Pressure scale

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Top row: C, M, C + M
Middle row: Y, C + M + Y
Bottom row: K, C + M + Y + K

Pressure scale is a technical term from the printing industry . It is used by the printer on the production press as a reference point for coordination in order to achieve a print result that is as similar as possible. A pressure scale is absolutely necessary if the production run is made on a one- or two-color press.

These are individual and multiple prints of the various process colors CMYK produced in a proof . In a four-color print, a pressure scale consists of the four individual color separations and three overprints: cyan (C), magenta (M), overprint C + M, yellow (Y), overprint C + M + Y, black (K), overprint C + M + Y + K.

literature

  • Helmut Kipphan (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Printmedien. Technologies and production processes. Springer, Berlin et al. 2000, ISBN 3-540-66941-8 .