What Is Spot Color?

A Spot Color is a special color that is not a process color (CMYK). In this manual, "special mixture colors such as DIC and PANTONE," "colors for which a library has been created in VersaWorks," "Roland DG Corporation white ink, gloss ink, primer, metallic silver ink, and structural ink," and "areas specified for variable printing" are called Spot Color. The main features are shown below.

  • Special mixture colors such as DIC and PANTONE are used when specifying company image colors or similar colors. It is also possible to select a Spot Color from the color samples and specify the color that you want to express. VersaWorks converts the Spot Color explained above to process colors for printing. However, because a Spot Color converted to process colors is affected by the ink, media, and other factors, VersaWorks includes a function for adjusting the Spot Color output color.
  • VersaWorks includes "spot color libraries" for CMYK inks. There is also a separate color library for green, red, orange, and metallic silver inks. For gloss inks, texture and brio-coat libraries are also separately prepared. It is also possible to create and use newly arranged spot color libraries.
  • With a printer that includes white ink, gloss ink, primer, metallic silver ink, and structural ink, it is possible to set these special inks as a Spot Color when printing. A set Spot Color is displayed as a Special Items in the preview area.
  • With variable printing which replaces some characters and images one at a time, the replacement print area is specified using Spot Color.
MEMO VersaWorks can only recognize a Spot Color in vector data. Colors used in raster data such as bitmap images cannot be recognized.