Pantone offer six free colour management seminars

Pantone, the leading colour specialists, are offering 6 free colour management seminars in January in Manchester, Birmingham and London.

The half-day courses are targeted at professional designers, publishers advertising agencies and print specifiers.


Each training session will take you through the full colour management workflow.

Pantone’s Paul Graham said, "Everyday we see designers failing to get the colour they want. Pantone plays a central role in colour communication for all graphic designers and it is in our interest that the processes they use result in accurate results."

Areas covered by Pantones during the sessions include.

Setting up your applications for accurate colour Pantone PMS and Goe Libraries Converting Pantone colours to CMYK Setting up and testing the monitor to ISO standards Proofing with and without a RIP to international ISO standards ISO 12647-2 printing standards, what to expect from the press Digital printing standards

The six free colour management seminars are on the following dates.

Manchester - Apollo Centre, Argyle St, Manchester M2 4RZ - 20th January 2009 9.30 - 12.30 Manchester - Apollo Centre, Argyle St, Manchester M2 4RZ - 20th January 2009 1.30 - 16.30

Birmingham - Apollo Centre, Argyle St, Birmingham B2 4RZ - 27th January 2009 9.30 - 12.30 Birmingham - Apollo Centre, Argyle St, Birmingham B2 4RZ - 27th January 2009 1.30 - 16.30

London - Apollo Centre, Argyle St, London WC2 4RZ - 29th January 2009 9.30 - 12.30 London - Apollo Centre, Argyle St, London WC22 4RZ - 29th January 2009 1.30 - 16.30

Booking details can be found on the Pantone website here.

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