White Ink Workflow Overview - Oce Arizona 400 Series GT User Manual

White Ink Workflow Overview

White Ink Workflow Overview
Introduction
Océ Arizona printers with the White Ink Option provide under-printing for non-white
media or objects, over-printing for backlit applications on transparent media and/or
printing white as a spot color.
This section describes how the printer provides white ink support, gives a summary of
the workflow data preparation, and also shows some of the ways white ink can be used
in print applications.
Definition
When working with white ink there are three data layers available that allow you to deter-
mine the area the white ink will cover and also how it will appear (or not appear) in relation
to other colors, depending on the layer it is placed in. You can determine the density of
the white ink by altering the drop size and also increase it by using two white channels.
The layer setup is defined in the media model but can be modified as a job printer setting
within the ONYX software. When the white ink information is properly prepared accord-
ing to the methods described in this chapter and the print job is sent from the ONYX
software (either ProductionHouse or THRIVE) to the printer, you have an opportunity
to verify that the layers are properly embedded in the job.
With the white ink print job selected in the Job Control module of the printer software,
click the Layers button to activate a graphical representation of the Print Layers that allows
you to verify the layer order.
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