Printing With Non-Optimized Halftones When Auto-Substitution Is On; Assigning A Halftone - Gerber OMEGA CP Reference Manual

Printing with Non-optimized Halftones when Auto-
Substitution is On
If the Non-Optimized Halftones Detected dialog box does not appear (you turned on Don't
Show This Message Again in the Non-Optimized Halftones Detected dialog box and you wish
to print a specific job with a non-optimized halftone) you must turn off this check box. Follow
this procedure to turn off the check box and display the Non-Optimized Halftones Detected
dialog box once more.
To print with a non-optimized halftone
1 In GSPPlot, click Setup > Print Options... or press F11 to open the Print Options dialog
box.
2 Click Halftones... to open the Substitute Halftones dialog box.
3 Choose the MAXX tab.
4 Turn off the two check boxes: Substitute Halftones for Gerber MAXX and Auto-
Substitution.
5 Click OK to return to the Print Options dialog box.
6 Click OK to close the Print Options dialog box and return to GSPPlot.
7 Send the job to the MAXX 2 again, when the Non-Optimized Halftones Detected
dialog box appears, choose Print With My Original Halftones.

Assigning a halftone

Assign fill and stroke halftones in the Edit Halftones dialog box that is accessible from the Fill or
Stroke tab of the Assign Colors dialog box. You can also access the Edit Halftones dialog box by
clicking the Edit fill halftone button located on the Fill tool bar, or the Edit stroke halftone
button located on the Stroke tool bar. If there are no fills or strokes on the selected object, the
Edit fill halftone or Edit stroke halftone button is unavailable.
When you assign a halftone, the appearance of the fill or stroke in the sample box or on the
work surface does not change. You will not see the effect of the halftone until you print it on
vinyl. It is a good idea to select an object with the halftone and use File > Output Selected to
make a test print of your halftone.
Tip: To save the Halftone settings as the preference, click Menu > Save Preferences. The
Halftone settings as well as the Assign Colors settings are saved as the default. The next
time you open the Assign Colors or Halftone dialog box the preferenced settings remain. If you
make changes to the settings you can return them to the preferenced settings by clicking
Menu > Restore Preferences.
To assign a halftone to a fill or stroke
1 Select the object.
2 Click the Toolbox toolbar > Fill, Stroke, or Image Fill to open the dialog box.
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