Creating Printing Data for Gloss Ink

This section describes how to add gloss printing data for embossing to the printing data in the following image.


emboss_print-data_noGloss

* Use "Emboss_sample.ai" for the file name of this printing data.

* For details on how to create printing data including white printing, refer to the following.2. Printing Unaffected by the Color of the Target Object (White Printing on the Base)

Procedure
  1. Measure the sizes of the object to be printed on and the printing area.
    emboss_printing-area

    : Printing area: Semicircle with a diameter of 50 mm (2 in.)

  2. Click File - Open.
  3. Open "Emboss_sample.ai."
  4. Create the embossing layer.
    1. Click Window - Layers.
      The Layers window appears.
    2. Click Ai_icon_layermenu in the upper-right corner of the window, and then click New Layer.
    3. Set the layer name to "Gloss(Emboss)."
      When finished, the layer composition will be as follows.
      emboss_ai_layer
  5. Create the positioning shapes.
    Create the shapes indicating the outer edge of the object to be printed on and the printing area and adjust the printing data position with these shapes. Printing does not require these shapes, so delete them before saving the printing data.
    1. Create one 65 mm (2.4 in.) and one 50 mm (2 in.) circle on the "CMYK" layer.
    2. Set each shape so it is not filled and has a line width of 0.1 pt and place the shapes so their center points overlap.
    3. Draw one horizontal line and one vertical line with lengths equal to the diameter of the large circle and intersecting at its center point.
    4. Specify a width of 0.1 pt for each line.
    5. Lock the two circles and the two lines.
    6. Place the printing data to save so it fits in the area indicated by (2) below.
      emboss_guile-lines

      : Circle with a diameter of 65 mm (2.6 in.) modeling the pill case

      : Printing area (interior of a semicircle with a diameter of 50 mm [2 in.]: The printing data must fit in this area.

  6. Create the printing data in the "Gloss(Emboss)" layer.
    Create the following data. Place the shapes to emboss in the same location on a different layer.
    emboss_all-layers
    1. Select the object to emboss.
    2. Select the "Gloss(Emboss)" layer.
    3. Click Edit - Paste in Place.
  7. Click Window - Swatch Libraries - Roland VersaWorks.

    Ai_Window_RVW_1

    The Roland VersaWorks window appears.


    Ai_Swatch_RVW
  8. Specify a spot color for the shape.
    1. Select all the shapes in the "Gloss(Emboss)" layer.
    2. Click ai_b_swatch_rdggloss RDG_GLOSS in the Roland VersaWorks window.
  9. Click Object - Artboards - Fit to Artwork Bounds.
  10. Unlock and delete the shapes created in step 4.
  11. Click File - Save As.

    Use the displayed panel to specify where to save the file.

    Example: Destination folder: PC desktop

  12. Specify the File name.
  13. Select Adobe PDF (*.PDF) for Save as type, and then click Save.

    An artboard-size PDF is saved.


    UV_15

    MEMO Selecting *.EPS or *.PS for Save as type still saves the printing data in a format that can be queued in VersaWorks.