JethroC Posted November 25, 2022 Posted November 25, 2022 Hello, My printer has asked me to provide files with CMYK+white colour coding. In the document setup under Colour Format the only similar option is CMYK/8. Is this the same? I tried googling for an answer but there were no good matches. Thanks. Quote
ashf Posted November 25, 2022 Posted November 25, 2022 Use the Spot Color. you can add it as a Global Color.https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/pages/Clr/spotClr.html Quote
Print Monkey Posted November 25, 2022 Posted November 25, 2022 You might also want to check as to whether or not they want the CMYK set to overprint on the white: https://affinity.help/designer2/en-US.lproj/index.html?page=pages/Clr/overprint.html?title=Overprinting Are you getting signs made with a digital printer that uses white ink on dark surfaces? Quote pRiNt! mOnKeY! 🖨️🙊💻Lenovo Legion 5 Pro*, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700H, 2300 Mhz, 14 Core, 32GB DDR5-4800, nVidia RTX 3070 Ti 8GB, Windoze 11 💻*Sometimes gets used for something other than games.
JethroC Posted November 26, 2022 Author Posted November 26, 2022 @Print Monkey thanks. We are having the next version of our packaging labels for bottled spirits made. Both the inside and the outside of the back label are being used. The back label is being made from "PP Silver" with the outside label printed on it, so my understanding is that they will use white ink on the silver surface. The inner label is being printed on "PP Clear" and then somehow bonded onto the PP Silver. I've read the overprinting link once, going to have to read it again to get my head round it. @ashf thank you. I think I understand what to do now. I will set the Colour Format to CMYK/8 and I will ask the printer if they have any preference for the Colour Profile. Then I will set a spot colour (might as well be a Pantone white) and use that to specify the colour of my white objects. ashf 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.