Print an application with FLXfinish+

Introduction

This topic describes how you can print an application with FLXfinish+, which means that the job is printed partly in mat and partly in gloss.

In order to use FLXfinish+ applications, a CMYKSS profile with a FLXfinish+ print mode is needed.

Open a PDF file in ONYX Thrive.
NOTE
The file must contain data, that identifies the areas that will be printed in gloss. This can be a file, a page, a layer or spot data.
Select the PDF file and click on [PRISMAguide].
Select the PDF file in the job list and click on [New roll application].
A new PRISMAguide XL Engine job is created. The file has one layer.
Open the [Layers] tab and click on the duplicate button to create an extra front layer.
Open the [Layer source] drop-down list.
Select for the [Front] 2 layer the [Layer source]: [Spot]. In this case Spot2 is used to define the gloss part of the print.

NOTE
You can assign pages, layers or spot colors, present in the input file(s) as input to a print layer.

NOTE
When you use a spot color as [Layer source], the spot color in your design must have the overprint property applied to.

Spot color elements with gradients will be handled as raster images.
Change the [Type] of the [Front] 2 layer to [Image area mask].
Then change the [Color] of the layer to [Gloss].
Select [Front] 1 and [Front] 2 layer and click [Merge selected layers].

NOTE
A FLXfinish+ application can only have one [Front] layer when you submit to ONYX Thrive.
Check the [Media layout] and the [Print] specifications, then click on the [Print] button.

NOTE
You can save the application as a recipe for future use. See: Save an application as a recipe