Spot Color Printing and Contour Cutting
To specify a spot color to use to output a design element, or to specify a contour cut:
- In PageMaker, from the Utilities menu, select Define Colors:
- Click New:
- Enter a Name that matches an entry in the Appendix - Spot Color List. The name needs to be an exact match in order to work. For a contour cut path, use the name CutContour.
- Set Type to Spot.
- Select the color model you want to use, and then select the color values that represent the spot color on screen.
- Click OK to return to the Define Colors dialog.
- Repeat for any additional colors.
- Click OK.
- To assign these colors to an object:
- Select the object.
- From the Element menu, select Fill and Stroke:
- To fill the object with the color:
- Set Fill to Solid or select the desired pattern.
- Set Color to the spot color you created.
- Set the Tint percentage. Use 100% to print the spot color with full coverage.
- To apply the color to the outline of the object:
- Set Stroke to the desired outline thickness.
- Set Color to the spot color you created.
- Set the Tint percentage. Use 100% to print the spot color with full coverage.
- Click OK.
- Send the job to print as you normally would. The server software interprets the special color names prints them as spot colors or as a contour cut path.