If you're printing the image on your desktop printer, use RGB--those printers will convert anything else to RGB, then to CMYK. If you're printing it on a wide-format inkjet printer like a Roland, Mutoh or VUtek, or you're sending it to a printing plant to be printed on an offset or flexo press, use CMYK if you're not using spot colors, and Pantone for the spot colors.
CMYK is the only color mode you should be using for typical offset printing. Those are the primary colors for printing and therefore are the colors in a press. RGB are the primary colors in video monitors--totally different world. There are other forms of offset printing including hexachrome and hi-fi, but that's irrelevant to what you're asking.
You can not. Rgb is a light mixture mode, and only useful for display on a monitor or online. To specify a color name for printing you must use the Pantone color matching library or the cmyk mode which simulates full color printing.
Rgb images can be printed by the newer digital copy machines, but you may be surprised with the outcome. If you are offset printing the images must be in cmyk mode to print correctly.
Process printing plates are used to print "process color" jobs--ones that use cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks.
Red Green Blue - these are used in photo editing and printing programs
RGB is specifially suited to computer screens or televisions, it is not for printing.
For web designs you would you an RGB color format. For things like poster printing you would use CMYK. Also CMYK is the typical printing process used for production.
go to Tools > Commercial Printing Tools > Color Printing... and select what you want.
The main difference between CMYK and RGB color models is how they create colors. CMYK is used for printing and uses cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks to produce colors. RGB is used for digital displays and combines red, green, and blue light to create colors.
ensure that you use the cmyk option from the start of your design, and that illustrator does not default to rgb. Try printing in rgb if the colors brighten up there is a good possibility you created the large format design in rgb. rgb for webstuff and cmky for printstuff from the very beginning!
If you're printing the image on your desktop printer, use RGB--those printers will convert anything else to RGB, then to CMYK. If you're printing it on a wide-format inkjet printer like a Roland, Mutoh or VUtek, or you're sending it to a printing plant to be printed on an offset or flexo press, use CMYK if you're not using spot colors, and Pantone for the spot colors.
CMYK is the only color mode you should be using for typical offset printing. Those are the primary colors for printing and therefore are the colors in a press. RGB are the primary colors in video monitors--totally different world. There are other forms of offset printing including hexachrome and hi-fi, but that's irrelevant to what you're asking.
You can not. Rgb is a light mixture mode, and only useful for display on a monitor or online. To specify a color name for printing you must use the Pantone color matching library or the cmyk mode which simulates full color printing.
Process printing plates are used to print "process color" jobs--ones that use cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks.
Process printing plates are used to print "process color" jobs--ones that use cyan, magenta, yellow and black inks.
The CMYK color model often results in duller colors compared to RGB because it is a subtractive color model used for printing, where colors are created by subtracting different amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks. This can lead to a limited color gamut and less vibrant hues compared to the additive RGB model used for electronic displays.