Printing White and Varnish with Flexi
With Flexi you can easily print white ink or a nishing varnish. This documentation will explain the various
possibilities of adding white ink and nish/varnish to the design as well as the necessary con gurations in the
RIP for under-printing or over-printing and/or printing white as a spot color.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 | White as an Underbase: Solid or Variable.........................................................................................................................1
2 | Adding White using Solid Underbase................................................................................................................................2
3 | Adding White using Variable Underbase..........................................................................................................................2
4 | Adding White by turning a Vector into Underbase.......................................................................................................3
5 | Varnish as Finisher “E ect” or “Spot Color”?.....................................................................................................................3
6 | Adding Varnish using the “Finisher” E ect.......................................................................................................................4
7 | Adding Varnish using the “Finisher” Spot Color..............................................................................................................4
8 | Adding Varnish to a Design....................................................................................................................................................5
9 | Printing White and Varnish.....................................................................................................................................................8
1 | White as an Underbase: Solid or Variable
A solid underbase consists of a solid coat of a single spot color, typically white, that follows the contour of
the objects above it. The ink is always at 100% coverage. A solid underbase can be the same size as the
objects above it, choked down to t inside the object margins, or bled to extend outside the margins. It is
generally used with vector objects and text.
A variable underbase is used with bitmaps and gradients. The density of the underbase varies to match the
image above. This allows the color of the media to show through behind a transparent area ( a picture, for
instance).
NOTE: After cresting an underbase, the underbase and associated objects are joined together into a
compound object.
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