Specify which colors to separate, Separate spot colors as process, Create an ink alias for a spot color – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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From the Separations Preview panel menu (Window > Output > Separations Preview), choose Ink Manager.
Choose File > Print, and click Output. In the Output section, click Ink Manager.
Specify which colors to separate
Each separation is labeled with the color name that InDesign assigned it. If an icon of a printer appears next to the color name, InDesign creates a
separation for the color. Any spot inks—including those defined and used in imported PDF files or EPS graphics—also appear in the ink list.
1. In the Output area of the Print dialog box, select Separations or, if you use a PPD file that supports in-RIP separations, select In-RIP
Separations.
2. Do one of the following:
To create a separation, make sure that the printer icon is displayed next to the color name in the ink list.
To choose not to create a separation, click the printer icon next to the color’s name. The printer icon disappears.
Separate spot colors as process
Using the Ink Manager, you can convert spot colors to process colors. When spot colors are converted to process color equivalents, they are
printed as separations rather than on a single plate. Converting a spot color is useful if you’ve accidentally added a spot color to a process color
document, or if the document contains more spot colors than are practical to print.
1. In the Ink Manager, do one of the following:
To separate individual spot colors, click the ink-type icon to the left of the spot color or aliased spot color. A process color icon appears.
To change the color back to spot, click the icon again.
To separate all spot colors, select All Spots To Process. The icons to the left of the spot colors change to process color icons. To restore
the spot colors, deselect All Spots To Process.
Selecting All Spots To Process removes any ink aliases you’ve set up in the Ink Manager and can also affect overprinting and
trapping settings in the document.
2. (InDesign only) To use the Lab values of a spot color rather than CMYK definitions, choose Use Standard Lab Values For Spots.
Create an ink alias for a spot color
You can map a spot color to a different spot or process color by creating an alias. An alias is useful if a document contains two similar spot colors
when only one is required, or if it contains too many spot colors. You can see the effects of ink aliasing in the printed output, and you see the
effects on-screen if Overprint Preview mode is on.
1. In the Ink Manager, select the spot color ink you want to create an alias for.
2. Choose an option in the Ink Alias menu. The ink type icon and ink description change accordingly.
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