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Spot Color Printing and Contour Cutting

To specify a spot color to use to output a design element, or to specify a contour cut:

  1. In PageMaker, from the Utilities menu, select Define Colors:
    1. Click New:
      1. 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.
      2. Set Type to Spot.
      3. Select the color model you want to use, and then select the color values that represent the spot color on screen.
      4. Click OK to return to the Define Colors dialog.
    2. Repeat for any additional colors.
    3. Click OK.
  2. To assign these colors to an object:
    1. Select the object.
    2. From the Element menu, select Fill and Stroke:
      1. To fill the object with the color:
        1. Set Fill to Solid or select the desired pattern.
        2. Set Color to the spot color you created.
        3. Set the Tint percentage. Use 100% to print the spot color with full coverage.
      2. To apply the color to the outline of the object:
        1. Set Stroke to the desired outline thickness.
        2. Set Color to the spot color you created.
        3. Set the Tint percentage. Use 100% to print the spot color with full coverage.
      3. Click OK.
  3. 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.

See Also

Adobe PageMaker on Windows

Color Printing