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inks were too light when spread on piece of paper. We corrected them before going to press to match Pantone.We were using formulas for 15000PFB base taken from IMS 7.4. Ink room comp is still running XP. But later compared formulas to IMS 3.0. They are matching.
Hi Boris,I would like to make a few comments beyond those excellent responses to your color matching issues already posted. In general, the Epic Mixing Base blends are a bit like interior house paint. When it is wet, the shade is slightly lighter than when dry / cured. Please consider checking your color accuracy with a cured sample of the ink mix. Also, you will find the Epic Mixing Base blends to have a much more matte finish than the Genesis series inks when cured. The gloss of the Genesis inks makes them appear as more saturated in color. Our Epic matches were designed to target the Pantone chip color values without the influence of the gloss factor. Please send me the 3 colors you were unhappy with the accuracy of the matches. We will certainly have them checked and adjusted if necessary. Any improvements we can make for you will benefit all of our users.
I just had the same conversation with Rob over at Nazdar about Amazing vs Epic base...here's his notes:The attached doc for the product release last year should help. Summary below. We still sell a good bit more of the Mixing Base; however more people are moving to AB. All of our Pantone blends for custom matching are being done with the AB Base.The formulas in the Wilflex software are a drop-in; however there may be some slight shading issues due to the whiteness of the base. In other words, mixing a color in the same recipe in AB versus Mixing Base will probably result in a more saturated, less tinted color.Amazing Base - Satin Finish, low white value, brighter/clean saturated colors, excels in vector design workMixing Base - Matte finish, high white value, saturated colors appear slightly muted, excels in simulated process and halftone work.(also attached the Wilflex Q&A sheet he sent me)