Activating Spot Colors
02 June 2023
Enhancement techniques for spot colors and substrates
Process Overprint: Multi-channel
About:
Ideal when process colors are available
Method:
Creation and enhancement of a 15% cyan, 1% magenta, and 3% yellow tint
Strength:
8
Options:
In place of CMY, other combinations of process colors can be used, such as CMYK and MYK. Either cyan or black is required for full functionality of Digimarc Barcode
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Process Overprint: Single-channel
About:
Recommended when only process black is available
Method:
Screened tint of 0 - 10% process black overprinting solid PANTONE 185 C
Strength:
3
Options:
Cyan can be used instead of black
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Spot Direct: Screened
About:
Use when spot colors can be screened
Method:
Adjustment to screened 78-100% of PANTONE 376 C
Strength:
6
Options:
This option is available with most colors; it may not be effective with shades of yellow, pink, and orange
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Spot Direct: Negative Binary Pattern
About:
Use when screening is not an option
Method:
Knock out of a structured pattern from solid PANTONE 9460 C
Strength:
20 dot density (dd) with dot size (ds) of 2
Options:
This option is available with most colors; it may not be effective with shades of yellow, pink, and orange
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