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When you send color work to a print service provider or printing shop, either you or the print service provider must create color separations. Color separations are necessary because a typical printing press applies only one color of ink at a time to a sheet of paper. You can specify the color separations to print, including the order in which they print.
Printing presses produce color using either process color or spot color, or both. You can convert the spot colors to process colors at printing time. For more information on spot and process colors, see Choosing colors.
When setting halftone screens to print color separations, we recommend that you use the default settings; otherwise, screens can be improperly set and result in undesirable moiré patterns and poor color reproduction. However, if you are using an imagesetter, the screen technology should be set to match the type of imagesetter the print service provider uses. Before customizing a halftone screen, consult the print service provider to determine the correct setting.
If you have overprinted areas, you can choose how you want those areas to print. For more information about overprinting, see Working with color trapping and overprinting.
| To print color separations | |
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Click File  Print.
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Click the Color tab.
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Enable the Print separations option.
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If you want to print specific color separations, click the Separations tab, and enable the corresponding check box in the list of color separations. |
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You can change the order in which color separations print, by enabling the Use
advanced settings check box in the Options area. In the separations list at the
bottom of the dialog box, click in the Order column next to the color
separation that you want to change. Chose a new order value from the list box.
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If you want to print separations using a color profile that is different from the
document color profile, you can click the Color tab and choose a color profile
from the Correct colors using color profile list box.
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| To convert spot colors to process colors | |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Color tab.
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Enable the Print separations option.
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Enable the Convert spot colors to check box.
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Changing the spot colors to process colors does not affect the original
Corel DESIGNER file; it affects the way colors are sent to the printer.
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| To customize a halftone screen | |
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Click File Print.
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Click the Color tab.
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Enable the Print separations option.
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Click the Separations tab.
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In the Options area, enable the Use advanced settings check box.
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Click Advanced.
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Change any of the following settings:
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Screening technology
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Resolution
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Basic screen
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Halftone type
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You can set the screen frequency, screen angle, and overprint options for spot
colors as well as process colors. For example, if you have a fountain fill made up
of two spot colors, you can set one to print at 45 degrees and the other at 90
degrees.
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