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Wasted $600 on a Pantone book I barely touch now
Bought the full Pantone formula guide set back in March. Thought I needed it for matching ink colors on client logos. Turns out 90% of my print jobs just use CMYK builds from the software. Got talked into it by a sales rep at a trade show in Denver. Said I'd be lost without it for spot color accuracy. Used it once in six months. Now it sits on a shelf catching dust. That $600 could have gone toward a better monitor for color correction. Anyone else regret a big equipment or tool purchase for print work?
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hugo3723h ago
Man I gotta totally disagree with you here lol. That Pantone book is one of those things you don't realize you need until you really really need it. I've been burned before matching a spot color from a client's physical sample and the printer got it completely wrong because I was eyeballing it on screen. Having the actual coated and uncoated swatches saved my butt more times than I can count. Plus if you ever work with brand guides that spec actual PMS colors instead of CMYK you're gonna be kicking yourself. Keep it on the shelf man, it'll pay for itself the first time you avoid a reprint.
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