What is CMYK printing?
CMYK printing, also known as “Process Printing,” is an industry standard method of printing in full color. CMYK actually stands for the four colors used as part of this printing standard. C is Cyan, M is Magenta, Y is Yellow, and K is for “Key,” which is the description that printers use for Black ink. CMYK printing can reproduce most color photographs very well. In traditional printing, a full color photograph is scanned and then run through software to create “color separations.” Once the separations are processed, and “plates” are made for each of the CMYK colors, the printer runs the ink through the plates on press, and the result is your full color image printed on paper. CMYK is the most economical method of reproducing full color images in the highest quality, and most magazines and glossy collateral are printed using CMYK. CMYK is the standard method that Premiere Design Group currently uses to process all print jobs for our customers. top What should I know about color printin
All products are printed and cut by huge multi-million dollar presses using the “four color” or “CMYK” printing process with full bleed. The four color process is an industry standard printing process and the results can be seen at any news or magazine stand. CMYK actually stands for the four colors used in this printing process. C is Cyan, M is Magenta, Y is Yellow, and K is for ‘Key,’ the term printers use for Black ink.
