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In 4-colour production define all colours as process colours (CMYK). It is very important, that the final PDF file contains only elements with process colours. If you have used spot colour definitions in a 4-colour job, check that also them have been changed to process colours. So you can be sure, that elements and colours are reproduced correctly in the print. |
In 4-colour production define all colours as process colours (CMYK). It is very important, that the final PDF file contains only elements with process colours. If you have used spot colour definitions in a 4-colour job, check that also them have been changed to process colours. So you can be sure, that elements and colours are reproduced correctly in the print. |
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In 4-colour jobs both transparent elements and with them overlapping elements, must be in the same colour space (CMYK), in order that the elements and colours reproduce right. Otherwise there will be an error on page, when transparencies are flattened. An error could appear e.g. as white background in the area, where the elements overlap each other. InDesign’s ”drop shadow” is an example of transparency. Transparency flattening is a task, which must be performed before the plate output. You can preview the elements that will be flattened with InDesign’s ”Flattener Preview” function. In Acrobat check the result with Output Preview function. |
In 4-colour jobs both transparent elements and with them overlapping elements, must be in the same colour space (CMYK), in order that the elements and colours reproduce right. Otherwise there will be an error on page, when transparencies are flattened. An error could appear e.g. as white background in the area, where the elements overlap each other. InDesign’s ”drop shadow” is an example of transparency. Transparency flattening is a task, which must be performed before the plate output. You can preview the elements that will be flattened with InDesign’s ”Flattener Preview” function. In Acrobat check the result with Output Preview function. |
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||100 %||black (K)|| ||50 %||cyan (C)|| ||40 %||magenta (M)|| ||40 %||yellow (Y)|| |
||100 % ||black (K) || ||50 % ||cyan (C) || ||40 % ||magenta (M) || ||40 % ||yellow (Y) || |
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of disturbing misregistration in a print. See more paragraph [[SomePage|White text|target="General guidelines/White text"]]. | of disturbing misregistration in a print. See more paragraph "White text" in General guidelines. |
Colour specifications
4-colour production
In 4-colour production define all colours as process colours (CMYK). It is very important, that the final PDF file contains only elements with process colours. If you have used spot colour definitions in a 4-colour job, check that also them have been changed to process colours. So you can be sure, that elements and colours are reproduced correctly in the print.
Spot colour
In sheetfed offset production it is possible to print a spot colour. Define the colour as a spot colour in layout software and prepare a PDF in same way as in normal CMYK production. Grafostil’s prepress system separates the spot colour as the fifth separation.
Transparent elements
In 4-colour jobs both transparent elements and with them overlapping elements, must be in the same colour space (CMYK), in order that the elements and colours reproduce right. Otherwise there will be an error on page, when transparencies are flattened. An error could appear e.g. as white background in the area, where the elements overlap each other. InDesign’s ”drop shadow” is an example of transparency. Transparency flattening is a task, which must be performed before the plate output. You can preview the elements that will be flattened with InDesign’s ”Flattener Preview” function. In Acrobat check the result with Output Preview function.
Rich black
In order to achieve a strong deep black in bigger colour surfaces we recommend the use of
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black (K) |
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cyan (C) |
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magenta (M) |
40 % |
yellow (Y) |
NOTE!
Avoid the use of small size white text with rich black, because of disturbing misregistration in a print. See more paragraph "White text" in General guidelines.