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Found a weird fix for that neon green problem from a friend's dad
So my buddy's dad runs a small sign shop and I told him about how my neon green always comes out looking like swamp water. He said the issue wasn't the ink but the paper, told me to try a matte synthetic stock instead of glossy. I thought he was full of it since everyone says glossy makes colors pop more. But I grabbed a pack of matte polypropylene from the local art store for like 12 bucks and ran a test print. The green came out so bright it almost glowed, totally different from the muddy mess on gloss. Has anyone else run into this where the paper surface matters more than the ink profile for bright colors?
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river18315h ago
12 bucks for a paper flip isn't bad, but I'm not sure how many people are really out here stressing that hard about neon green going swampy. Most folks just want their sign to be readable from the road, not win a color accuracy award. Feels like one of those niche problems that only matters if you're trying to impress other printers, not your actual customers.
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