CMYK Greyscale dilemma...

[dpcdpc11]

hi all... so here is my dilemma: i've want to make a catalog for printing in Photoshop and it will be in black&white... so my question is... what image mode should i use: Greyscale or CMYK??
and what and what type of colors should i use? are there some special swatches for working in Greyscale? sorry but i'm new to printing and all... any help would be much appreciated!

thanks in advanced!

 

[Kwill]

File preparation will depend upon the output device. CMYK offset presses have one requirement. Multi-color (8+) inkjet printers have another. How do you plan to make a catalog? Do you mean something like a Picture Package? (Other programs are generally used for catalogs.)

 

[design-is]

If it's going to be printed in black ink only, then greyscale is what you want. As for the swatch... greyscale encompasses K 0-100%. Thats your scope for colour and it's really up to you what values you use. I would steer clear of really weak tints, say less than 10%, as these may not reproduce well.

However, you shouldn't be using an image editor like Photoshop to layout a catalogue. You should use that to prepare the images you want to use and tinker with their greyscale balance. You should compose the catalogue itself in either QuarkXpress, or preferably InDesign - the 2 industry leading page layout tools.

 

[dpcdpc11]

thanks for the reply yall!! i'm gonna use greyscale then and for the page composition i will use photoshop... as for the printing and layout related... that's not really my job... the printing company will do the layout in InDesign and the printing as well on a laser printer... so i don't have to worry about that...
so let see i got this right then... if i work in greyscale the printer will use olny black and if i work in CMYK the printer will use all the colors to make the black in my catalog even though i used only black and grey tones?

 

[scotty96LSC]

We do all our greyscale work with greyscale images, 300 dpi. We use Adobe Framemaker for all our greyscale catalog work.

 

[7on]

thanks for the reply yall!! i'm gonna use greyscale then and for the page composition i will use photoshop... as for the printing and layout related... that's not really my job... the printing company will do the layout in InDesign and the printing as well on a laser printer... so i don't have to worry about that...
so let see i got this right then... if i work in greyscale the printer will use olny black and if i work in CMYK the printer will use all the colors to make the black in my catalog even though i used only black and grey tones?

Depends.

If I were your printer I'd sample it down to greyscale and then charge an additional $300 set-up fee.

If I were you I'd try and save the $300 and downsample it yourself

 

[dpcdpc11]

@7on... i dont get what you mean bro... i told you i was gonna make it in greyscale.. what more is there to downsample?? anyway the catalog is rather small... has only 7 pages and it's costing me about 5$