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Printing with WH/MS, Matching Specific Colors

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Epson Printing with WH/MS, Matching Specific Colors

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Contents

Copyrights and Trademarks

Introduction

What to Prepare........................... 4

Workflow................................ 6

Processing Print Data

Illustrator Settings......................... 7

Photoshop Settings........................ 10

Print Settings in the RIP

Settings in ONYX RIP...................... 15

How to Create Quick Sets................. 15

Printing Processed Data.................. 21

Printing Unprocessed Data................ 24

Settings in Caldera RIP..................... 29

Settings in DINAX Mirage................... 42

Matching Specific Colors

Settings in ONYX RIP...................... 46

Settings in Caldera RIP..................... 50

Troubleshooting

WH/MS does not Print..................... 57

Color and WH/MS Overlapping Parts Do Not

Print Correctly........................... 57

Gradation Skipping Occurs When Printing at

High Densities........................... 58

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Introduction

When using White ink (hereafter WH) or Metallic Silver ink (hereafter MS) for RIP printing, some additional work, apart from that needed to print with only other color inks, is needed. This manual explains the procedures and workflow for WH/MS printing. In addition, it also presents the method for matching specific colors, such as corporate colors or spot colors (PANTONE or DIC Color). See the Manual for RIP Printing (PDF), which also has the basic information on RIP printing.

What to Prepare

Software RIP (hereafter RIP)

Use a RIP that supports WH/MS. Check the web site of the manufacturer regarding the information on supported RIP.

Epson Control Dashboard (Dashboard)

Use the latest version of Dashboard. (Update as soon as possible if you are notified of new information.)

Use when importing setting information for the printer or RIP, or download an EMX file for printing with WH/MS. For more information, see the Manual for RIP Printing (PDF).

Print data (PDF)

Important:

When printing with WH/MS, it is necessary to do the following process with image processing software before reading the data to be printed with the RIP.

For example, when printing with WH, the RIP does not automatically process WH as the print area by just putting all the print objects on a specified layer named “White” for WH in the print data.

❏

Specify the areas printed in WH/MS as spot colors.

This section explains examples when printing with WH. The white (RGB = all 255 or CMYK is all 0%) in the print data is processed by the RIP as an area in which ink does not need to be applied, the same as when printing with other color inks only. Because of this, the RIP cannot automatically process the parts that look white on screen = WH in print areas even when using a printer that supports WH.

We recommend first splitting the areas to be printed using color ink and the areas to be printed using WH/MS into layers.

❏

Specify the order in which inks are layered (print order). (Adobe Illustrator only)

We recommend splitting the layers for color ink and for WH/MS so you can more easily specify the order in which inks are layered during printing.

Details about processing procedures U “Processing Print Data” on page 7

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Introduction

Image processing software

Use this for processing data to print. In this manual, we explain the procedures for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. In either case, we recommend version CS1 or later.

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Introduction

Workflow

Follow the steps below to perform printing work.

For the first time only, see “1. Prepare Printing” in the Manual for RIP Printing (PDF).

1. Perform Change Color Mode on the printer.

Proceed to step 2 if you have installed the ink cartridge to be used for printing.

If you have not installed it, be sure to perform Change Color Mode. See the User's Guide (PDF) for more information.

2. Load media in the printer and select the media setting number.

Load the media correctly and select the media setting number which has been registered to the printer.

See the User's Guide (PDF) for more information about loading media and selecting media setting number.

3. Check the data to be printed, and process it for WH/MS printing.

Open the print data in the image processing software. Make such sett ings as how to layer the ink and the specified spot colors for the areas to print with WH/MS.

Proceed to step 4 if you are using a RIP that can print unprocessed data the same as processed data by using the print settings.

U “Processing Print Data” on page 7

4. Read the print data to the RIP, and then print it. (The procedure varies depending on the RIP that is used.)

Open the print data in the RIP and select the print mode according to the colors of ink being used and make the print settings.

We recommend that you always check the data in a preview before you start printing.

