Inking Outside the CMYK Realm

Says Amy Fannon, technical project manager, "The best way to see the impact of Hexachrome is to look at the books." She's referring to Pantone's Solid-to-Process and Solid-to-Hexachrome Guides. According to Fannon, printers can expect to match fewer than 50% of PMS colors using standard CMYK inks. With Hexachrome inks, they can accurately simulate over 90% of the colors found in the PMS swatch books.