Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 496)

489 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Printing
Last updated 1/10/2010
If you print separations directly to film, you probably want a negative, although in many countries film positives are
common. Check with your print shop to determine which is required. To determine the emulsion side, examine the
film under a bright light after it has been developed. The dull side is the emulsion; the shiny side is the base. Check
whether your print shop requires film with positive emulsion up, negative emulsion up, positive emulsion down, or
negative emulsion
down.
Background Selects a background color to be printed on the page outside the image area. For example, a black or
colored background may be desirable for slides printed to a film recorder. To use this option, click Background, and
then select a color from the Color Picker. This is a printing option only; it does not affect the image itself.
Border Prints a black border around an image. Type a number and choose a unit value to specify the width of the
border.
Bleed Prints crop marks inside rather than outside the image. Use this option to trim the image within the graphic.
Type a number and choose a unit value to specify the width of the bleed.
Screen Sets the screen frequency and dot shape for each screen used in the printing process (for PostScript printers).
Transfer Adjusts the transfer functions, traditionally used to compensate for dot gain or dot loss that may occur when
an image is transferred to film. This option is recognized only when you print to a PostScript printer. Generally, it’s
best to adjust for dot gain using the settings in the CMYK Setup dialog box. Transfer functions are useful, however,
when compensating for a poorly calibrated output device.
Interpolation Reduces the jagged appearance of a low-resolution image by automatically resampling up while printing
(on PostScript printers). Resampling may reduce the sharpness of the image quality.
Send 16-bit Data (Mac OS only) Sends 16-bit per channel data to the printer.
For information on the Include Vector Data, see “ Print vector data ” on page 483.
More Help topics
“ Resampling ” on page 59
Selecting halftone screen attributes
Halftone screen attributes include the screen frequency and dot shape for each screen used in the printing process. For
color separations, the prepress person
must also specify an angle for each of the color screens. Set the screens at
different angles to ensure that the dots placed by the four screens blend into continuous color and do not produce
moiré patterns.
Halftone screens consist of dots that control how much ink is deposited at a specific location on press. Varying their
size and density creates the illusion of variations of gray or continuous color. For a process color image, four halftone
screens are used: cyan, magenta, yellow, and black—one for each ink used in the printing process.
Halftone screen with black ink
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