Overprinting black in the separation


    You should always check with your print shop whether they or you should overprint black, since it can be cheaper and easier to have the print shop overprint black on the press. If they suggest you do it, the Overprint Black option gives you a way to overprint black when printing or saving selected separations.

    For more information, see Step 2: Select overprint options for overlapping colors.

    Note: The Overprint Black option works only for objects that have the color black applied through values in the K color channel. It does not work for objects that appear black because of their transparency settings or graphic styles.

    You can set the following Output option in the Print dialog box:

    Overprint Black

    Specifies that black should be overprinted.