Spot Color Printing

I have an 8-color inkjet and am trying to print one of the spot colors 
(white) from PP.  I just don't seem to get the big picture about 
creating a spot color channel and then assigning that color to the 
object in the picture.  It's real simple.  I only have one object, one 
color but every time I create the channel it covers the picture with a 
mask of some sort.  I am using CDR X3.  An explanation of how to do this 
would be helpful.  This is not a duotone so the Corel Tutorial hasn't 
helped much.

Dan

I believe you can not print spot colors without a post script printer.

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"Dan" <news@corel.com> wrote in message
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> I have an 8-color inkjet and am trying to print one of the spot colors 
> (white) from PP.  I just don't seem to get the big picture about creating 
> a spot color channel and then assigning that color to the object in the 
> picture.  It's real simple.  I only have one object, one color but every 
> time I create the channel it covers the picture with a mask of some sort. 
> I am using CDR X3.  An explanation of how to do this would be helpful. 
> This is not a duotone so the Corel Tutorial hasn't helped much.
>
> Dan
> 

You will need a special device to print white.
"Dan" <news@corel.com> wrote in message
news:47a1e2e4_2@cnews...
>
> I have an 8-color inkjet and am trying to print one of the spot colors 
> (white) from PP.  I just don't seem to get the big picture about creating 
> a spot color channel and then assigning that color to the object in the 
> picture.  It's real simple.  I only have one object, one color but every 
> time I create the channel it covers the picture with a mask of some sort. 
> I am using CDR X3.  An explanation of how to do this would be helpful. 
> This is not a duotone so the Corel Tutorial hasn't helped much.
>
> Dan
>
> 

It prints white, just fine from Corel Draw.  The manual for CPT even 
addresses the spot color ability of CPT, I just don't deal in bitmaps 
much so masks and channels are unfamiliar to me.

The program prints spot.  PS printer is not necessary since that is 
handled by the RIP to the printer.

Appreciate the replies.

David Milisock wrote:
> You will need a special device to print white.
> "Dan" <news@corel.com> wrote in message
news:47a1e2e4_2@cnews...
>> I have an 8-color inkjet and am trying to print one of the spot colors

>> (white) from PP.  I just don't seem to get the big picture about
creating 
>> a spot color channel and then assigning that color to the object in the

>> picture.  It's real simple.  I only have one object, one color but
every 
>> time I create the channel it covers the picture with a mask of some
sort. 
>> I am using CDR X3.  An explanation of how to do this would be helpful.

>> This is not a duotone so the Corel Tutorial hasn't helped much.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 

I believe I covered this in the July or August issue of CorelDRAW Pro 
magazine.  The article uses green but you can adapt it for any spot color. 
If you can't find it let me know, this covers PP X3 but can be used for X4 
also.
"Dan" <news@corel.com> wrote in message
news:47a345a1_1@cnews...
>
> It prints white, just fine from Corel Draw.  The manual for CPT even 
> addresses the spot color ability of CPT, I just don't deal in bitmaps much

> so masks and channels are unfamiliar to me.
>
> The program prints spot.  PS printer is not necessary since that is 
> handled by the RIP to the printer.
>
> Appreciate the replies.
>
> David Milisock wrote:
>> You will need a special device to print white.
>> "Dan" <news@corel.com> wrote in message
news:47a1e2e4_2@cnews...
>>> I have an 8-color inkjet and am trying to print one of the spot
colors 
>>> (white) from PP.  I just don't seem to get the big picture about 
>>> creating a spot color channel and then assigning that color to the

>>> object in the picture.  It's real simple.  I only have one object,
one 
>>> color but every time I create the channel it covers the picture
with a 
>>> mask of some sort. I am using CDR X3.  An explanation of how to do
this 
>>> would be helpful. This is not a duotone so the Corel Tutorial
hasn't 
>>> helped much.
>>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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