Change Overprint

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• Category: Prepress

What it does

Changes the overprint settings of overlapping objects in a PDF. You can treat dark and light objects in a different way, and/or set overprint settings for specific colors.

For more information about overprint and knockout, refer to the chapter "Overprint" in the PitStop Pro Reference Guide on the Enfocus website.

How to proceed

1. Under Overprint Settings, select the appropriate options for black, white and other colors.
   • In case of black objects, you can apply overprint to very small text objects only, and/or indicate that only the darkest objects must be set to overprint. Use the slider to specify the brightness.
   • In case of white objects, you can apply knockout to text objects only, and/or indicate that only the brightest objects are set to knockout. Use the slider to specify the brightness.
   • In case of other colors, you can set them all to overprint as required.
2. Under Special, add the preferred spot color(s) for which you want to change the overprint settings:
   1. Click .
   2. Select the color you want to add.
   3. Click OK.
   4. To change the Overprint setting to On or Off, make sure the color is selected in the table, and click the Toggle Overprint button.