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Working with specialty inks or varnishes

Using certain inks involves special trapping considerations. For example, if you are using

a varnish on your document, you don't want the varnish to affect trapping. However, if

you're overprinting certain areas with a completely opaque ink, there is no need to create

traps for items underneath. Ink options are available for these situations. It's usually best

not to change the default settings, unless your prepress service provider recommends

changing them.

To customize trapping with specialty inks:

1. Open the Ink Manager, and select an ink that requires special treatment. (To display the

Ink Manager, see

2. For Type, choose one of the following options, and then click OK:

Choose Normal for traditional process inks and most spot inks.

Choose Transparent for clear inks to ensure that underlying items trap. Use this option for

varnishes and dieline inks.

Choose Opaque for heavy, nontransparent inks to prevent trapping of underlying colors

but allow for trapping along the ink's edges. Use this option for metallic inks.

Choose OpaqueIgnore for heavy, nontransparent inks to prevent trapping of underlying

colors and to prevent trapping along the ink's edges. Use this option for those inks, such as

metallics and varnishes, that have undesirable interactions with other inks.

Using the Ink

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