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How to print in white on HP FB750

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Joshua Barnes

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I read some instructions online about setting up a file to print white. It said to create a "white" swatch and set it to "spot color", and that it wouldn't matter if it was actually white. They used magenta so it would be visible on the art board. My understanding was that it would translate as white if the settings were right. This did not work. Hoping to find someone that can give me proper setup guidelines
 
papabud

papabud

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it has to be set up exactly how they say. the name is case sensitive. it needs to be a spot color
 
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GaSouthpaw

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It depends on your RIP, for one thing...
If you're using Onyx, the color has to be named Spot1. In Caldera, it has to be named White.
Once everything's saved, make sure you're opening the file with one of the white enabled print profiles.
 
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Joshua Barnes

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papabud said:
it has to be set up exactly how they say. the name is case sensitive. it needs to be a spot color
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I thought I had set it up right. The swatch is named "White" with a capital "W" and spot color is activated, but the flatbed still printed it as magenta.
 
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unclebun

Active Member
GaSouthpaw said:
It depends on your RIP, for one thing...
If you're using Onyx, the color has to be named Spot1. In Caldera, it has to be named White.
Once everything's saved, make sure you're opening the file with one of the white enabled print profiles.
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Not entirely true. In Onyx the color can be named anything you want, but then in Onyx it has to be mapped Spot1.

To the OP, that is probably the first thing you haven't done, mapping the color in the RIP to be white ink. The second thing you have to do is use a profile that has white ink in it, and in Onyx, use a QuickSet that makes the printer print white.
 
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Joshua Barnes

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GaSouthpaw said:
It depends on your RIP, for one thing...
If you're using Onyx, the color has to be named Spot1. In Caldera, it has to be named White.
Once everything's saved, make sure you're opening the file with one of the white enabled print profiles.
Click to expand...
Missed this reply before. That was it. I'm using Onyx and needed it to say "Spot1".
 
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