U “Print Settings in the RIP” on page 15

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Processing Print Data

In this section we present the procedure to process the print data, including the parts that are printed with WH/MS, using Adobe image processing software. Use Adobe Illustrator (hereafter Illustrator) to process vector data, in which the object and text are the main thing, as in diagram A. Use Adobe Photoshop (hereafter Photoshop) to process raster data, in which photos and graphics are the main thing, as in diagram B. See the following for the processing procedure.

U “Illustrator Settings” on page 7

U “Photoshop Settings” on page 10

Diagram A Diagram B

Note:

❏ When the print data includes no parts that are printed with WH/MS, write the data with the image processing software

before processing.

❏ With ONYX RIP and Caldera RIP, you can easily do the print settings for WH/MS while checking the data when it is

printed, without processing the data. See the following for details. ONYX RIP U “Settings in ONYX RIP” on page 15 Caldera RIP U “Settings in Caldera RIP” on page 29

Illustrator Settings

This section uses an example of data that includes WH to explain the data processing procedure of Adobe Illustrator CC(2015) in Windows 7.

Start Illustrator and open the print data.

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Processing Print Data

Click Window - Swatches, and then click (New Swatch).

Refer to the following table and specify the color to be used for areas printed with WH, and then click OK.

(1)

Swatch Name

(2)

Color Type Select Spot Color.

(3)

Color Mode Select CMYK and specify the color to print. We recommend specifying a bright color that is

Input the name of the spot color in single-byte characters. We recommend using names that allow you to identify the color of the ink, such as “White” for printing with WH and “Metallic” for printing with MS.

Use the names that are assigned here when making print settings in the RIP. Keep a record of the names, so you do not mistake the upper and lower cases.

not used in the image for checking because it is difficult to identify the background color if you use white (all CMYK at 0%). (In the example diagram, the color is set as a very light ash gray.)

In the following, the parts of the image that are specified with the color from the swatch are printed in WH.

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Processing Print Data

Select the objects to print with WH, and specify the spot color you saved to the swatch in step 3 to color them.

Click Window - Layer, and then specify the order of the layers of ink (print order).

When all of the objects are on the same layer, the lower objects are printed first.

When you divide the layers on which there are objects printed in WH, the lower layer are printed first.

When WH is printed first When WH is printed later (such as for inverted printing)

Note:

Depending on the RIP you are using, the print order set in the RI P may have priority over the print order that is decided here. See the manual supplied with the RIP for more details.

Click Window - Attributes, and then make the settings according to the print results of the parts where objects

overlap.

Refer to the following table and make the settings while the object that will be on top when they overlap is selected.

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Processing Print Data

When checked When not checked

The shapes of the objects are printed as they appear using colors or WH according to the order of layers. (Overprint is enabled.)

Note:

❏ The diagrams in the table are when Overprint Preview is selected in Separations Preview, and the CMYK plates

are not displayed, so it is easy to understand the results of printing with WH. Separations Preview is displayed by clicking Separations Preview in the Window.

When they overlap, the parts on the lower layer are not printed. (Overprint is disabled.)

❏ With Overprint, you can get the same effect as with Transparency. (To overprint, select Multiply. And, to not

overprint, select Normal.) For more information, see the online help for Illustrator.

When you have set all the objects the same way, save the data in PDF format.

In Compatibility, we recommend Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) or Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4).

Photoshop Settings

This section uses an example of data that includes WH to explain the data processing procedure of Adobe Photoshop CC(2015) in Windows 7.

Start Photoshop and open the print data.

Click Window - Layer.

Right click on a layer that includes parts that are printed in WH, and then click Duplicate Layer.

The image is copied and there are now two image layers.

On the Layer, select the original image layer, and then delete the part that is printed in WH.

There are two ways to select only the part that is printed in WH. For more information, see the online help for Photoshop.

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Processing Print Data

❏ Use the (Quick Selection tool) or (Magic Wand tool) for selecting things.

❏ After using the Select tool to select an area that includes WH, use Select - Color Range to specify the color for

WH.

