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3 Enable the Print separations option.
If you want to print specific color separations, click the Separations tab, and enable the corresponding check box in the list of color
separations.
You can change the order in which color separations print, by enabling the Use advanced settings check box in the Options area. In
the separations list at the bottom of the dialog box, click in the Order column next to the color separation that you want to change.
Chose a new order value from the list box.
If you want to print separations using a color profile that is different from the document color profile, you can click the Color tab and
choose a color profile from the Correct colors using color profile list box.
To convert spot colors to process colors
1
Click File Print.
2 Click the Color tab.
3 Enable the Print separations option.
4 Enable the Convert spot colors to check box.
Changing the spot colors to process colors does not affect the original CorelDRAW file; it affects the way colors are sent to the
printer.
To customize a halftone screen
1
Click File Print.
2 Click the Color tab.
3 Enable the Print separations option.
4 Click the Separations tab.
5 In the Options area, enable the Use advanced settings check box.
6 Click Advanced.
7 Change any of the following settings:
• Screening technology
• Resolution
• Basic screen
• Halftone type
You can set the screen frequency, screen angle, and overprint options for spot colors as well as process colors. For example, if you
have a fountain fill made up of two spot colors, you can set one to print at 45 degrees and the other at 90 degrees.
Working with color trapping and overprinting
When colors are trapped, they are intentionally overlapped so that misalignments of print separations are not noticeable. In manual
trapping, one color must overprint the other. Overprinting is achieved by printing one color over another. Overprint trapping works best
when the top color is much darker than the underlying color; otherwise, an undesirable third color may result (for example, cyan over yellow
results in a green object). In some cases, you might actually want to create a third color; for example, you can overprint two spot colors to
create a third color.