Roland VersaStudio BN-20 - Blend Print and Layered Print; Blend Print (Metallic Silver + CMYK)

Using Metallic Silver Ink
Chapter 2 Fully Utilizing the Machine
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Chapter 2 Fully Utilizing the Machine
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Specify the RGB value set for the part to be printed using a metallic color in step 1. -
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If the color for the part you do not want to print using the metallic color set in step 1. -
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overlaps,
redo the settings from step
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Blend Print and Layered Print
Blended printing and layered printing are printing methods that allow you to combine metallic silver ink and
CMYK ink. Metallic ink expressions that cannot be created can be realized with just CMYK inks. The printing
method diers for blended printing an
 P. 45, "Blend Print (Metallic Silver + CMYK)," p. 50, "Layered Print (Metallic Silver  CMYK)," p. 55,"Layered Print
(CMYK  Metallic Silver)"
Blend Print (Metallic Silver + CMYK)
This section describes how to perform the blend print with the metallic silver ink and CMYK ink.
 P. 45, “Blend Print and Layered Print”
To perform the blend print, you need to use the printing data where the use of the metallic silver ink and the
CMYK ink is designated.
 P. 41, "Creation of Print Data Using Metallic Color (R-Works)," p. 43 "Creation of Print Data Using Metallic Color
(General Application for Drawing)"
(Image of printing method)
Blended printing and layered printing are printing methods that allow you to combine metallic silver
ink and CMYK ink. Metallic ink expressions that cannot be created can be realized with just CMYK inks.
The printing method diers for blended printing and layered printing, and the metallic impression
rendered by CMYK is dierent. You can make blended printing and layered printing selections by
selecting [Ink Mode] in R-Works or the BN-20 driver. Select the best type to suit your situation.
The metallic silver ink and the CMYK ink are blended to be a single
layer for printing.
Media
Metallic Silver and CMYKCMYK