Xerox Color 800i, Color 1000i, Color 800, Color 1000 Design Tips and techniques

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Simply applying a spot or flood of clear dry ink over your image or page can have a dramatic effect on your design.

Spot treatment

Specify clear dry ink to print only in specifically designated areas.

•Spot over a photograph — Evens out the overall sheen and adds depth to your image.

•Spot over a solid color — Increases the depth and overall sheen of that color. Or, mimics a subtle tinted varnish effect by adding clear dry ink over a light tint.

•Watermark — Graphics or text printed with clear dry ink with no color or image below.

Flood coating

To “flood” your printed piece with clear dry ink is to cover the whole sheet with it.

•Provides an even sheen and a smooth consistent look across an image.

•Enhances digital image quality on textured stock.

Metallic

Print clear dry ink over Pantone metallic colors simulated in CMYK.

•Produces a metallic effect, especially when printed over light tints of simulated metallic colors.

Watermark

Using clear dry ink is a great way to print watermarks on your pieces.

•Provides notice for copyrighted materials or adds a graphic element to discourage copying of coupons or tickets. Watermarks can repeat across the entire page and are a nice way to add a soft graphic element to your design to quietly reinforce your message or evoke a mood.

Setting up your InDesign file

1.Add a new layer in the layers pallet and name it Clear.

2.Move the clear layer to the top in the layers pallet.

3.Add a new color in the swatches pallet and name the swatch Clear. This is the default in some color servers. It’s very important to use the same swatch name across all applications you might use. The swatch name is case sensitive.

4.Designate the Color Type as Spot.

5.Set the Color Mode to CMYK: 0/100/0/0. You can choose any of the 4 process colors and set it to 100%.

6. Assign the color Clear to fills and strokes of text or shapes created in InDesign and move them to the clear layer.

7. To print clear over an image, text or graphic, set it to overprint so it will not knock

out any image below. Select Window > Attributes > Overprint Fill and/or Stroke.

Graphics from Adobe Illustrator

1.Copy and paste graphics from Illustrator into InDesign.

2.Designate the fill and/or line to be Clear.

3.Move all clear elements to the clear layer.

4.Set all clear elements to overprint.

Creating effects in Photoshop

To highlight an area of your image with a soft edge and/or a gradient fill, add a spot channel for clear to your Photoshop file. Save

it as a TIFF or PSD file and place it into InDesign on the clear layer.

Creating a spot channel in Photoshop:

1.Create a new path or select a shape.

2.With your shape selected, add a new spot channel.

a.Name the new spot channel, use the same name as your clear ink swatch in InDesign.

b.Select Color > M 100% or the same color chosen in InDesign.

c.Select % value if desired.

3.Save as PSD or TIFF with spot color included.

4.Place into InDesign on the clear layer.

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1.From the

File > Adobe and click

2.Compatibility

On the lower right side check >

Create Acrobat Layers

3.Select Compression:

Color Images > Do Not Downsample

Compression > JPEG Images Quality > Maximum

Grayscale Images > Do Not

Compression > JPEG

Images Quality > Maximum

Monochrome Images > Do Downsample

Compression > CCITT Group

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4.Select Marks and Bleeds, if desired

5.Select Output > Color

Color Conversion > No Color Conversion

Inclusion Policy > Include All RGB

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	on Ink Manager and make sure the

2. From the main menu select:

Advanced > Print Production > Output Preview and check Simulate Overprinting.

If your file is set up correctly all areas designated in Clear should be visible and on a separate layer. If you mouse over Clear areas the percentageshould change.

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make sure the spot channel been set up correctly in Photoshop. name must match between all files.

some areas print correctly but other parts have knocked out, make sure the clear layer is at the top of all layers and nothing sits above the clear elements. If your file seems to be set up correctly, see your print provider.

Examples

A Copy of headline pasted in place on to the clear layer. Clear fill applied and checked to overprint.

BClear fill applied to rectangle on the clear layer over image and checked to overprint.

CMask for strawberries created in Photoshop and feathered to create a soft edge. Clear applied in Photoshop by adding a spot channel. See “Creating a spot channel in Photoshop” on the other side.

DClear fill applied to rectangle on the clear layer over image and checked to overprint.

EPath created in InDesign on the clear layer, filled with Clear and checked to overprint.

FCopy of headline pasted in place on to the clear layer. Clear fill applied and checked to overprint.

GAdobe Illustrator graphic pasted into InDesign on to the clear layer. Clear fill applied and checked to overprint.

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