Troubles getting my .psd printed (colour palette)

[chrisatlemon]

Hi all,

I have a pretty simple logo in blue and grey which we want to get professioannly printed. I don't know much about print, but I do know that until now with a .psd and a .eps I've always got my stuff done in acceptable quality.

Now the printshop seems unable to get the colours right. The logo only has 2 colours, blue and gray. For both I have given them specs in 5 colour models, such as this, and handed them the file in .psd, .eps and .ai:

R: 15
G: 106
B: 200

C: 80
M: 60
Y: 00
K: 00

HEX: 0f6aff

L: 48
a: 22
b: -82

H: 217
S: 94
B: 100

Now the blue they have come up with in a print preview looks absolutely nothing like this. And the grey is almost transparent.

My dog could tell you this doesn't look right...

They asked for Pantone colours. I created the logo in Photoshop, so all I have are these specs. Is it impossible to print a logo more or less correctly with exact values from 5 different colour models??

What can I do to convey them more or less precisely which kind of blue we want?

Thanks for any pointers

Chris

P.S.: Long time I haven't posted here - hey, new forums! Nince

 

[Hi_Fi_Guy]

Is the print shop printing with CMYK inks or Pantone spot color inks? You should design your document to coordinate with the type of printing being done to achieve a closer match.

You can access Pantone spot colors in the Color Picker or Color Swatch pallet.

Good luck,