How to Map a Spot

Color to Specialty Dry

GX Print Server for Iridesse Production Press

Version 1.0

Overview

This exercise will show the ability to output a spot using specialty dry ink. This demonstration will use a function of the GX Print Server to map specified spot to specialty dry ink, positioning the ink on either the bottom/top layer of the paper.

Objective

By the end of this exercise users will be able to: • Find the location of the setting on the GX Print Server • Specify a spot color that will be mapped to specialty dry ink

BEFORE AFTER

Spot color “ 145 C” Map to

Map to

Map specified spot color Job including spot color to specialty dry ink

1 Configuration of the Job Properties

Please note, this How To document is part of a set. If you cannot complete some of the following steps please refer to the other reference documents. i.e “Open the Job Properties” is further explained in the “How to import a job.pdf”. Go to: http://m1-onlinesupport.fujixerox.com/driver_downloads/OTS/OTS_gxprintserver_iridesse_EN.html

1. Open the Job Properties and select [Advanced Settings] > [Specialty Dry Ink]. Then, enable [Use Specialty Dry Ink] and click [OK].

2. Select [Top Layer] from the side panel and enable [Map to Spot Color(s)]. Then, click [Edit].

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3. Click [Select] in the Edit Spot Color window.

4. Select [Pantone+ Solid Coated-V3] as [Select Categories], and select [PANTONE 145 C]. Then click [OK].

5. Select [Add], the selected spot color is added into the list. Click [OK] to close the window.

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6. Selected spot color is added as [Map to Spot Color(s)]. Click [Print] to print.

You can skip step 3 - 5 by typing the name of the spot color directly in the window.

This demonstration showed how to map a spot color to specialty dry ink on the top layer. The specified spot color is then printed as over-print with specialty dry ink installed in engine #1 at the printer. If you configure the spot color as the [Bottom Layer] within Job Properties, it is printed as under-print when specialty dry ink is installed at the engine #6 location.

#6 K C M Y #1

Top Layer

CMYK layer

Bottom Layer

Paper

Congratulations you have now completed this exercise.

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