Setting up artwork with White Ink

How to add White Ink to a Print Job...

White ink jobs are setup on the same file as your artwork but on a new layer as a spot colour.

Rules for white ink jobs

White Ink = Spot1

White ink must be named a spot colour with the exact naming "Spot1" for Onyx Thrive to recognise it.

Creating Spot1 in CorelDraw

Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4nOxxnj8-E

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White Ink must be the top layer

The white ink layer must be the top layer even if the white ink is being printed below the CMYK layer.

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White Ink must be set to Overprint Fill and Overprint Outline

Overprints in Corel Draw

Overprints in Illustrator

Example PDF Setup for White Ink

The example Graphic Warehouse logo would be printed onto wood.

Expected Finished Output when printed on to Wood

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Example White Layer

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Example CMYK Layer

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Example Downloadable PDF

You can download the above example as a PDF here: 

White Ink Example - Graphic Warehouse.pdf


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Created 5 May 2022 22:34:07 by Admin
Updated 11 November 2022 09:55:09 by Matt Parris