# 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 should be represented with the spot colour "Spot1"
- White Ink can be a gradient or solid colour by adding a 50% on to the spot colour
- White Ink layer must always be placed at the very top of the CMYK prints and named "Spot1"
- White Ink must be set to "Overprint Fill" and "Overprint outline" to true

### 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

[![image-1654781385424.png](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-06/scaled-1680-/image-1654781385424.png)](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-06/image-1654781385424.png)

### 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.**

[![image-1652708032650.png](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/scaled-1680-/image-1652708032650.png)](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/image-1652708032650.png)

### White Ink must be set to Overprint Fill and Overprint Outline

#### Overprints in Corel Draw

<video controls="controls" height="286" style="width: 738px; height: 286px;" width="738"><source src="https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/attachments/4"></source></video>

#### Overprints in Illustrator

<video controls="controls" height="227" style="width: 736px; height: 227px;" width="736"><source src="https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/attachments/5"></source></video>

### Example PDF Setup for White Ink

The example Graphic Warehouse logo would be printed onto wood.

#### Expected Finished Output when printed on to Wood

[![image-1652709147371.png](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/scaled-1680-/image-1652709147371.png)](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/image-1652709147371.png)

#### Example White Layer

[![image-1652709495870.png](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/scaled-1680-/image-1652709495870.png)](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/image-1652709495870.png)

#### Example CMYK Layer

[![image-1652709575556.png](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/scaled-1680-/image-1652709575556.png)](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/uploads/images/gallery/2022-05/image-1652709575556.png)

#### Example Downloadable PDF

You can download the above example as a PDF here:

[White Ink Example - Graphic Warehouse.pdf](https://manual.maticmedia.co.uk/attachments/6)