![]() ![]() Producing a drawdown also adds an expense to a printing project. ![]() And if you know your color theory, then you know the colors nearby will each influence and effect one another. It won’t show you how it interacts with other colors. For one thing, a drawdown just shows a single ink on a sheet. The drawdown is the only truly effective way of seeing how ink will look on a given stock of paper, but it does have it’s drawbacks. That’s what we do here, or we have one made by the color company we are working with. There are machines that will create the drawdown, but many shops still just hand roll the ink onto the paper. For offset printed jobs the drawdown is the best way to see exactly how the ink will look on a given paper. ![]() Simply put, a drawdown is a sample spread of ink that your print provider presses onto a paper. But when color is critical, and you’re uncertain how the color will look on your paper, then you may want to request a draw-down. Or perhaps, they’re like us and just really want to be sure it’s spot-on.Ĭustomers like this will look at a proof of their work and wonder if they can be sure the chosen colors will match the final project?ĭepending on the nature of your project, a PDF proof could be perfectly fine. Perhaps they are printing their most important design ever. Perhaps they are using an unusual ink or paper. Are you sure you have the color you want? Are you sure it will look exactly the way you want it to? A drawdown is one way to make certain you know.Įvery so often we have a customer who is particularly focused on getting perfect color. ![]()
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