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Print a 'Stained glass' application

Introduction

The 'Stained glass' recipe creates an application that, illuminated from behind, gives a stained glass 3D effect.

In the example below, the 2 page PDF contains the following information.

  • One page with the image in spot color 1 to apply black ink.

  • One page with the color image.

Illustration

Procedure

  1. Launch the ONYX Thrive RIP Queue.
  2. Select your PDF and click on [Arizona Xpert].
  3. Select the 'Stained glass' recipe.
  4. When you see a warning or a waiting message in the 'Layers' section, open the [Layers] tab and define the correct settings.

    The 'Stained glass' recipe contains 6 layers, 4 printed on the front side of the media, 2 printed on the back side.

    Layer number

    [Layer name]

    [Layer source]

    [Print mode]

    Remark

    [Front] 1

    2 pages PDF - p1 - Color

    2 pages PDF - p1

    Production S1 to WK

    Spot color 1 is printed in both black and white in order to get a grey-ish mix that resembles lead..

    [Overprints] = 3 layers, so in total 4 layers.

    [Back] 1

    2 pages PDF - p2 - Color

    2 pages PDF - p2

    Quality

    The image is printed in CMYK.

    [Overprints] = 1 layer, so in total 2 layers.

  5. When you see a warning or a waiting message in the 'Registration' section, open the [Registration] tab and define the correct settings.

    In this case, we use the lead lines image to properly register the front and the back

  6. When you see a warning or a waiting message in the 'Print' section, open the [Print] tab and define the correct settings.
  7. Click on the [Print] button.