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Offline Maxie

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Preparing underbase for CTS using Coreldraw
« on: March 11, 2019, 07:14:15 AM »
I am getting a CTS soon and understand that I need to change the way I prepare the underbases.
Up to now we make the outline white.
I'd appreciate someone with experience telling me how they do it.
« Last Edit: March 11, 2019, 04:37:32 PM by Maxie »
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Offline Homer

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Re: Preparing underbase for CTS using Coreldraw
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2019, 10:13:08 AM »
For us, I sep it as usual. The only difference is I print to a postscript file instead of the 4800. I Open that up in the RIP and print to the DTS...nothing really changed as far as the seps go.
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Re: Preparing underbase for CTS using Coreldraw
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2019, 10:29:26 AM »
I second what Homer says.  The only other change I made was I changed the underbase from Pantone White to a regular PMS color to help in the print preview screen.  Also, it makes it easier to figure out which white is which when you have a set PMS number for the base and one for the highlight.

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Re: Preparing underbase for CTS using Coreldraw
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2019, 03:52:48 PM »
same as both above. We use CG1 (renamed as ubase) and a color called TopWhite so we know which one is which. The ubase is the same as it's always been. We do print out of illustrator though and have two layers; one with ubase and another with top colors. We turn off top colors to print ubase.

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