2-Color Printing
What Is 2-Color Printing?
You can set 1 to 4 spot colors for printing.
You can select the Process Version (CMYK) to which a spot color is assigned, and replace or delete any spot color.
The following is recommended
Use 2-color printing in circumstances such as these.
- When you want to print at low cost
- When you want to create advertisements and materials with greater impact and that are easier to see than with monochrome printing
- When you want to reproduce special colors using spot colors
- When you want to check a finished image before mass printing in 2 colors
Reference
- Spot colors refer to colors which go by a specific name. Typically, the name of the ink sold by the ink manufacturer is the name of the spot color. The name of the spot color to be used can be checked using the included application Color Centro. For details, refer to [Spot Color].
Target Jobs
Does not depend on the file format.
Target Tools
Touch panel (machine store jobs) | Printer driver | AccurioPro Print Manager | Machine hot folder | AccurioPro Hot Folder |
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Procedure
This section describes the procedure for 2-color printing using the printer driver.
Assumed operating environment - OS: Windows 10, Application: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.
Install the PS Plug-in Driver on a computer.
Mount Image Controller IC-610 onto the system.
When setting up the printer driver, make sure you check that none of the previous settings are left in any of the item tabs. If any of the previous settings do remain, make sure you clear them.
NOTICE
- The actual screen displayed may differ depending on the application version or revision, and the environment you are using.
1
Open the original in the application, and click [Print] in the [File] menu.
2
Select the printer to use for printing, and click [Properties].
Proceed to Step 3 if you want to replace any of the data created in both Cyan (C) and Magenta (M) with a spot color.
When working on data created with both cyan (C) and black (K), proceed to Step 4 if you want to replace cyan (C) with a spot color but want to leave black (K) as-is.
3
Select the [Color Mode] tab, and configure the following items.
Proceed to Step 5 when the settings have been configured.
Item | Setting Value |
|---|---|
[2-Color Printing] | Add a check mark to [Cyan] and [Magenta], and enter, as an example (see screenshot above), DIC-197 into [Cyan] and DIC-212 into [Magenta] |
4
Select the [Color Mode] tab, and configure the following items.
Item | Setting Value |
|---|---|
[2-Color Printing] | Add a check mark to [Cyan] and [Black], and enter, as an example (see screenshot above), DIC-184 into [Cyan] |
5
Configure other items as necessary, and click [OK].
6
Enter the [Copies] you want to print on the [Print] screen, and click [Print].
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