Understanding Pantone and Reproduction

Hi,
I'm starting to do a lot of print collateral at work, and just have a few questions to make sure I understand things correctly.
At the moment, I'm designing some letterhead. I'm using spot colors for this, specifically Pantone 426M, which comes from our new style guide. Now, in CS6, there are no "Matte" swatch books available, there is only Pantone+ Coated and Uncoated (excluding all the metallics, CMYK, et cetera). In order to actually get the 426M, I have to cut and paste a piece of geometry from the style guide and pull it in to InDesign or Illustrator to be able to have a swatch that is specifically "426M." So, question 1) Is the Pantone Matte color book a legacy library I can load in some how? Or 2) Is Pantone+ Uncoated/Coated the way to roll at this point?
Also, in the attached image, I have a DRASTIC shift in 426 swatches in both 426U and 426C. One is about a 65% grey, the other is closer 95%, respectively. As I understand it, the actual ink in 426 is the same, but because of the substrate, they will appear differently. Is that correct? If not, what else would explain the drastic shift?
Thanks,
Mike

I just took a look at my Pantone printed swatch books. I have the matte paper reference guide, but interestingly, the color name is 426C not 426M. Now, I also looked up the reference color in the uncoated book and the coated book. The darkest sample is found in the coated book, the next closest version to the coated is the matte which only slightly lighter than the coated version. This differs from your diagram above where you have 426M as the darkest color. Now, my uncoated sample is similar to yours and looks a bit off because it is not even close to the matte and/or the coated versions. This could be an error ( nobody's perfect and that includes Pantone ). That said, all Spot formulas for 426 are exactly the same ( 12pts Pantone Black; 4pts Pantone Reflex Blue ). So, it may not be important to use the Pantone 426M reference swatch via older applications. Again, Pantone shows a reference name in their matte paper sampler as 426C, not 426M. The uncoated version is named 426U. Now, it is possible that that Pantone spot color formula could very well print lighter on uncoated paper and it may be an artifact you have to live with. The alternative is finding another uncoated swatch that matches closer to the coated and matte versions...like a Pantone 7547U, but it appears all uncoated colors are much weaker than the 426C. And, looking at their printed guides, Pantone 424C = 3pts Pantone Black, 1pt Pantone Reflex Blue, 14pts Pantone transparent White; Pantone 425C = 6pts Pantone Black, 2pts Pantone Reflex Blue, 8pts Pantone Transp. White; Pantone 426C = 12pts Pantone Black, 4pts Pantone Reflex Blue and no transparent White. The formula doubles with each number in the zone, but I wonder if they added a transparent White of 3pts it would lighten the 426C more in lie with the color zone in their printed sampler book. You might want to ask Pantone if their formula is correct and why they didn't retain any White in the formula for 426C as it is in 424C and 425C.

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Trying to understand ViewStack and child creation

I'm trying to work with the ViewStack, but keep on getting error 1009, which means that the object I'm trying to use is not created yet. I just dont understand why the object is not created and at which point will it get created.
The attached code demonstrates my case. First time the combo box is changed, the error is reported and the value of t1.text is not changed. The second time the combo box is changed, the value changes, as it should.
Now the question is, why is the object null on the first call? How to initialize the value and avoid this problem?
Thanks.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" initialize="init(event)">
<mx:Script>
     <![CDATA[
        import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;
        import mx.controls.Alert;
        private function init(event:Event) : void
            var arr:Array = new Array();
            arr.push("1", "2", "3");
            combo.dataProvider = new ArrayCollection(arr);
          private function func(event:Event) : void
            try
                 stack.selectedIndex = 1;
                 t1.text = "ok";
            catch(error:Error)
                Alert.show(error.message);
     ]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:ComboBox id="combo" change="func(event)" />
<mx:ViewStack id="stack" x="29" y="108">
    <mx:Canvas id="zero" label="zz">
       <mx:TextArea id="t0" text="Zero"/>
    </mx:Canvas>
     <mx:Canvas id="one" label="uno">
        <mx:TextArea id="t1" text="Numero uno"/>
     </mx:Canvas>
     <mx:Canvas id="two" label="duo">
         <mx:TextArea id="t2" text="Number two"/>
     </mx:Canvas>
</mx:ViewStack>
</mx:Application>

