Chapter 9 - Oce Arizona 440 GT User Manual

User Manual: Arizona (AZ) 440 GT, AZ 440 XT, AZ 460 GT, AZ 460 XT, AZ 480 GT, AZ 480 XT - Rev. B, 4/2013
White Ink Workflow Overview
All of these methods can also be used either alone or in conjunction with
each other to create the desired output results. For example, you may
generate the spot layer information for parts of an image in PhotoShop
and then go on to specify a Flood Layer Configuration in Production
House. This can result in a Flood Layer and a Spot Layer followed by a
CMYK Layer. The spot data and the flood will occupy two layers of white
density and the CMYK image data can occupy the third layer. You can
determine the print order of these layers in ProductionHouse or THRIVE.
Layers can be defined at any of the following locations:
• Defined in the media when the media is created - Mode Options
• Selected in a Quick Set - Media Options
• Modify the printer settings of a processed job in RIP Queue - right-click
the job, edit printer settings.
You are not required to use layers when you print white spot data. It can
also be printed with print modes other than Quality-Layered.
White Ink Applications
The following are some specific examples of the ways that the white ink
workflow can be applied.
White Ink Layer Options
Application
Backlit First Surface
(printing on the front
side of the media)
Backlit Second Surface
(printing on the back
side of clear media)
Day-Night (First or
Second surface)
Opaque
Opaque
• Backlit Application
The backlit application involves printing onto a transparent or
translucent material and mounting the finished piece onto a light box or
location where illumination from behind is possible. In the backlit
application, white ink is intended to provide a light diffusing layer. This
application is possible using either 2 or 3 layers.
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White CMYK
Reverse Reverse
printed printed
CMYK CMYK
CMYK White
White White
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Top Notes
CMYK CMYK layers
contain same
data.
White
CMYK CMYK data is
reversed or
right-reading
CMYK 3 layers
CMYK 2 layers