Printing > Overprinting > Applying overprinting to selected objects

 

Applying overprinting to selected objects

You can apply overprinting to selected objects, including basic fills, basic strokes, gradient fills, fills in text boxes, and bitmap images.

When you apply overprinting to selected objects, the object-level overprinting settings override the ink-level overprinting settings that you set for the document as a whole.

Note: To set ink-level overprinting for a document, you use the Separations panel in the Print Setup dialog box (see Setting separations options).

To apply overprinting to selected objects:

1

Select the object that will overprint the background or select he bitmap image to overprint.

2

Choose from the following options:

To overprint basic fills, gradient fills, fills in text boxes, or bitmap images, choose Modify > Fill to display the Fill inspector.

To overprint basic strokes, choose Modify > Stroke to display the Stroke inspector.

3

Select the Overprint option.

The color of the fill or stroke will print on top of the colors underneath.

In the following examples, the image on the left shows a process TIFF overprinted on a process background. The image on the right shows a spot TIFF overprinted on a process background.

Overprinted TIFFs appear identical onscreen

 

Overprinting is visible in a printed document