Hi, jake_flex
when u intally change the combo unless until ur contol not go the view stack component thes inner component are not intialise.
for that u manually decleare creation policy all of the view stack
for ur program change the following line
<mx:ViewStack id="stack" x="29" y="108" creationPlicy="all">
i think this work.
if u get sucess then give me mark.
Thanks
Niranjan

Trying to understand creating and using packages

Hi all,
I do not understand this problem... Package "shared.utilities" is an entire separate package from "alertsystem". When I comment out "package alertsystem", I get C:\Wdt\alertsystem\File_Handling.java:4: package shared.utilities does not exist
import shared.utilities.*;
^
Below is the code
// package alertsystem;
import shared.utilities.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class File_Handling
     private long time_buff;
     private String alertDir;
     private String archPath;
     private SData buff;
On the other hand, if I do NOT comment out "package alertsystem", no problem. I do not understand why I need to include "package alertsystem". If I am writing a simple module and want to use one of the library in "shared.utilities", do I always need to make sure all my codes come under a package?
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
This is funny... if I do this....
package alertsystem;
import shared.utilities.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
class File_Handling
     private long time_buff;
     private String alertDir;
without including the path to the jar file, NO PROBLEM during compilation and run (in this case, util.jar, which is actually the shared.utilities package). But, if I do
// package alertsystem;
import shared.utilities.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
I still get the same error problem...
C:\Wdt\alertsystem\File_Handling.java:4: package shared.utilities does not exist
import shared.utilities.*;
In other words, if I include or I do not include the path of to the jar file and do this...
package alertsystem;
import shared.utilities.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
Then, No problem with compilation and running. However, if I do not include "package alertsystem", I get compilation problem.
The jar file consists only of *.class files that I have compiled without a single problem. I included "package shared.utilities;" in all the files of the util.jar
Funny isn't it?
Thanks for responding.
Hi,
What's your classpath look like when you compile when
you include the package and when you don't include the
package? Is it when you compile or run the code?

Trying to understand Bill and exact dates of Fees.

I am trying to figure out my bill. In particular why I am getting charged the Reconnect Fees when my phones were not disconnected this time.
How do I tell when the reconnect fee was applied and for what billing period? I would like to know if the fees were from a past due or this current period.
Is there a place where I can see the exact dates when the fees were applied? As of right now I know that we get charged a month ahead for each period but when I look at the bill it only shows the month behind. For example today is January 31 and my billing period when I view my bill on the website says December 27th, 2012 - January 26th, 2013. My past due amount which I just paid was the correct amount for not having the reconnect fee and but my remaining amount is showing the reconnect fee. I want to know if the reconnect fee is listed there from the month before, December, or if it is for the month of January. I do not remember my phones being turned off when I last paid the bill at the at the end of last December. I got the text message that my bill was due and I paid it. That is why I would like to know the exact date in which the fees were applied. Right now it looks as if it is being applied to the January billing period. Unless I am wrong and I was disconnected.
If you all do not list the exact dates can you think about doing so? It would be a lot more helpful in understanding the bill when looking at it if we know the exact dates in which certain things are being applied. Right now the summary we get is a bit confusing as it is.

