Specifications
2-2 Creating Printing Data
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Chapter 2 Getting Ready
Creating Data for Printing (Adobe Illustrator CS3)
To use white ink and gloss ink, you specify the spot color named "RDG_WHITE" for areas in the printing data that use white
ink and the spot color named "RDG_GLOSS" for areas that use gloss ink. By modifying the settings in VersaWorks you can
print the areas specied by these spot colors using only white and CMYK color inks or using only gloss ink.
The program used to create the printing data is Adobe Illustrator CS3. For detailed information on drawing methods and how
to work with palettes, refer to the documentation or online help for Adobe Illustrator CS3. If you're using another version of
Adobe Illustrator, operations may be somewhat dierent from those explained here.
1.
Create the spot colors (special colors) "RDG_WHITE" and "RDG_GLOSS."
Start by creating a new blank document.
At the swatch palette menu, select
"New Swatch."
The New Swatch window appears.
Note: The swatch palette is displayed by go-
ing to the menu and selecting [Window], then
[Swatch].
Create the spot color (special color)
"RDG_WHITE."
Except for the CMYK aspect of the color mode,
make the settings as shown below. For the name,
use only single-byte upper-case characters, and be
sure not to omit the "_" (underbar) character. An
error in typing this in will make detection as areas
using white ink fail.
Swatch Name: RDG_WHITE
Color Type: Spot color
Color Mode: CMYK
(For the aspect, in this case, make the settings for C
= 100%, M = 0%, Y = 100%, and K = 0%.)
After making the settings, click [OK] to
close the “New Swatch” window.