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swissQprint generation 4 - Spot Inks

By default, four Special Inks are linked to the printer:

  • Primer
  • Varnish
  • White Underlay
  • White Overlay

Each of them has a dedicated tab in the Page Setup window. For more information about these tabs, please refer to the article on Spot Inks.

In addition to the standard behavior of these Special Inks, most of them allow you to define a specific Quality and Print Field, as shown below:

 

Primer

In the Primer tab, you only have a Quality field. Six qualities are available:

  • Prime 1 (P1)
  • Prime 2 (P2)
  • Prime 3 (P3)
  • Custom 1
  • Custom 2
  • Custom 3

 

White-Under

In the White-U tab, six qualities are available:

  • Translucent
  • Semi Translucent
  • Opaque
  • Custom 1
  • Custom 2
  • Custom 3

You can also choose between three Print configurations:

  • Underlay: white is printed beneath the colors.
  • Spot: white is treated as a spot color.
  • Color-White-Color: sandwich mode, in which white is printed between two color layers.

 

White-Over

In the White-O tab, six qualities are available:

  • Translucent
  • Semi Translucent
  • Opaque
  • Custom 1
  • Custom 2
  • Custom 3

You can also choose between three Print configurations:

  • Underlay: white is printed beneath the colors.
  • Spot: white is treated as a spot color.
  • Color-White-Color: sandwich mode, in which white is printed between two color layers.

 

Varnish

In the Varnish tab, seven qualities are available:

  • Matt
  • Semi Gloss
  • Gloss
  • Drop Gloss
  • Custom 1
  • Custom 2
  • Custom 3

You can also choose between two Print configurations:

  • Overlay: varnish is printed over the colors.
  • Spot: varnish is treated as a spot color.
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