Thanks tikibar1 that View Printable Bill helped a bit.
@Ann154
Here is an example of part of my bill for just one of the Lines. I hope it post in a readable way. (Note: See the Line Access 01/27 - 02/26 and then the Reconnect Fee of $15.00)
Does that mean that the Reconnect Fee is for this up coming month as if I just had it reconnected?
Charges
Monthly Access Charges
Line Access 01/27 - 02/26                                    9.99
                                                                         $9.99
Usage Charges
Voice      Allowance      Used      Billable      Cost
SharePlan minutes 2000 (shared) 148 -- --
Mobile to Mobile minutes unlimited 238 -- --
Night/Weekend minutes unlimited 270 -- --
Total Voice $.00
Messaging
Text, Picture & Video messages unlimited 27 -- --
Total Messaging $.00
Total Usage Charges $.00
Verizon Wireless' Surcharges +
Fed Universal Service Charge 2.00
Regulatory Charge .16
Administrative Charge .90
Other Charges and Credits
Cellular Service - Reconnect 15.00
                                        $18.06
Taxes, Governmental Surcharges and Fees +
IL State 911 Fee .73
IL State Telecom Excise Tax 4.53
                                             $5.26
Total Current Charges for (Removed Phone #) $33.31

Trying to Understand Login and State Management

Hi,
I'm relatively new to Flex 3. I'm using the builder.
Here's my core problem. I'm coming from a ColdFusion background, where users run to the server for any type of authentication and sessions rule until they're timed out.
My goal is to understand how ColdFusion (with a SQL Server backend) and Flex work together to help a user login and helps that same user maintain it's state.
I understand so far that Flex can use a RemoteObject to go back and use ColdFusion services to authenticate a user. I'd like to go this route.
My problem is understanding how does Flex maintains information about the particular logged in user. Am I correct in thinking that once I return information from ColdFusion about the user, I create a global object in Flex that keeps the user's information that I can refer to as I transition between the View States (states) in my Flex application? And I can just refer to that local user object if I need to make sure I'm still dealing with the same user?
Is it really that simple? Also, I've had been trying to review COUNTLESS articles on the Login/Authentication process. One that I came across suggested placing a UUID on the server for a particular logged in user, and then I just return that back to Flex. Does anyone recommend that? I know that when I used sessions in ColdFusion, the server did this, so I'm not sure which routes to take.
By the way, I'm designing an Intranet that's only accessible from our internal network, but I want my colleagues to be able to login securely. And like I said before, I'm using ColdFusion (and CF services), SQL Server, and Flex 3.
I'm teaching myself Flex through the Video Training - Flex 3, but haven't seen much on this yet. If someone could provide a good outline of the Best Practices to Login, Authenticate, and Maintain Session State throughout a Flex Application (using a ColdFusion and SQL Server backend), I'd be highly appreciative.
Thanks!
mfho

Hi,
Thanks for responding.
Here's one solution I found located on http://www.blogna.org/blog/adobe-flash/flex-and-flash-rias-authentication-sessions-scalabi lity/#comment-843
A user submits their username and password inside a Flex form.
ColdFusion Server receives the username and password and verifies them against the users in a database.
If the user is valid, A KEY IS CREATED, stored in the database with a time stamp, then sent back to the user.
The key is stored in a local variable inside the Flex application.
Now, any time the application needs to retrieve data from a service that requires the user to be logged in, it will pass the key with the request. So, instead of a method like getUserInfo(), now it will look like getUserInfo(key).
The service will use the key to determine if the user is authenticated, and if they are, it will send back the appropriate data.
Here are my questions:
1. Do I have to have a key sent back to Flex? Can't I just pull all of the data for that particular user at the time and send it back to Flex?
I guess I'm not understanding first why I need a key or session id from ColdFusion, but if I do, I guess I could create it using the CreateUUID() in ColdFusion, send it back to Flex, store it in a local var and then reference that each time I needed to do something that's user sensitive.
Would that work?
I guess I'd prefer not to use a session ID if I don't have to.
Thanks!
mfho1

