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Offline Doug S

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printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« on: March 17, 2014, 12:26:27 PM »
I've attached a file that I created this weekend.  I've used a spot white and created a shadow with the same color.  Is there something I need to do to get the shadow to print with accurip?  When I tried to print it only the solid letters printed but not the shadow.  I ended up just using photoshop to print my film and it worked fine.  I would like to print it straight from illustrator though.  I'm sure it's just something I haven't done right.  Thanks
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Re: printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 12:37:31 PM »
If you created the shadow using one of the "effects" (IE drop shadow, glow, etc.) you will likely need to "expand appearance" to
have it print correctly.

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Re: printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 12:40:23 PM »
if the shadow or any of the effects are done with the regular colors they will not print where needed. In the effects dialog box there is an option to select teh color. Make sure you are using the same SPOT color for it as you are for the main text!!!

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Offline Denis Kolar

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Re: printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2014, 12:45:03 PM »
Or, invert the colors and print as black

Offline Doug S

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Re: printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2014, 01:24:13 PM »
Thanks everyone,  I didn't expand it and that was causing the problem.
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Re: printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2014, 01:26:42 PM »
That's the power of the forum.
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Re: printing halftone shadows from illustrator
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2014, 04:07:07 PM »
I'm with Pierre on this one, as I just taught it to a staff member last week. And you don't necessarily have to expand it at that point. Just be sure you used the same color...

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