Process Color Printing On A One-color Press

Common solid ink density specifications for sheetfed printing on coated paper are to run the cyan at 1.30, magenta at 1.40, yellow at 1.00 and black at 1.80. These are general numbers. Each shop may need to tailor them to its unique conditions. Also, a common tolerance limit is ±0.05 density units above or below that target value.