Printing Color Separations - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

Printing color separations

When working with CMYK images or images with
spot colors, you can print each color channel as a
separate page.
Note: If you are printing an image from another
application and want to print spot channels to spot
color plates, you must first save the file in DCS 2.0
format. DCS 2.0 preserves spot channels and is
supported by applications such as Adobe PageMaker
and QuarkXPress. (See "Saving files in Photoshop
EPS or DCS format (Photoshop)" on page 359.)
To print separations from Photoshop:
1 Choose File > Print Options.
Select Show More Options, and choose Color
2
Management from the pop-up menu.
Choose Separations from the Profile pop-up
3
menu.
Note: Depending on the designated printer and
print drivers on your computer, these options may
also appear in the Print dialog box.
4 Click Print. Separations are printed for each of
the colors in the image.
To prepare an image with spot channels for printing
from another application:
In the General Preferences dialog box, select
1
Short Pantone Names. (This step is not necessary
if you are exporting to Adobe Illustrator 7.0 or
later, or Adobe PageMaker 6.5 or later.)
If the image is a duotone, convert to Multi-
2
channel color mode.
Save the image in DCS 2.0 format. Be sure to
3
deselect the Include Halftone Screen and the
Include Transfer Function options. (See "Saving
files in Photoshop EPS or DCS format
(Photoshop)" on page 359.)
Open or import the image in the application
4
you will be printing from, and set your screen
angles. Make sure that you've communicated to
the printer the spot color you want for each of the
color plates.
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