Converting to registration colors


    If you want to print a color on all plates in the printing process, including spot-color plates, you can convert it to a registration color. Crop area marks and trim marks are automatically assigned registration colors. You can change their color on screen from the default black to see them more easily. (See Setting the crop area.)

To output registration color:

  1. Select the object to which you want to apply registration color.
  2. Choose Window > Swatches.
  3. In the Swatches palette, click the Registration color swatch registration swatch , located in the first row of swatches. The selected object is converted into a registration-color object.
  4. To change the on-screen appearance of the registration color from the default black, use the Color palette.
  5. Note: The color you specify will be used for representing registration-colored objects on the screen. These objects will always print as gray on composites and as an equal tint of all inks in separations.