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mahuti:
The black quality might depend on your setup & their prepress as well.
In a 4 color printing process, if you want something that looks REALLY black, you use rich-black roughly 100% black 60% cyan, 40% magenta, 0% yellow, depends on who you ask... there are tons of different recipes for rich black. Depends on what you are printing on, and the type of ink, too. Some papers can't handle more than 300% ink (out of 400%)
Again, it depends on their prepress. Some prepress apps have rich-black conversion built-in, some don't. If they don't have prepress... then you would automatically just get whatever you gave them.
As far as the arguments about inkjet versus screenprint... there are many, many printing processes between the 2, and some that have a higher quality than the analog screenprint (based on the types of ink used, its durability & resistance to sunlight.) The only argument should be price & quality. It's one thing if you are a purist, and can't bear the idea of an incorrectly "fashioned" piece of material. Most of us here aren't purists, so the manner in which we get our work completed is pretty much moot.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and sounds like a duck...
Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 25, 2004, 06:31:39 pm ---Does the black come out more washed out because of the flash or is it really that "bright"? I'm kinda surprised by these pictures, since the pictures that Justin took looked a lot more vibrant (the blacks on his bezel were quite deep).
It almost looks like there is some protective film still on the CPO.
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The flash is definitely contributing a lot to the brightness / washed-out appearance. I'll try to take a picture of it tomorrow that doesn't look like that (if I can). But it does look a lot better than that in person.
And no, there is no protective film over the CPO. What you see IS the top-most surface.
--- Quote from: Minwah on January 25, 2004, 06:42:58 pm ---Would the 'thick' stuff you have bend around corners? Do you know if the 'thin' stuff has a similar laminate, or is it just vinyl?
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No, this would not bend around corners at ALL. It's really stiff. I don't know the mechanics of the differences between this and the "thin" option. No problem with the measurements, BTW. ;)
--- Quote from: Justin on January 25, 2004, 06:59:29 pm ---The main difference here is that mine was printed on plain vinyl (it was a bezel) while this is printed on texturized vinyl. Not sure if this has anything to do with the outcome of black printout, but thought I'd mention it.
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I'm sure the surface does have a lot to do with it, because - like I said - a lot of that is the camera flash kind of "illuminating" the whole thing.
pfriedel:
Yeah, I got my CPO the other day, it's a stock item for them (minus MAME art and controls layout), andd I'm really impressed. Perhaps because mine is a known job, the blacks are _black_, and while there is a bit of dithering in sections, but you have to get your nose in it to see it - at typical viewing distances it's crisp and clean. It doesn't crosss boundaries - it's only within sections, though.
I'm really happy with the results. Probably the best $45 I spent on my cab.
Stingray:
I'd like to hear from someone who has purchased the thiner version. My CP has two bends in it, so I'll need the thinner type for sure.
-S
Sasquatch!:
--- Quote from: Stingray on January 26, 2004, 02:26:31 pm ---I'd like to hear from someone who has purchased the thiner version. My CP has two bends in it, so I'll need the thinner type for sure.
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Well, your wish is about to be granted!
Since classicarcadegrafix.com is going to replace my CPO, I asked if I could get the thinner one instead, and they said yes. So I'll actually have one of each type to be able to do a side-by-side of them. I'll post back with the results.
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