From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/68447 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Duncan Hothersall Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: MP spot color in gradient - help! Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:22:30 +0100 Message-ID: <4DD25A76.3070901@capdm.com> References: <4DD24CCC.7090407@capdm.com> <4DD25914.8050200@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1305631389 1448 80.91.229.12 (17 May 2011 11:23:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 11:23:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: mailing list for ConTeXt users To: Hans Hagen Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue May 17 13:23:05 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QMIMi-0003HU-Ci for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:23:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3228CAD01; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:23:03 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id po8zsY9DWBCp; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:23:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3C2BCACFC; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:23:00 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E9E3CACFC for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:22:59 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id A0ZJW6sV6gwg for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:22:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter1-til.mf.surf.net (filter1-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.217]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id D372FCACFB for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:22:57 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from mail.capdm.com (iona.capdm.com [212.20.255.168]) by filter1-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p4HBMvtW014992 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 13:22:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.capdm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ADBD8C7D3F; Tue, 17 May 2011 12:22:56 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.capdm.com Original-Received: from mail.capdm.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.capdm.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id fU8MLghfrfJw; Tue, 17 May 2011 12:22:55 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (lynx.capdm.com [212.20.255.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: dh) by mail.capdm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 92BA48C2F9E; Tue, 17 May 2011 12:22:55 +0100 (BST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100825 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.3 In-Reply-To: <4DD25914.8050200@wxs.nl> X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=212.20.255.168; country=GB; latitude=54.0000; longitude=-2.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=54.0000,-2.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 08EIzmVvt - b395a1ac5f1a - 20110517 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.217 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:68447 Archived-At: Right, thanks very much for the quick response Hans. I can remap colours with the tools we have here, except in the case of a gradient fill. I think I will try using a repeated graphic as a background instead, while waiting for printer's thoughts. Thanks, Duncan On 17/05/2011 12:16, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 17-5-2011 12:24, Duncan Hothersall wrote: > >> Could someone possibly let me know if it is even possible to define a >> gradient using a spot colour, or if I should instead revert to some >> alternative solution. > > I don't think so. Normally, if you use a specific color (recognizable) > the printer should be able to remap that to some spot color (at least > that is what we have done in the past, cf publisher specs). > > Hans > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | voip: 087 875 68 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Duncan Hothersall +44 131 477 8624 Operations Director CAPDM Limited www.capdm.com Registered in Scotland: SC168970 / 22 Forth St, Edinburgh EH1 3LH, UK ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________