From the File menu A list of available commands and actions in Publisher. Menu names are displayed in the menu bar at the top of the Publisher window., select Print. The Print dialog box A window used to supply information to Publisher. appears.
Select the Separations tab.
Check the Print Separations check box A small square box on a dialog box that can be selected or cleared. A check box represents an option that you can turn on or off..
From the Type of Separations drop-down list box, select the type of separations A technique used in colour printing. A colour document is separated into a number of components, each of which is printed using a single colour ink. The combination of separate components reconstitutes the original full colour document. The colour of each separation depends on the separation method used. you want to print.
Spot Separations - prints a separation for each spot colour A colour specified as a spot colour can have its own separation when it is printed instead of being made up of a mixture of process colours. defined in the current palette.
Process Separations - prints separations for cyan, magenta, yellow and black. Any spot colours in the document will be converted to their nearest process colour equivalent.
Spot & Process Separations - prints the four process coluor A colour model of subtractive mixing with cyan, magenta, yellow and black used to make any other colour. Black is used to replace equal mixtures of the other three colours to produce better dark colours. separations along with an additional separation for each spot colour in the palette.
From the Separations to Print list box, select the separations you want to print.
If you have chosen spot separations, check the Knockout check box if you want to print items in colours other than solid black so that they knock out the colours underneath.
Check the Overprint Black check box if you want to print solid black items over other colours.
Check the Output Individual Separation Files check box to produce separate output files for each separation.
Click on Halftone Screen Settings to set the frequency and angle for each type of separations you are using. Your print bureau can give you advice on this.
Click on Print. The separations you have chosen are printed.
Note:
If you view a print preview of a document The combination of text and pictures. Also called a Publisher DTP file. being printed as colour separations, the preview will show each separation as a separate page.
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