.googlepages.com/index322

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I have a logo file that I'm doing in Photoshop that I want to throw into my InDesign document (a gift certificate - I like using ID so that the text is crisp), and this will be printed in 2 PMS colors (metallic gold 873 and green 330) on an offset printer. If I want to print my logo in PMS gold 873, is it better to use the Pantone library in Photoshop and save as a CMYK file (is that correct?) and then place that file into my ID document? Or someone told me to make the logo document a grayscale file, up the black in Levels and make sure the K in Info is 100%, flatten and save as a TIFF, place it in ID, then using the direct selection tool, pick the Pantone 873 in ID's swatches to color it in. When I ask which is "better," I mean final print quality-wise. The latter route looks a bit "fuzzy" to me when I blow it up in the PDF on-screen, whereas the first route looked sharper to me.
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Unless your logo requires a photographic element, Photoshop is really one of the worst tools to be using to create a logo, especially if you are having issues with fuzziness.
Illustrator is more often used for logo creation.
If you do not have Illustrator, you can use InDesign to create a logo and export/save the page as an EPS file that can be re-placed in another InDesign document and scaled to any size without fuzziness.

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I am trying to save my illustrator file as a PDF. I am using PMS colors in the file, and when I save it as a pdf those colors turn gray. However, when I export it to a jpg the colors show up fine. Does anyone know how to fix this or what is causing it?

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Thanks Monika, but, OMG, I feel a headache coming on! =( So, is it better to stay with the new Pantone Plus colors, or convert to the older version? How will this effect reprinting of jobs, if the client makes changes and I resave the file in CS6? Will the color be different now, if saved in the Pantone Plus? Maybe I need to do more reading up on this!

Where can i find new colors for background and letter fonts??

Where can i find new color background and letter fonts??

These are only in US sizes, not metric, but offer exactly what you want and are high quality:
http://www.stocklayout.com
Peter

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I am not an Illustrator user but need to know how to change PMS colors to CMYK colors in an AI file. It would also be helpful to know how to change the colors as well as how to convert them. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Scott. I actually figured that out just after posting. I am a Photoshop
and Lightroom user who has never opened AI before today. I just needed to
modify an AI file that a designer created for me. My apologies for the dumb
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