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My navy blue client logo printed purple on 500 shirts and now I'm out $1,200
Sent a sponsor banner to print down in Phoenix three weeks ago using a Pantone bridge for navy, and it came back looking like a bruised grape on all 500 shirts. I sampled the exact CMYK build at 90/70/0/40, the printer blamed my file, I blamed their profile, and nobody refunded the $1,200. Should I have just paid extra for a spot color match, or do you convert dark blues straight from RGB and hope for the best?
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the_eric1d ago
Had the same thing happen with a client's royal blue on a 300 piece order back in 2019, came out looking like a sad lavender. What finally worked was switching to a real spot color match, cost me about 80 bucks extra on the setup but the shirts were dead on. For dark blues that CMYK build is a gamble because the printer's profile can shift it way off without you knowing. If the job is over 100 pieces, just eat the spot color fee, it's way cheaper than a reprint.
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