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Note:
The ink sequence option does not affect the order in which separations are output,
and it has no effect on the order of inks on press. It only describes the ink sequence to the
trapping engine for the purpose of calculating traps.
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Ink Alias
. Specifies a different spot or process ink on which to print the objects using the
selected spot color, providing a way to assign one spot color to output on another plate.
For example, if a customer’s document contains process colors and three spot colors, but
the job is supposed to run as four process inks plus one spot ink, objects using the two
extraneous spot colors can be assigned to use the correct spot ink (or even a process ink)
using the Ink Alias menu. You can assign any spot color to any spot or process ink, but a
process color can’t be aliased to any other ink. If the All Spots to Process option is on, it
overrides all ink aliases by definition. You can change ink aliasing settings at any time,
because they affect only the output. They have no permanent effect on original document
colors.
The spot color Blue 3 is aliased to the PANTONE 2725 CVC ink. All instances of Blue 3 will now output on the
PANTONE 2725 CVC plate. The color swatches in the document are otherwise unchanged.
Note:
Ink aliasing is among the settings that can be previewed on-screen when you use
the Separations Preview palette.
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All Spots to Process
. Subjects all spot colors—regardless of status—to separate into their
process color equivalents. It’s available only when spot colors are defined in the docu-
ment. (To convert an individual spot color to process, click the ink status icon for the
spot color [ ] so that it changes to a process color icon [ ].)
Note:
When you use Ink Manager in the Export PDF dialog box, the Type, Neutral Density,
and Sequence options don’t affect the PDF file. All other Ink Manager options are supported.
Adjusting neutral density.
The default ND values for a spot color are derived from its CMYK
equivalent. For most spot colors, the ND values of their CMYK equivalents are accurate