Who Does Printing Here?

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone deals with printing and can help me out?

So on the TOP-LEFT corner I have the pantone color
TOP-RIGHT corner I have the same color but in CMYK

BOTTOM-RIGHT corner I have if I added a gradient (100% black)

BOTTOM-LEFT corner is the pantone color of it.

As you can see? two gradients are totally different.
Right-bottom is a nice transmission. Left corner is ugly.

Is there aw way to make the pantone look like the cmyk gradient? (without adding a second pantone?)

I am in commercial printing. What program are you using to create this gradient?

goliath said:

I am in commercial printing. What program are you using to create this gradient?

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InDesign

use Illustrator or PSD

Yeah InDesign always give me trouble. Although it is the 'preferred' method for print setup, I still setup a ton of my stuff in Photoshop it's just way easier for me. Just an idea, try making the gradient in Photoshop and then import it to InDesign.

But I guess my other question would be - is there a particular reason you need it to be Pantone instead of CMYK? Is that a corporate color you need to stick with? Gradients can be a bitch in InDesign