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Table of contents
Table of contents..................................................................................................................................................3
1 - Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................4
Related documentation...................................................................................................................................4
Printing with white ink .....................................................................................................................................4
White ink workflow ..........................................................................................................................................7
2 – Designing in Adobe Photoshop......................................................................................................................8
Channels as spot colors.................................................................................................................................. 9
Designing your channel ................................................................................................................................ 10
Creating a “whitescale” image ...................................................................................................................... 10
3 – Designing in Adobe Illustrator ......................................................................................................................12
Creating and using a spot color ....................................................................................................................12
Overprint attribute .........................................................................................................................................13
Layers ordering.............................................................................................................................................14
Saving the file ...............................................................................................................................................14
Creating a Separation File ............................................................................................................................15
4 – Printing white from Caldera..........................................................................................................................18
Selecting the media profile............................................................................................................................ 18
Enable Separation and Method selection .....................................................................................................18
White ink sequence....................................................................................................................................... 20
White ink preview..........................................................................................................................................20
5 – Printing white from Onyx ..............................................................................................................................21
Selecting the media profile............................................................................................................................ 21
TIFF Files with alpha channel.......................................................................................................................21
Composite PDF, PS, or EPS files.................................................................................................................21
Separation files ............................................................................................................................................. 22
Using the spot layer tool to add white to 4-color files....................................................................................23
Sample point verification...............................................................................................................................26
6 – White ink media profile selection..................................................................................................................27