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  • Dustin(WOP)
    Trusted Tech

    100+ Posts
    • Apr 2009
    • 223
    #1

    pantone

    Hello all
    We had a Sharp rep here yesterday and he said that there is an update you need to load into the machine to get the pantone matching software to work. I can not find any files on Sharp on how to load this software (they actually called it firmware). Can anyone help me out as to where on Sharps website I can download it from and how to load it onto the machine? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!!!
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    • knightfall
      Senior Tech

      500+ Posts
      • Jul 2006
      • 633
      #2
      Re: pantone

      May want to find that rep and ask as far as I know any certified pantone software requires a licensing fee to pantone.
      Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

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        • Hansoon
          Field Supervisor

          Site Contributor
          2,500+ Posts
          • Sep 2007
          • 3372
          #3
          Re: pantone

          *Off Topic*

          I always believed that Pantone colors cannot be reproduced with CMYK?

          Hans
          “Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0”

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            • blackcat4866
              Master Of The Obvious

              Site Contributor
              10,000+ Posts
              • Jul 2007
              • 22997
              #4
              Re: pantone

              Originally posted by Hansoon
              *Off Topic*

              I always believed that Pantone colors cannot be reproduced with CMYK?

              Hans
              As with any conversion RGB, CMYK, Pantone, whatever ... it's going to be a compromise. Some color ranges will reproduce well, and others ... just won't. If you look at the charts below (thank you Wikipedia), the CMYK color space or gamut is approximately 1/2 of all the possible colors visible to the human eye, specifically excluding the neon colors with the brightest luminosity.

              CMYK color gamut.JPG

              =^..^=
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                • KenB
                  Geek Extraordinaire

                  2,500+ Posts
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 3944
                  #5
                  Re: pantone

                  A device only needs to match 30% of the Pantone colors to be "Pantone Certified".

                  Nobody says which 30% it needs to be.
                  “I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim Hawkins

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                    • spanky
                      Trusted Tech

                      250+ Posts
                      • Sep 2012
                      • 468
                      #6
                      Re: pantone

                      Go to the following linkLogin

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                        • DavePo
                          Trusted Tech

                          250+ Posts
                          • Jul 2008
                          • 303
                          #7
                          Re: pantone

                          In IDNC use the google search box and enter Pantone. There is several different files for downloading. The one for the MX2640 series has a file that gets uploaded using service login. All the other data is for the users to upload to their applications ie(Adobe,Indesign,Creative Suites.). Our sales manager came back from Mahwah all excited about this and we have only one person who remotely even understands what to do on her end..She is a graphic artist.

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                            • mojorolla
                              The Wolf

                              2,500+ Posts
                              • Jan 2010
                              • 2583
                              #8
                              Re: pantone

                              It is not firmware, but an ICC profile that needs to be loaded into the machine. Once this is done, the machine will render Pantone ONLY if the file sent contains Pantone color. All other colors will be rendered by the machines built in target.


                              Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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