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Screened input files with white separations require specific hot folder settings to process the white separation.

Requirements:

  • A Matchprint Inkjet proofer with white ink, such as an Epson Stylus Pro WT7900 printer
  • A media configuration with white ink enabled
  • A proofer profile for the media configuration
  • A simulation DeviceLink or a pair of ICC profiles
  • A color library that contains a name and recipe for all white separations in the input files that you want to print with white ink

A special hot folder setup is needed to process screened (halftone) input files that include white separations. With this hot folder, the white separation is processed as a spot color, and the software resamples the screens in the input files to the resolution specified in the media configuration that is selected for the hot folder.

  1. In Proofer Viewer, select Configure> Hot Folders.
  2. Click New.
  3. Perform the following actions:

    1. Select Hot Folder.
    2. In the Media Configuration list, select a media configuration with white ink enabled.
    3. In the Halftone Handling list, select Screened input files, Descreen to produce contone proofs or Screened input files, Resample to produce halftone proofs.

For the Screened input files, Resample option, you must select a media configuration with a resolution of 1440 × 1440 dpi.

  1. Set the remaining options as desired, and click Next.
  1. On the Input Files tab, perform one of the following actions:

For this input file

Do this

1-bit TIFF files



a.     Select the 1-bit TIFF files only check box, and click Setup.

b.     Complete the options for one of the following scenarios:

·         1-bit TIFF Files with master files

·         1-bit TIFF Files without master files

DCS 1 and DCS-2 single- and multi-file formats

Select the Other file types check box.

  1. On the Spot Colors tab, perform the following actions:

    1. In the Handling list, select Don't map spot colors.
    2. Select Look up in spot color database.
    3. Select the library that contains a name and recipe for the white separations in the input files that you want to print with white ink.
  2. On the ICC Settings tab, perform the following actions:

    1. In the Simulation Color Space area, click Advanced.
    2. Select a device link or a pair of ICC profiles, and click OK.
  3. On the White Settings tab, select do not use white flood.

Kodak Proofing Software will not add white flood to the proof because the input files contain content for white flood.

  1. Set the remaining options as desired.
  2. Click Save
Parent topic: Using halftone input files
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