I don't understand ul and li

Hi, 20 qiestions from me tonight!
. sorry bout that.
I'm trying to get to grips with unordered lists. I want to
make my menu bar a list, so in dreamweaver i higlighted severl ines
of text and clicked the list button, and sure enough it made a
list, but i wanted to get ride of the bullets and the margin, so i
wrapped it all in div: #designmenulist. Then i made the adjustments
but nothing happened. So i looked at some code i was given earlier
(from anthor topic i started) and noticed the list div ended in
"ul". So i retyped in the code view my div to be called:
#designmenulist ul. and now the changes are applied! i'm not sure i
understand why this works. And now the code for my div reads:
<div id="designmenulist">
<ul>
<li>Year 1</li>
<li>Misc projects</li>
<li>Helicopter</li>
<li>Year 2</li>
<li>Airline seat</li>
<li>Departure lounge</li>
<li>Entertainment system</li>
<li>Year 3</li>
<li>Transport interchange</li>
<li>Delivery van</li>
<li>Placement</li>
<li>Year 4</li>
<li>Drum kit</li>
<li>Cockpit </li>
</ul>
</div>
but in my global.css, #designmenulist doesn't exist, only
#designmenulist ul. but it still works. this puzzles me.
Also, do i need a #designmenulist li? and what does that do?
Thanks, Mark

Consider the tags to be boxes within boxes. ul is "unordered
list" (as
opposed to ordered list, which items start with 1. 2. etc.)
"li" means line
item and within each unordered list (between the ul and the
/ul, you could
have any number of li and /li pairs.
If the div is designlist then anything you applied to
#designlist would
reference the whole div. If you want something (say a margin)
on the
unordered list itself (the ul) .. you would apply it to
#designlist ul which
means the ul that is contained in div designlist.
But if you wanted something like padding on each item within
the unordered
list .. you would apply it to #designlist ul li .. which
means the li within
the ul within designlist and those rules are just for those
list items
within that list within that div.
Make sense?
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"Mark Hazeldine" <[email protected]> wrote
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news:[email protected]...
> Hi, 20 qiestions from me tonight!
. sorry bout that.
>
> I'm trying to get to grips with unordered lists. I want
to make my menu
> bar a
> list, so in dreamweaver i higlighted severl ines of text
and clicked the
> list
> button, and sure enough it made a list, but i wanted to
get ride of the
> bullets
> and the margin, so i wrapped it all in div:
#designmenulist. Then i made
> the
> adjustments but nothing happened. So i looked at some
code i was given
> earlier
> (from anthor topic i started) and noticed the list div
ended in "ul". So i
> retyped in the code view my div to be called:
#designmenulist ul. and now
> the
> changes are applied! i'm not sure i understand why this
works. And now the
> code
> for my div reads:
> <div id="designmenulist">
> <ul>
> <li>Year 1</li>
> <li>Misc projects</li>
> <li>Helicopter</li>
> <li>Year 2</li>
> <li>Airline seat</li>
> <li>Departure lounge</li>
> <li>Entertainment system</li>
> <li>Year 3</li>
> <li>Transport interchange</li>
> <li>Delivery van</li>
> <li>Placement</li>
> <li>Year 4</li>
> <li>Drum kit</li>
> <li>Cockpit </li>
> </ul>
> </div>
>
> but in my global.css, #designmenulist doesn't exist,
only #designmenulist
> ul.
> but it still works. this puzzles me.
> Also, do i need a #designmenulist li? and what does that
do?
>
> Thanks, Mark
>

Don't understand cffunction and cfcomponent

I am trying to alter Forta's ajax related select tutorial to fit my needs. I am having trouble understanding the details of this .cfc though.
<cfcomponent output="false">
    
    <cffunction name="get_states" access="remote" returnType="array">
        <cfset data="">
        <cfset result=ArrayNew(2)>
        <cfset i=0>
        
        <cfquery name="data" datasource="mydsn">
        SELECT id,states
        FROM state
        </cfquery>
        
        <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#data.RecordCount#">
            <cfset result[i][1]=data.id[i]>
            <cfset result[i][2]=data.state[i]>
        </cfloop>
        <cfreturn result>
    </cffunction>
    
    <cffunction name="get_waters" access="remote" returnType="array">
        <cfargument name="location" type="string" required="true" default="">
        
