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How to Configure Layers and Print Order

If order to make use of the multi-layered Quality-Layered print mode in your printer, you must configure your layers and also set what inks will print on each of the layers.

Procedure

  1. In Basic Mode Settings, click on Mode Options.
    Mode Options
  2. In the Mode Options window, select the Quality-Layered Print Mode. Click OK to save these settings and close the window.
    Define Layers
  3. Once you select a mode the Define Layers button appears under the Printer Print Mode.
    Define Layers
  4. Click on Define Layers to open this dialog and the following window should appear.
    Define Layers
  5. This is where you can set up how you want the ink to behave in each layer. It is not necessary to use all 3 available layers; it is also possible to build a media using only one or two layers. The ink usage options for CMYK, White Spot and White Flood Fill data are set to default values. If you want to edit these layer options, choose Custom from the drop down menu and click on the Custom tab to the right of this. This action will bring up the Define Single Layer window.
    Define
    Define Single Layer
    NOTE

    The data used in the white spot layer needs to comes from the spot data found in the image you have created in an image editing program such as Adobe Illustrator. If you want to auto-generate spot data from your image, use the Spot Layer Tool in Preflight to create the data for the white layers. To generate white flood (or any color flood) it is not necessary to set up files in any special way prior to opening in Production House, simply choose a media configuration that has Flood Fill enabled.

Parent topic:
How to Create a Media Model for White Ink
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