In this article, you will learn
- which prerequisites are required for this Fixup, and
- how to apply this Fixup.
1. Introduction
The Fixup Duplicate Spot Color Separation is available in the Workflow. The purpose of this Fixup is to duplicate an existing Spot Color Separation and allows you to colorize it with the desired Spot Color or rename the Spot Color.
2. General
The Fixup Duplicate Spot Color Separation can be used to duplicate an existing Spot Color Separation and fill it with another system-wide defined Spot Color, which is then output as a Separation. This allows, for example, to duplicate and apply a White Separation as Varnish or Primer in the same size.
You can find this Fixup on the tab Data Preparation of an Article, Order or Production Job by:
- entering the name of the Fixup in the area Filter,
- activating the option PageBox in the area Category,
- activating the option Modify in the area Action,
- activating the option MediaBox, CropBox, BleedBox, TrimBox, or Duplicate in the area Property.
3. Description
With this Fixup, a selected Separation is duplicated and created in the desired Spot Color. The Spot Color Separation is duplicated together with all tonal value gradations.
3.1. Requirements and Functionality
For the Fixup to perform as intended, the following requirement must be met:
- There is already a Spot Color Separation in the file.
Figure 1: The dialog of the Fixup Duplicate Spot Color Separation
To duplicate a Spot Color Separation, please refer to the following options:
- Templates [1] – settings selected in the dialog can be saved as a template and applied to otherArticles/Print Items, as well as used within Fixup Chains and in the OperationsApply FixupsandCheck Print Item and Apply Fixups.
- Spot Color Separation to be duplicated [2] – select the Spot Color Separation that should be duplicated from the drop-down menu. All Spot Colors used in the Print Item are available.
- Spot Color Name for the new Separation [3] – select the name of the new Spot Color Separation here. All Spot Colors defined as Separations system-wide are available for selection.
- Overprint State [4] – select whether the new Spot Color Separation should be generated as Overprint, Knockout, or Unchanged.
- Layer Name [5] – enter the name of the layer on which the new Spot Color Separation should be created. If no separate layer is required, simply deactivate the Fixup. For Variable Content [7], select the desired placeholder – Database Field or User-defined Field – from which the value for the layer name should be retrieved.
- Conformity of Processing Steps according to ISO 19593-1 [6] – by default, a Varnish separation should be created according to ISO 19593-1 on thelayer Varnish within the group Varnish of the type Varnish – though this can also be omitted. For more information on the ISO standard, refer to the description of Processing Steps ISO 15931-1.
3.2. Before/After
To experiment with this function, you can use the sample file "Sample_Duplicate Spot Color Separation.pdf". The example file contains an Overprinting White Separation that is applied more or less intensely depending on the overall coverage. The same Separation should now be created for Varnish with the same coverage.
After applying the Fixup, the file "Sample_Duplicate Spot Color Separation_End.pdf" is created. The White Separation was duplicated and filled with Varnish. The values from Figure 1 were used for this.
Figure 2: Left: Original file; Center: Edited file in which the Separation has been duplicated and filled with Varnish; Right: The generated Separations of White and Varnish
Article update: Workflow 1.20.1 – 04/2025