1-Spot Color and Adobe Illustrator
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1. library and drag the swatch into your Color Window Easy See the Adobe User Manual or Adobe Help Menu for additional info IMPORTANT When you are ready to output your separations choose PRINT In the print window go the the OUTPUT option From the Output pop down menu select Separations The default is Composite You will see the spot colors in your file From the Illustrator file you can custom create registration marks and color them with the swatch palette color REGISTRATION looks like a registration mark Elements automatically and universally on every spot color film output Print Preset Custom H Printer Phaser 4400N PPD Default Xerox Phaser 4400N Output Separations Host Based y Reach Emulsion TtRight Reading 2 Color Management i Image Positive HH Advanced Summary Printer Resolution 60 0 HH Convert All Spot Colors to Process Overprint Black Document Ink Options Reset to REEE E 3 Document Ink Frequency Angle Dot Shape E Process Cyan 60 Ipi 45 Dot E Process Magenta 60 Ipi 45 Dot E Process Yellow 60 pi 45 Dot E P Process Black 60 Ipi 45 Dot e oreseecnetnas eager 3 EW Mint Julep 60 Ipi 45 Dot E HE Pumpkin Spot GO lpi 45 Dot E Twillight Blue 60 Ipi 45 Dot ay Page Setup Printer Save Preset Print2. What every screen printer needs to know about adobe illustrator and S D Ot C O O r S Spot Colors are a screen printer s best friend Understand the differences between spot color and process color and how important working with spot colors is when the job is not a process cmyk 4 color process print job The Adobe Illustrator software manual may not offer specific instructions a screen printer needs to prepare a graphics file for spot color creation separation and output BUT the great news is the program has everything you need to get the job done easily and accurately If you are Changing all of your colors to black for example just to output files or get unwanted results then you are wasting valuable time Time is money Read on to learn how friendly spot colors are to a screen printer and how to increase your job turnaround rate while reducing costly downtime Newsletter for Screen Printers ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR S D O C O O r S How do you know if this is a spot color And does it matter ABSOLUTELY This may look like a spot color but it is actually made up of a mixture of cyan 72 55 and Magenta 38 04 making it a process color for 4 color process printing As it is now you can t output this process blue color as ONE SPOT COLOR to a single sheet of film Upon output two films cyan and magenta will print and they will also be The Color Window in Adobe Illu
3. strator showing halftones requiring process inks and not a process color selection a specific solid color S n blue is a true SPOT COLOR was custom named Blue Spot Color Wher a color is a SPOT COLOR the swatch in the Swatches palette will have a unique appearance Work with spot colors when you are NOT creating a 4 color process job This symbol represents a E 7 spot color when working i The Color Window in Adobe Illustrator showing in Adobe Illustrator l Ea a spot color selection Note CorelDraw uses a similar symbol to represent spot colors 8 6 You can easily CONVERT process colors to screen ite or i i m y Color W T print friendly spot colors Ch c 72 55 M 35 U4 Double click any process color swatch in the Swatches rn palette It will open the Swatch Options window Simply change the Color Type from Process to Spot Color You can rename your Swatch too Swatches E AN Swatch Name Pure Ma anta Color Type Spot Color H v A _ Color Mode CMYK ___lifs Tr EVIEU IMPORTANT the color mode LC 0 96 cmyk rgb LAB that is why spot colors 7 are so user friendly oh Once converted they are ready to use PLUS You can import a swatch library of spot colors such as a PANTONE solid coated You will find the libraries under the WINDOW Menu of Illustrator Swatch Libraries Open the
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