Match colors to PMS colors 1

[anita03]

My printer is asking me to match and tell them the PMS colors for the colors I have used in pagemaker (and indesign). How do I match them up or is there a particular library of colors that I should use which is the same as the standard PMS colors?
Thanks,
Anita

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, Anita,

See if these pages helps:

http://graphicdesign.about.com/library/weekly/aa060399.htm

http://www.bargainprinting.com/html/body_2color.html

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.

 

[anita03]

Thanks, John, that helped me understand spot colors and PMS. But when I check the color libraries in photoshop, indesign cs and pagemaker 7 they are all different, Which one is common between them - so I can import an image from photoshop and then blend it in pagemaker or indesign where you cannot see the color difference, just a picture on a colored page. The image does not stand out as a separate box on the page.
Thanks again,
Anita

 

[BionicJohn]

Hi, Anita,

PM's Colour Management is pretty poor. I never activate it.

But this page in the PM KB should help:
Producing Consistent Colour Between Photoshop and PageMaker By Using a CMYK Workflow (Photoshop 7.0, PageMaker 7.0)

http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/310fa.htm

Iechyd da! John
Glannau Mersi, Lloegr.