        <cfset var data="">
        <cfset var result=ArrayNew(2)>
        <cfset var i=0>
        
        <cfquery name="data" datasource="mydsn">
        SELECT id,name
        FROM waters
        WHERE bow_state = '#arguments.location#'
        </cfquery>
        
        <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#data.RecordCount#">
            <cfset result[i][1]=data.id[i]>
            <cfset result[i][2]=data.name[i]>
        </cfloop>
        
        <cfreturn result>
    </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
When I put '#arguments.id#' into the second query, I get results. However, I'd like to query by the name instead, so I am trying location. I don't fully understand so I am hacking around with this a bit but I'd like to 1 - get results by name instead of id and 2 - understand the arguments variable so I really know what is going on.
Thanks!

Sorry, didn't see this before I posted.
But I think my suggestion was in keeping with the example. If you need to select on "state", then make the "state" column of your first query to be the first value in the array that you return:

<cfquery name="data" datasource="mydsn">
     SELECT id,states
     FROM state
</cfquery>

<cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#data.RecordCount#">
     <cfset result[i][1]=data.state[i]>
     <cfset result[i][2]=data.state[i]>
</cfloop>
This will make your select look something like this in the rendered HTML:
<select id="states" name="whatever...">
     <option value="Alabama">Alabama</option>
     <option value="Alaska">Alaska</option>
</select>
So then, on your second, dependent select, you'd specify the binding like so (just like you did, really):
<cfselect name="waters" bind="cfc:_ffc_cfc_select_jump.get_waters({states})" bindonload="false"></cfselect>
However, now, because the value of the "states" select options are state names, rather than ids, you should now be able to use the argument in your query based on state names:

<cffunction name="get_waters" access="remote" returnType="array">
     <cfargument name="location" type="string" required="true" default="">
     
     <cfset var data="">
     <cfset var result=ArrayNew(2)>
     <cfset var i=0>
     
     <cfquery name="data" datasource="mydsn">
        SELECT id,name
        FROM waters
        WHERE bow_state = <cfqueryparam value="#arguments.location#" cfsqltype="varchar" /> 
     </cfquery>
     
     <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="#data.RecordCount#">
          <cfset result[i][1]=data.id[i]>
          <cfset result[i][2]=data.name[i]>
     </cfloop>
     
     <cfreturn result>
</cffunction>

Understanding ColorSync and printing set-up

I have spent two days hunting round the net for a simple understanding of how to set up my Konica Minolta Magicolor 5450 printer and my G5 Dual so they can work happily together to produce the outpt I need, specifically in relation to greys (currently coming out as various shades of pink!). I've had to digest a lot of high tech stuff and have a kind of overview on what the issues are. However, I really need much simpler terminology to help me trouble shoot. Is there a good, comprehensive but less scientific source that will explain how I can resolve the gamuts involved and get my greys to be grey not pink?

The simple anwser is most people are not sure how to explain "color" because it's something a little different to each person and it is a complicated process.
You're tweaking light.
When your trying to get your printer to print grays from Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black, you need to be able to recognize if your printing only black, or are the other colors involved. This is usually determined by your application and the printer driver being used.
Gray balence is a very critical balence because any one of the 3 colors can sway the "gray balence".
Too much Magenta is typical.
You can adjust your monitor to look like what your printer will print is one way to start. Make your work look good on the monitor and it should print okay. Remember your monitor is showing you RGB and the printer is printing CMYK.
This is not a good way to handle this.
--OR--
You can use the ICC profiles already made (or should come with your Konika printer) and use those in the applications' preferences to set up with. Remeber ICC's are color-space specific as in one for an RGB monitor and a CMYK one for the printing device.
ICC profiles are used to control the intent for an output device to represent what the image will look like a printing press, or a proofing device, or a monitor, etc.
You're trying to get 2 different things to match in 2 different color spaces.
I've worked for printing companies over 20 years and this is not an "easy anwser" question because of all the variables.

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