Ricoh has produced Touch7 Colour Guides for use with the neon yellow and pink toners supported in its Pro C7200X five-colour press, showing how 1520 colour mixes or replacements made using the eponymous special colour software will print.
The guides cover each of the two fluorescent colours in each of two supported printing modes: source colour removal, in which a standard process colour is replaced by its neon equivalent, and overprint, in which the neon is added to CMYK mixes. The former yields a ‘cleaner and lighter’ range of neon hues, while the latter increases saturation of process colour mixes. The colour formulas specified in the guides can used to recreate the printed samples on the Pro C7200; more extensive creative options are available via the Touch7 software, as detailed in the July/August 2021 issue of Digital Printer.
Richard Ainge, founder and chief technology officer of Touch7, stated, ‘Every colour in these world-first digital neon colour guides uses a neon toner to produce bright, vibrant, punchy, results and extend the gamut of the Ricoh press. They range from deep saturated red colours, violets, and blues to subtle pastel shades. Their creation as a fifth colour file is simple and logical.’
