Pantone Connect

[Scott274887691p3g]

This Pantone connect is really starting to bug me from the business aspect of things.  How can I add Pantone to all of my employees with the adobe manager?  I don't want to have to go through each individual to add it there computer.  Is there not a way for me to buy it for all users so they have access to all the pantones?  This is a huge problem in the design and printing world right now.  

[LinSims]

Let me move this to the Teams & Enterprise forum for you, which is the appropriate forum for your question.

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[Abambo]

Pantone Connect is a product from Pantone. I fear that you will need to contact Pantone for support on this.

It is indeed unfortunate that Adobe and Pantone did not find a solution that satisfied both. But it's as it is and we users need to live with that!

[kglad]

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[Scott274887691p3g]

That's what i'm trying to figure out? I went to were I can manage all the
users for the adobe. I see Nothing that shows how I can get a pantone
license for all users anywhere?

[kglad]

(i'm not knowledgable about pantone and adobe other than being aware there was a recent parting of the ways for, i think, business reasons.)

i moved your message to a forum (photoshop) where users are knowledgable about the problems this split has caused.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer · Accepted solution]

You have to contact Pantone to get an Enterprise Quote. They will then sell you the License Manager at $149 per user. That should allow you to manage your users licenses from an Admin account, but it's not going so well.

https://connect.pantone.com/#/paywall?source=www.pantone.com

Click Contact Sales Person to work with Pantone.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

Adobe Enterprise Portal does not manage Pantone Connect licenses. Only Pantone License Manager does.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@kglad please move back to Enterprise and Teams.

[kglad]

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[Jonas30450304zjdu]

I dont wanna pay for Pantone color libs and think adobe and Pantone just think of money. It was all for free before. I found a workaround and downloaded all Pantone color libs from Github och just put them in PS folder. ACB files. You find them here: [link deleted by a moderator]

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@Jonas30450304zjdu that violates trademark and copyright registration from Pantone btw.

[Jonas30450304zjdu]

What I understand its old Pantone color libs. that is for older adobe softwares from when it was for free

[Abambo]

What I understand its old Pantone color libs. that is for older adobe softwares from when it was for free

By @Jonas30450304zjdu

Pantone has the right to distribute the palettes, because they own the trademak. If you do not pay the licence fees, you are probably in violation of the licensing terms. You should consult a lawyer for this.

[Abambo]

I dont wanna pay for Pantone color libs and think adobe and Pantone just think of money. It was all for free before. 

By @Jonas30450304zjdu

It was never for free, even if you didn't pay explicitly for this.

[Jonas30450304zjdu]

I have PS 5 and pantone colors are all there. I dont know what you talk about?
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[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@Jonas30450304zjdu the terms and agreements were ended with CC2022. You should consult this page from Pantone:

https://www.pantone.com/articles/faq/pantone-connect-adobe-faq

[Jonas30450304zjdu]

Photoshop 5 is from 1998. I still use it becuase of some plugins work in that version. I will never buy pantone color palettes. Better use other color profiles then. Its pretty easy to find pantone color codes on the internet and enter them as LAB anyway.

[Kevin Stohlmeyer]

@Jonas30450304zjdu no disagreeing with you at all, but posting git repositories for pirated Pantone sets is not the answer.

[Jonas30450304zjdu]

I did not understand it was pirated Pantone sets. I thought it was open source. I can not understand how you can copyright colors... 

[Abambo]

I did not understand it was pirated Pantone sets. I thought it was open source. I can not understand how you can copyright colors... 

By @Jonas30450304zjdu

You don't copyright colours, you copyright the database of colours and the conversion data. And you register the name Pantone. 

[Abambo]

Photoshop 5 is from 1998. I still use it becuase of some plugins work in that version. I will never buy pantone color palettes. Better use other color profiles then. Its pretty easy to find pantone color codes on the internet and enter them as LAB anyway.

By @Jonas30450304zjdu

We all agree that what Pantone markets is overpriced. But up until recently, Pantone and Adobe had a licensing deal, that was highly profitable to Pantone, as long as users printed in Pantone Colours. But the advent of digital printing made this market go away. Now they are trying to make money from the designers, who want to use Pantone colours. It's nothing more than a commercial decision from Pantone. We need to live with that. I also won't pay for a colour palette that at best I use only rarely. 

For now, I was always able to work around.

[Abambo]

I have PS 5 and pantone colors are all there. I dont know what you talk about?
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By @Jonas30450304zjdu

Adobe had a licence to distribute Pantone colour palettes with their products. As you have Photoshop 5,  you can use the colours on Photoshop 5. You are (legally) not allowed transfering those palettes to a current Photoshop. You won't, however, probably never get a letter from a lawyer when you do so, except if you publicly post links to the palettes. 

I think we can consider this discussion answered and closed.