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Chapter 7

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How to Manage a White Ink Workflow

Océ Arizona 6100 Series

How to Create Spot Data with the Spot Layer Tool

Introduction

The  Spot Layer Tool  can  be  used to  set  up  two  spot data planes that define areas where Spot 1
and Spot 2 data are  added to a print job.  The  tool  is  used with the Océ  Arizona printers that both
have two extra channels to  provide varnish or  white ink  as well  as with  CMYK only  printers. Both
white ink  and varnish can be  printed using either Spot 1 or  Spot 2 data. The  same spot data can
be  used to  print either white ink,  varnish, or  both.

In this  section, you’ll  learn how to  access and set  up  the Spot Layer  Tool.  The  tool provides a
variety of  options for  generation of  spot layers, and you  may want to  explore them  with a  sample
file of your own to  familiarize yourself  with the  functionality. Remember  that  any  actions you set
for  this  tool  will  only  work  successfully when  used  in  conjunction with  properly constructed
layers. The tool  is located in  Preflight on the  Color  Correction tab.

The  Spot Layer Tool  provides options for  generating spot layers for  your image in
ProductionHouse rather  than  in  image editing programs  such as Illustrator or  Photoshop. The
tool  has many advanced options and this  section will  explain them so  that you  can  set  them up  to
best achieve your desired results. The tool  options and settings to  use it for  spot data creation are
listed here  and  are  followed by  instructions to  access the tool.

How to Use the Spot Layer Tool

The Spot Layer Tool Provides These Options:

Generation Options

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Set Media

Set media color is optional and serves two purposes:
• If you want to preview the media color in Preflight, you can set the media color either from the

image or from the color dialog menu.

• If you have areas in your image that use the media color and you want that color to be handled

with  special consideration. For  example; if you  want the media color from the image to  show
through the design, you must first  define your fill options, then set the  media color and define
the Media Color Handling Options  as either  "Spot Knockout" or "Full Knockout".

NOTE

The  generation options are used in  combination with  the  fill options, except when the media
color handling is set  to "No Knockout". If you   want to  use the Spot Layer Tool  to  create flood
fills,  underlay fills or mask fills it is not  always necessary  to set  a mask or  media color to get  the
desired results.

To set the media color: Click the sample box to activate the color picker or use the drop down
arrow to access the Color Dialog menu.

Generation Options

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Set Mask

The  mask allows you to  determine the area that you  wish to  print with  spot data. Setting the mask
color is  optional. If the  image you are  printing contains  white or  varnish data  in  more than the
mask area, you will  need to set  up a different background  color not used anywhere else in the  file
to  use as your mask. This  must be  done in an  image-editing program  prior to  bringing the image
into  the Spot Layer  Tool.

To set the mask color: Click the sample box to activate the color picker or use the drop-down
arrow to pick the color from the preview.

Generation Options

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Media Color Handling