From downloadable color profiles to instructional application videos‚ turn to 3Mgraphics.com for a collection of valuable tools designed to simplify your job and increase your productivity.
Important Tip: Color profiles do not address misprints‚ non-wets‚ banding‚ color graininess due to incompatible ink and media combinations‚ etc. Profiles are only a means to achieve the intended color while taking into account the reality of a print room where various printing devices with different ink formulations are generating images on a variety of media.
Color Profile Selector
What it does: Helps you quickly locate and download color profiles for many popular printer platforms.
A color profile is a computer file that improves the ability of a printer platform to accurately generate an image in the colors you desire. Using a color profile can narrow the gap between the original image file and the output images by improving color match‚ helping you save time and increasing job productivity.
Using the tool: Simply select your global region‚ then a printer‚ the Raster Image Processor (RIP) engine‚ and finally your media option. When all the options are selected‚ click on the link to download your profile.
The tool currently contains over 450 profiles for the North America region. If the profile you need isn’t available‚ contact your software provider or distributor for additional information. See the Color Profile Selector tool.
Custom Color Matching
With our three-day‚ no-charge color match service‚ we’ve produced more than 11‚000 custom color matches globally. Contact your local 3M Commercial Graphics distributor or 3M sales representative and find out how easy it is to get the finest quality film in a color you want.
PANTONE® Color Simulator
There is more to 3M color offering than meets the eye. This simulator lets you see PANTONE® color matches available in 3M standard products offered under the 3M and Gerber product numbers.
Customers can quickly search the database to see if a color that simulates a specific Pantone color is available in standard 3M vinyl films in opaque or translucent. The color may be readily available or ready to make. From the search results‚ you can even download relevant 3M Product Bulletins to get you on your way.
The tool helps you save precious time and money by taking the guesswork out of vinyl color selection. The colors in the database have been tested by Pantone to meet their color criteria.
Using the tool: Select a Pantone color‚ then a product type (opaque or translucent). The product matches appear followed by two- or three-digit numbers (indicating stocked or Cut to Order) or four-digit numbers (Ready to Make). Or you can select Translucent under product type and see all the simulated Pantone colors ready for your purchase. Remember that the simulations of the Pantone colors are measured by reflective light and therefore the transmissive or backlit color may vary for translucent films. See the Pantone® Color Simulator tool.
For additional assistance, you can also order Pantone Color Tools through the PANTONE® Store for 3M Customers.
Other Available Tools
Film Selector
Select 3M graphic films and substrates by application‚ opacity, substrate‚ application surface‚ durability‚ imaging method and removability. See the Film and Substrate Selector Tool.
Technical Bulletins
Quickly locate Product and Instruction Bulletins. See Technical Bulletins.
Application Videos
View the following videos online!
- Film for Your Extreme Wrap Applications
- 3M™ DI-NOC™ Architectural Finish Door Application
- Advertise 24/7 - Fleet & Vehicle Graphics
- Complex Contours Application - Vehicles
- Turn Textured Surfaces into Prime Real Estate
- Wall Graphic Application
- Tools of the Trade - Vehicle Wrap Application
- It’s a Wrap - Racecar wrap
- A Dream Becomes Reality
See Videos.
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