Has anybody noticed that when they apply laminate to printed material off of the Seiko that you get a color shift? It is really noticeable on neutral colors. If I want to achieve a gray I need to make my piece blue if it is going to be laminated because the color shifts to a yellow. Am I the only one experiencing this?
Oh yes, this is a huge problem for us. Color matching grays is usually a rough time and photos tend to turn green in the sunlight after being laminated. The only solution that I have found is to color correct the file. Have you had any luck doing anything different?
this is an obvious effect that will occur when laminate as this overlay has certain light characteristics that will change the color slightly. the only way around this,is as mentioned, to produce a swtach and measure them after lamination to ensure you get the actual color you want. i've found that most of the quality laminates are pretty stable in their make up so our "adjusted" profile is pretty much ok.
Did you adjust your profile in your RIP? How did you go about doing this? I've thought about doing that, but wasn't really sure how to go about it. My guess was to try and adjust the linearization table. Right now, we just adjust the file in Illustrator or Photoshop.
The only problem with adjusting a profile is you don't always use laminate and reall only seems to be a problem with neuatral colors. I have done some tests on different solvent printers and found this not to be a problem.
I was hoping there was something I am doing wrong like like not waiting long enough for it to dry after the print was finished but I guess I am out of luck.
Has anybody had different results with third party inks?
You could always make copies of the profile and tweak them for the different laminates that you use. I haven't noticed this problem on other printers either. The ink seems to react to sunlight rather drasticly.
I know I'm kind of late to this post and we don't run a Seiko. We run Aqueous based printers and laminate with Kapco laminating films and do not have problems with color shifts.
Here's a link to their website: http://www.kapco.com
Good luck!
Jo Anne Yost PowerFlow Communication www.pfcideas.com
