JackWinzar Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Hello, today i've been trying to get my UV printer working at work. The printer is a mimaki, so I have to use mimaki software to print my affinity files. To do this, we must export our files as EPS. Supposedly, Our printer uses colour swatches to override the EPS file, for example, we'd use a white swatch called "RawWhite" to print our white as a base layer. However, the swatches given to us is an .ai file and cannot be opened in photo or designer. I tried making a swatch of my own with the name "RawWhite" to run, however, the printer doesn't recognise this. So what I am thinking is; 1. Possibly affinity doesnt export Swatch names when exporting as an EPS, 2. I need to maybe convert the .ai swatch file into something affinity can recognise. If anyone could help this would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackWinzar Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, JackWinzar said: Hello, today i've been trying to get my UV printer working at work. The printer is a mimaki, so I have to use mimaki software to print my affinity files. To do this, we must export our files as EPS. Supposedly, Our printer uses colour swatches to override the EPS file, for example, we'd use a white swatch called "RawWhite" to print our white as a base layer. However, the swatches given to us is an .ai file and cannot be opened in photo or designer. I tried making a swatch of my own with the name "RawWhite" to run, however, the printer doesn't recognise this. So what I am thinking is; 1. Possibly affinity doesnt export Swatch names when exporting as an EPS, 2. I need to maybe convert the .ai swatch file into something affinity can recognise. If anyone could help this would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks Also, It might be worth mentioning I do have access to Adobe illustrator, just choose to use affinity software, so if there is a way i can export these swatches via illustrator this is also a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Callum Posted April 20, 2021 Staff Share Posted April 20, 2021 Hi JackWinzar, Welcome to the forums, I'm not familiar with Mimmaki so I'm not sure if the following work around is suitable. You could apply the swatch to an object in .AI then export your document to a format such as PSD or PDF and open it in Affinity, then you can create a Swatch from the object that should work for your purposes in Affinity. Thanks C Quote Please tag me using @ in your reply so I can be sure to respond ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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