Question, please help.

[mattmanp]

I probably don't have near as much experience with print as some of you, so please be patient with me if this turns out to be a stupid question. Below is a section of the requirement rules for magazine ads and I was confused by one thing in particular:

Density of Tone. In black-and-white ads, a tone density greater than 85% may fill in on press. For 4-color, the sum of percentage tone values should not exceed 300%, with no more than one color printing solid. Two colors should not exceed 170% with one color solid or both colors screened.

If I understand this correctly, does this mean the highest any two color values can be is 170% or does it mean that after one solid color, the next two can't exceed 170%? The problem I've run into is how to use the color red (c:17 m:100 y:100 k:0). Any suggestions that can help me get this done?

Thank you so much for your time.

[madster]

I probably don't have near as much experience with print as some of you, so please be patient with me if this turns out to be a stupid question. Below is a section of the requirement rules for magazine ads and I was confused by one thing in particular:

Density of Tone. In black-and-white ads, a tone density greater than 85% may fill in on press. For 4-color, the sum of percentage tone values should not exceed 300%, with no more than one color printing solid. Two colors should not exceed 170% with one color solid or both colors screened.

If I understand this correctly, does this mean the highest any two color values can be is 170% or does it mean that after one solid color, the next two can't exceed 170%? The problem I've run into is how to use the color red (c:17 m:100 y:100 k:0). Any suggestions that can help me get this done?

Thank you so much for your time.This simply means that if for 4-color printing, the total of all tone values cannot exceed 300% total, with no more than 1 color allowed to print at a full 100%.

For 2 color printing, your tonal values cannot exceed 170%, whether one color is solid at 100%, or both colors are screened at values not to exceed 170%.
For any two colors, the tonal values should not exceed 170%, even if one color is solid at 100, the second color cannot exceet 70%.