Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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768 Chapter 72:
Additional ColorID Software Features
Using GerberColor Spectratone II colors
An exclusive feature of the ColorID program is the GerberColor Spectratone II palette.
Spectratone II is a palette that creates colors by printing a solid foil color over a colored vinyl.
Note: Regular Spectratone creates colors by printing two different foils over white vinyl.
Spectratone II prints only one foil over a colored vinyl.
The Spectratone II palette uses all available vinyl and foil colors and creates thousands of colors.
You can customize the palette by creating a vinyl and foil inventory that matches your stock.
This palette exists only in the ColorID program, but can be used in Composer to fill objects in
the design.
To use Spectratone II as a fill
1
Create the design in Composer.
2
Select the shape that you will fill with a Spectratone II color.
3
Open the Fill Dialog box.
4
Choose Spot as the Color Type and Solid as the Fill Type.
5
Click the menu button and choose ColorID Match Color to open the program.
6
Choose Source Palette/Device and, if necessary, the Source Color.
7
In the Matching Target Palette drop-down list choose Spectratone II as the palette.
ColorID automatically determines the closest Spectratone II match and displays the
foil color and the vinyl color of the match.
8
Click OK to return to Composer. The current style display boxes reflect the
Spectratone II match.
Note: Because the current style is now the vinyl and foil used for the Spectratone II match, if
you add shapes to the job, they will use that vinyl and foil. If you do not want the additional
shapes to use the Spectratone II match, you must change the current style.
Creating a custom Spectratone II palette
In Gerber Color ID, you can create a custom Spectratone II palette that includes only your stock
of vinyl and foil.
To customize the Spectratone II inventory
1
In Composer, open the Assign Colors dialog box.