RAL colours in QuarkXPress

This DTP program is found in almost every editorship and advertising agency. The colour fidelity is successful with RAL C1 DIGITAL 4.0 – from conceptual design all the way to print, because the colours were matched by hand using the CMYK colour atlases.

Versions	Windows: 3.1x and up, Macintosh: 3.1x and up
File format	eps
Colours	RAL CLASSIC: 210 RAL DESIGN System: 1625 RAL EFFECT: 490
Optimizations	Standard RGB Trinitron RGB Offset printing uncoated paper Offset printing coated paper Newsprint
Application for	Artworks and DTP of projects of all kinds
Ergonomics	***

 

Destination Directory

QuarkXPress 3.3x - 8.x

RAL\QuarkXPress

The adherence to this destination path is not necessary for the availability of the palettes in the program.

Using RAL colours in QuarkXPress

1. Start QuarkXPress and open the file you wish to edit.
2. Select "Load image".
3. Load the desired colour palette (eps-file) into the aforementioned path.
4. Design in RAL using the floating selection window!

Changing the output optimisation

In contrast to almost all other programs, QuarkXPress also offers the ability to customise the output quality of colours in a document for varying output situations (printer, lighting,...) retrospectively. You would go about that in the following manner:

1. In a document that has already been prepared with RAL-colours, select the menu command "load picture".
2. Select the desired output optimisation (eps-file).
3. It would be best if you select all of the RAL-colours in the subsequent window and bring them into your document using the arrow (in the list "inclusive").
4. The following message will appear: "Conflict while adding...". Put a check mark in the box "Repeat for all conflicts" and press the button "new utilisation".
5. By selecting "save" in the subsequent window the new colour values are incorporated into your document. The on-screen display will change – the colours are optimised for the new output situation.
   

Problem when changing the colour mode

It was observed that, in QuarkXPress 5.0, the colours change as soon as the colour mode is switched in the “edit colours” window (e.g. from CMYK to RGB or to Lab). It is apparently an Xpress-conversion problem, thus the colour mode should not be switched.

The RAL-colours will be taken up in the current document and
indicated in the window ”colours” through ”edit/colours/attach”

 

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