Trouble getting a solid spot color film from photoshop. (It keeps printing halftones instead)
I'm trying to create a normal solid two-color seperation from photoshop cs4. I have created the two different color channels and selected them and printed. When I do print them (through accurip) they come out as dot patterns. In the spot channel options in photoshop I have the solidity at 100%. What am I doing wrong?
Re: Trouble getting a solid spot color film from photoshop. (It keeps printing halftones instead)
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Originally Posted by jsf
Why not just print it directly to printer???
Well I thought about that, but then I run into issues with the ink being dark enough. It can work sometimes, but if the color is such that it is printing a dot pattern in accurip I don't think it will print very dark direct to printer. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Re: Trouble getting a solid spot color film from photoshop. (It keeps printing halftones instead)
you need to ensure the color or layer is a solid 100% color...sometimes photoshop will put 90% color ...not 100%...I just ran into this same situation the other day...I was printing films and my black type was getting screened when printing to accurip...I was scratching my head because I thought I filled the type layer with black...I actually did but photoshop filled it with 90% black...and accurip screened it because it wasnt 100% black to begin with.....
moral - always check the % of color before sending to accurip
Re: Trouble getting a solid spot color film from photoshop. (It keeps printing halftones instead)
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Originally Posted by InkedApparel
you need to ensure the color or layer is a solid 100% color...sometimes photoshop will put 90% color ...not 100%...I just ran into this same situation the other day...I was printing films and my black type was getting screened when printing to accurip...I was scratching my head because I thought I filled the type layer with black...I actually did but photoshop filled it with 90% black...and accurip screened it because it wasnt 100% black to begin with.....
moral - always check the % of color before sending to accurip
Inked
Thanks! This might sound dumb, but how exactly do I check that? (I'm used to doing seps in illustrator) I have the channels set as pantone spot colors with their solidity set at 100%
Re: Trouble getting a solid spot color film from photoshop. (It keeps printing halftones instead)
select the layer you want to check and put your mouse over the color you want to check and in the upper left corner there should be a panel that has the details .
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