Various Printing Operations

Simultaneous Full Color + Foil Color Printing

This section describes how to print full color + foil color simultaneously. This printing method differentiates between foil color and full color areas depending on their color component. For this reason, it is necessary to assign the proper color to each area. This printing method is used with applications that allow the user to specify color com- ponents.

Requirements

For simultaneous full color + foil color printing you will need the following.

Media

Normal paper such as plain paper, Laser Paper, postcards, etc. can be used just as with normal color printing.

Ink cartridges

The following ink cartridges can be used for simultaneous full color + foil color printing.

Gold Foil ink cartridge (Part No. 105148-00) Silver Foil ink cartridge (Part No. 105150-00) Cyan ink cartridge (Part No. 106020-00)

Magenta ink cartridge (Part No. 106015-00) Yellow ink cartridge (Part No. 106010-00) Black ink cartridge (Part No. 106005-00) Finish II ink cartridge (Part No. 105144-00) VPhoto Primer ink cartridge (Part No. 105142-00)

Caution

Special color ink is used for foil color printing. Therefore, un- dercoat must be provided with cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks before printing Foil Color.

Step 1¨ Prepare the Image to Be Printed

Create the data you want to print, then set the image areas to be printed in foil colors to colors that correspond to the foil colors you want to use.

For the colors (and color components) that correspond to each foil color, please refer to the tables below.

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