Black from black can be very different! So how to prepare file 5 in steps so that the printout really was ... black?

Do you want to know how to print black items? How to make black on the print look like on the screen? Check out our printing house's advice!

Leaflet leaflets is ready. New, up-to-date business cards are just waiting to be printed. But is everything really well prepared? If you need to have black elements on the printout, it may turn out that they will not be what you see it at all ... So what to do to make black onprinting black? Check our tips!

Step 1: Review the printer's directions

Almost every professional printing house provides its clients with a handful of tips on preparing graphics and files printingOn our site you will also find such instructions https://topdruk24.com/instrukcja-przygot-pliku-en.pdf. By following the advice given in it, you will avoid problems in the form of printouts not in line with expectations. In addition, the content will tell you what will be checked by us and what is not the task of graphic designers.

Step 2: Prepare the text for printing

We print in CMYK colors. For small text sizes and small, black elements (e.g. thin frames), the color should be set so that only the K component is saturated, namely: C0M0Y0K100. Why? Well, the printing machine is a precised device. However, the type of paperon which you print is also involved. Sometimes even the best printer has a problem with hitting the same place four times. Effect? A rainbow border around black elements ... It's better to avoid it, right?

Step 3: Black and printing

Like any other paint, black is not perfectly opaque. We therefore recommend that the black elements be printed on the other, placed on the layer below. It will make black even more black!

If you want to have a large, black inscription on a background of a different color - do not leave white space for this element! Otherwise, you can get a dull effect in the form of a double inscription, resulting from a shift in printing.One of them will be planned black, but the other, visible just below it - white.

Step 4: Black or translucent black?

In complex projects - e.g. on posters https://topdruk24.pl/sklep/plakaty_premium/ where black elements obscure those of a different color, it is necessary to use a certain trick. How to make sure that the element of a different color is not visible under the dark spot? It's enough to add other components to the black fill, i.e. C or M. How much? Opinions are different here. We recommend:

• where no color dominates - 30% each, i.e. C30M30Y0K100,
• for prints dominated by red color - 40% M and 30% C, i.e. C30M40Y0K100,
• in works with a blue "character" in cool colors - contrary to the above, i.e.C40M30Y0K100.

Attention! Complementary components ONLY apply to larger black spots and elements in offset printing . For small details and texts written in small fonts (e.g. 12-point), use step 2.

Step 5: Repeat step 4 also for other black elements

The black pattern doesn't cover anything? Well! Here you can also use the above mentioned padding. It will make you get even deeper black.

We hope that this entry will help you prepare graphics with black elements. If you have additional questions, we are available online store or by phone!