by Toby Burnett | Jul 4, 2025 | Uncategorized
Some colours stick in your mind more than others. Like perfect orange. But as anyone in print, packaging, textiles or design knows, colour isn’t a matter of opinion; it’s a matter of precise fact. That precision is more important than ever. Whether you’re matching a...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Calibration on a Monday morning. Total buzzkill. Nobody wakes up excited to run test sheets, squint at colour patches, or wonder whether magenta drift is a real thing or your production manager’s bad mood. You don’t want to deal with it. You shouldn’t have to...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Nanoporous Isn’t a Dinosaur.It’s Your New Secret Weaponfor Great Colour – no BS. Despite the standards, despite the back-prints, and despite the blah-blah-blah from paper manufacturers, not all proofing stock is created equal. So if you HAVE been muddling along...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
GO ON, ADMIT IT. SPOT COLOUR GRADATIONS ARE A NIGHTMARE TO PROOF. We can put a man on the moon (allegedly), so why is it, spot colour gradations always seem to look awful on a proof? Think about McDonalds. That pure, punchy red – PMS 2035 C – is in everything...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
We know what you’re thinking. Another software update – cue the collective eye-roll. But hold that thought, because Color Tuner // Flex Pack 4.4 isn’t just another version number to ignore while you hit snooze on the install prompt for the tenth...
by Toby Burnett | Jun 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
Still changing the rolls, to switch between FOGRA 39L and FOGRA 51? That’s… adorable. 👏 Truly. 👏 Like faxing yourself directions in the age of GPS. Because in this day and age, there’s no need to be struggling with FOGRA-faff, not any more. We get it – you have...
by Toby Burnett | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Heaven knows, having a print business that uses multiple printers shouldn’t feel like juggling chainsaws – but it does. A range of machines should mean you can swap jobs, load balance, and respond in real time when your client goes nuts and wants the same job on...
by Toby Burnett | Apr 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
COLOR TUNER / FLEX PACK V4.4 Software updates – ew. They’re a pain in the neck to schedule in, but according to the software house, they’re always essential and need to be done AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, or that’s the theory. What’s really...
