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White Ink Workflow
Introduction
Arizona printers with the White Ink Option provide under-printing for non-white media or objects,
over-printing for backlit applications on transparent media and/or printing white as a spot color.
Arizona Quality-Layered print mode is used to print white ink applications such as under-printing
for non-white media, over-printing for backlit applications viewed 2
nd
surface or as middle layer
for a day-night application.
NOTE
Prepare the ONYX Thrive software for handling white ink print jobs. See
Configure ONYX Thrive
for White Ink
on page 117
Layer definitions
When working with white ink there are three data layers available that allow you to determine the
area the white ink will cover and also how it will appear (or not appear) in relation to other colors,
depending on the layer it is placed in. You can determine the density of the white ink by altering
the drop size. The layer setup is defined in the media model but can be modified as a job printer
setting within the ONYX software.
Layers can be defined at any of the following locations:
• Defined in the media when the media is created - Mode Options
• Selected in a Quick Set - Media Options
• Modify the printer settings of a processed job in RIP Queue - right-click the job, edit printer
settings.
You are not required to use layers when you print white spot data. It can also be printed with
print modes other than Quality-Layered as long as the ONYX media profile (media model) has
been made with a CMYKSS ink configuration with spot colors defined.
NOTE
When you print white ink using a print mode other than Quality-Layered, we recommend that
you don't print white ink in the same area of an image as CMYK inks. The white ink does not mix
well with the other ink colors.
See
Print White Ink Jobs
on page 137 for more information.
White Ink Workflow Data Preparation
White ink print job output can be accomplished in a variety of ways depending on the desired
results and preferred working process.
There are three primary methods:
1.
Printer Flood Fill Layer Configuration
An ONYX workflow that does not require any pre-rip file preparation and is the easiest
method of achieving white ink output. All that is required is to set up the Layer Configuration
to include a printer flood layer. The printer flood layer encompasses the bounding box (the
outer border of the image) of the file being processed. There is also an option to control the
amount of flood by choosing the drop level. The higher the drop level number the greater the
amount of white ink. See
White Ink Quick Start
on page 120 for information about creating a
Printer Flood Fill Layer.
2. ONYX Spot Layer Tool
It offers many options to process an image, and thus allows various possible configuration
choices. You can save these configurations as Filters and place them in a Quick Set and this
White Ink Workflow
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