On the Layer, select the copied layer and click Select - Inverse, and then delete all the parts except those printed

in WH.

The parts that are not printed in WH disappear so that parts where there is nothing are selected.

Click Window - Channel.

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Processing Print Data

Click (Save selection as channel).

The parts that are printed in WH are masked. (The red colored parts are the masked areas.)

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Processing Print Data

While Alpha channel is selected click the menu and then click Channel Options.

Refer to the following table and set (1) to (3), and then click OK.

(1)

Name

Input the name of the channel in single-byte characters. We recommend using names that allow you to identify the color of the ink, such as “White” for printing with WH and “Metallic” for printing with MS.

Use the names that are assigned here when making print settings. Keep a record of the names, so you do not mistake the upper and lower cases.

(2)

Color Indicates Select Spot Color.

(3)

Color

When printing the image on this layer using only WH/MS:

Hide the copied layer so you do not use color ink unnecessarily when printing. (Make the setting while the copied layer is selected using Window - Layer.) Only the alpha channel remains and printing can be done using only WH/MS.

Specify the color in which to display parts that are printed in WH. (In the example diagram, the red colored parts are printed in WH.)

When color ink overlaps with WH/MS:

Proceed to step 10.

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Processing Print Data

Save the data in PDF format.

In Compatibility, we recommend Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3) or Acrobat 5 (PDF 1.4).

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Print Settings in the RIP

When printing with WH/MS, it is necessary to check the print data in the RIP as you make the settings. We do not recommend printing without checking the print data as in hot folder printing. The printing method varies depending on the RIP that is used.

See the following for details.

ONYX RIP U “Settings in ONYX RIP” on page 15

Caldera RIP U “Settings in Caldera RIP” on page 29

DINAX Mirage U “Settings in DINAX Mirage” on page 42

Settings in ONYX RIP

Important:

See the Manual for RIP Printing (PDF) before you start the following tasks and import “Install and Connect” and “Importing Print Information”.

With ONYX RIP, use the quick set (often used print settings are saved as a preset), and then print while checking the image in Job Editor.

How to Create Quick Sets

This section explains how to make the settings for RIP Queue (Ver. 12).

Right click the RIP Queue icon and select Run as administrator.

Always start the software in administrator mode when you update or create new quick sets.

Click Configure Printer in the toolbar.

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Print Settings in the RIP

In the Quick Sets tab, click New.

Input the Quick Set Name.

We recommend using a name that is easy to understand for the other person that is printing something.

Click Change Profiles in Color Management.

Refer to the following table and set (1) to (3) in the Profiles tab.

For printing with a wide color gamut For general printing

(1) EpsonWideCMYK Ver2.icc Select general profile for printing.

(2) AdobeRGB1998.icc sRGB.icc, etc.

(3) Not checked Checked

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Print Settings in the RIP

Refer to the following also when matching spot colors.

U “Settings in ONYX RIP” on page 46

In the Output tab, click Spot Channel Replacement.

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Print Settings in the RIP

Input the spot color name for WH/MS in the Document Spot Color Name, and then click OK.

Click the left side of Spot 1 to input. Input the correct name (White or Metallic etc.) saved for the spot color swatch (Illustrator) or spot color channel (Photoshop). Be careful that you do not mistake the upper and lower cases or misspell the name.

Return to the Edit Quick Set screen, and clear the Get Media and Page Size From Printer check box.

Refer to the following table and make the settings to match the media setting that has been selected on the

printer's control panel.

Select Media Group

Select Media Name

Select Print Mode

* If you cannot find the name of the company for the media you are using, search for the EMX files provided by Epson. If no

EMX files have been provided, select a media that has similar characteristics.

Select the name of a media company.

Select from the following according to the combination of ink and media you are using.

❏ When printing with only color ink: media name only

❏ When printing MS: something that has an (Ms) after the media name

❏ When printing WH: something that has a (W) after the media name

Select a print mode (resolution and number of passes).

See the supplementary table about how to read Print mode.

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